Fire emblem General thread

[Isaac940]

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Like I said, unless you're going for Apotheosis any pairing is fine and the conversations that come out of them can be hilarious (like Gregor and pretty much anybody). Most children have optimal parents for various reasons but I'll hold on that for now. If you want me to write a thing on that or any other thing like skills or which of the buyable DLC's is the most important, just say the word and I'll try my best.

Attack skill activation is actually dependent on the skill stat if you didn't know. Luna, Sol and Ignis have a Skill% chance of activation while Aether has a (Skill/2)% chance of activation. There are more activation skills but I don't know which ones you have and haven't seen. Also, there is a hierarchy of activation skills since only one can activate per attack. What I mean is that if Morgan had all four of those activation skills equipped, first it would roll for Aether, then if it didn't activate it would roll for Ignis, then Sol, then Luna.

Dragon weakness is actually not that bad. There are only four different types of things that are effective against dragons; The Falchion(s), Manakete's with that ability that makes dragonstones effective against other dragons, Wyrmslayers and The Book of Naga. The only way the first two things will be used against you is if they are in a streetpass team, Wyrmslayers are extremely rare in both the campaign and Risen fights, and the Book is a legendary weapon that only gets used as a weapon against you in a couple of the paid DLC chapters.

On you're last comment, you do realize that Panne/Nowi/Nowi's Kid/Morgan with one of the previous as a parent/etc. can use a second seal right? Panne has Thief and Wyvern Rider as other classes, Nowi has Mage and Wyvern Rider as other classes, and Morgan has access to all classes of her gender due to being the Avatar's kid. Sorry if misunderstood what you were saying, it just looked like you thought that Manaketes and Taguels were locked into their racial classes. This is especially good for Panne since the Taguel class is kind of not that good compared to others when weapon ranks are built up. And in you're specific example, Manakete Morgan could second seal into thief and then master seal into trickster for lucky 7 also.

[Hallan Parva]

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[1:51:52 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: oh hi Crunchy
[1:51:58 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: I gave Marth the mighty D
[1:54:17 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: also got Say'ri
[1:54:23 PM] Deviddo: Yay
[1:54:35 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: who is like Anna because her only non-Tactician Support is Mysterious Big Hat Man
[1:55:04 PM] Deviddo: Did you know the japanese names of Lon'qu and Say'ri don't have the stupid 's in them?
[1:55:23 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: but apostrophes are cool for implying phonetic accentuation differences
[1:55:32 PM] Max: or making creatures from the void
[1:55:36 PM] Deviddo: what
[1:55:40 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: why do you think Linnie has a boner for Farfetch'd
[1:55:45 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: it's the apostrophe's fault
[1:56:18 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: but really though
[1:56:28 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: what the hell kind of job class involves wearing a giant floofy hat
[1:56:40 PM] Max: pimping
[1:56:52 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: unless it's actually hair like an afro or something in which case AAAWWWWWW YEA
[1:56:59 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: afro knight character in Fire Emblem
[1:57:01 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: I am ready
[1:57:08 PM] Deviddo: No character in this game has a ridiculous afro.
[1:57:11 PM] Max: yet
[1:57:17 PM] Deviddo: No



[2:22:48 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: wowzers
[2:23:12 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: Risen encounters can spawn on top of StreetPass teams as well as the Anna clones
[2:23:32 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: lol the green ally team is just tearing these guys a new asshole
[2:23:51 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: CRIT CRIT LUNA CRIT
[2:24:13 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: I sort of feel bad for these Risen but hey -it's not me-
[2:25:41 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: Frederick: "Good news. It appears our mysterious allies made it unharmed. Why don't you try parleying with them when you have the chance?"
[2:26:27 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: of course they made it unharmed you doof
[2:26:27 PM] YAAAAAAHOO: they're all mastered classes with insane crit rates and awesome gear

so long story short I beat two more Chapters and now I'm across the ocean
hey Valm you might want to bend over a little more because I'm about to come kick your ass


also THIS WAS THE SECOND HARDEST DECISION IN THE GAME

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MARIBELLE OR NOWI

WHO WILL WIN THIS FABULOUS HUNK OF A MAN

EDIT: Also Isaac, you've been unbelievably helpful and I can't thank you enough. The mechanics are certainly interesting to mess with and would warrant another playthrough on the next difficulty just to be able to mess around with pairings and inheritance more. I didn't know weakness to Dragon was such a non-issue either, that certainly makes me feel better about making Nowi a class other than Manakete.

[Hallan Parva]

There is no possible way this team was randomly generated by the game. It's just too good.

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Lv26 Olivia - Dancer
Steel Sword, Iron Sword, HP Tonic
Skill +4, Special Dance

Lv3 Panne - Trickster
Killing Edge, Heal Staff, Reeking Box
Even Rhythm, Locktouch, Movement +1

Lv8 Virion - Wyvern Lord
Silver Axe, Short Axe, Bronze Lance, Elixir
Skill +2, Strength +2, Prescience, Tantivy, Quick Burn

Lv6 Gaius - Trickster
Wyrmslayer, Elixir, Kris's Confect
Locktouch, Movement +1, Lucky 7

Lv30 Nah - Manakete
Dragonstone
Even Rhythm, Patience, Wyrmsbane

Lv10 Owain - Great Knight
Wyrmslayer
Avoid +10, Discipline, Outdoor Fighter, Luna, Vantage

Lv5 Lucina - Great Lord
Parallel Falchion, Elixir
Dual Strike +, Charm, Relief, Aether

Lv16 Tiki - Wyvern Rider
Steel Axe, Silver Axe, Elixir
Even Rhythm, Wyrmsbane, Strength +2, Tantivy

Lv5 Lissa - Valkyrie
Thunder, Mend, Physic, Recover, Vulnerary (DAT HEALING)
Miracle, Healtouch, Resistance +2, Rally Resistance, Demoiselle

Lv5 Perl (Enemy Tactician) - Sniper
Silver Bow, Innes' Bow, Seed of Trust
Veteran, Solidarity, Prescience, Skill +2, Hit Rate +20

... I got fucked so hard the first time I tried to fight 'em. Did three story chapters and a few Risen fights on the side, hopefully I won't get steamrolled the second time around.



Here's what I put together to try and tackle these guys:

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Lv4 Vaike - Warrior
Iron Axe, "Teach's Bow", Steel Axe
HP +5, Zeal
Teach's Bow: Bronze Bow, 5 Might, 90 Hit, 0 Crit

Lv9 Anna - Trickster
Iron Sword, Mend, "Aegislasher"
Movement +1, Locktouch, Lucky 7
Aegislasher: Levin Sword, 12 Might, 80 Hit, 6 Crit

Lv14 Miriel - Dark Mage (married to Gaius)
"Miriel Heat", "Trigonometry", Vulnerary
Magic +2, Focus, Hex, Anathema
Miriel Heat: Elfire, 6 Might, 85 Hit, 0 Crit
Trigonometry: Flux, 5 Might, 75 Hit, 12 Crit

Lv11 Gaius - Myrmidon (married to Miriel)
Steel Sword, Killing Edge, Concoction, Sweet Tincture
Avoid +10, Movement +1, Locktouch, Vantage

Lv27 Donnel - Villager (married to Nowi)
Silver Lance, "Donny Daring"
Aptitude, Underdog
Donny Daring: Ephraim's Lnce, 12 Might, 80 Hit, 16 Crit

Lv28 Nowi - Manakete (married to Donnel)
Dragonstone, Concoction
Odd Rhythm, Wyrmsbane

Lv8 Lucina - Great Lord (married to Calem)
Parallel Falchion, Vulnerary
Dual Strike +, Charm, Relief, Aether

Lv10 Calem - Grandmaster (married to Lucina)
"Calem Sword", "Calem Jolt"
Veteran, Solidarity, Ignis
Calem Sword: Steel Sword, 10 Might, 95 Hit, 0 Crit
Calem Jolt: Elthunder, 8 Might, 80 Hit, 5 Crit

I am so glad I put the game on Casual mode.

[Isaac940]

Well if you're looking for advice I could offer a few suggestions and ideas.

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-If you have any good weapons in the convoy (brave weps/legacy weps (think Ephraim's spear)/anti-dragon weps/etc.) it might be a good idea to dig those out. As long as you do not break them, there is a method later in the game to repair weapons so don't worry about that. The big thing that comes to me is that you should have the Book of Naga from the wireless menu bonus box item section, which is A rank magic that is anti-dragon. If Calem or Miriel could wield that they could do tremendous damage to the enemy dragons.
-If the map allows for it, hold your ground near your starting point and let the enemies march over. Faster units (like the fliers) may reach your team first so you are not dealing with all 10 enemies at once.
-Exploit the hell out of the ranges the specific enemy can't attack. Pepper the great knight from range and surround the sniper up close for example.

Worst case scenario, let the team sit there as you get even stronger, as street/spotpass teams do not go away without your direct action.

[Hallan Parva]

Nobody on Skype plays this game except for Jman so maybe I'll summon Isaac by bumping this thread.

Anyway, hot Lucina x Robin action in the Smash 4 reveal got me to play FE: Awakening again. I had no idea what was going on in Calem's file as it's been forever since I last touched the game, so I started a fresh save last week, with a character named Levin.

Then I got really mad. My rant's in the spoiler below.

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During my Calem save, I paired Chrom and Sumia together as they're the most "canon" pairing and it was extremely easy to accomplish. (I mean for crying out loud, Sumia's face is clearly visible in the game's opening. She is holding the baby.) As nice as Sumia is, though, I wanted to know if there was anyone better. Of course female Avatar instantly came to mind, but I wanted to know if Chrom's other (extremely limited) options brought anything to the table.

... So I looked up Lucina's page on the Fire Emblem wiki.

I'll explain it a bit better later on, but long story short I settled on getting Chrom x Olivia established to set up my preferred Lucina outcome. I'm playing through the game, having a grand old time right? Chrom's nailing dudes, Levin's blasting dudes, Ricken's somehow leveling stupidly fast and becomes the most overpowered fucking thing on the planet. No seriously, by the time I got to Chapter 9, Chrom and Levin were both Level 13. Ricken was Level 18. I knew Olivia didn't show up until near the end of the first major storyline arc, so I kept my eyes open for any signs of her arrival. I had three Risen encounters and Champions of Yore 2 and 3 to fall back on, if Olivia needed any extra opportunities to level up or increase her relationship with Chrom.

So I get to Chapter 9. Clear the chapter, cutscene, Basilio mentions a dancer in passing, save screen. Check my stats, no sign of Olivia anywhere. Alright, whatever, she's probably in the next mission. Chapter 10, Olivia's nowhere to be found. Clear the chapter, cutscene, Olivia shows up on the map to help Chrom and company, everyone leaves, save screen. Check my stats, no sign of Olivia anywhere. Now I'm starting to get worried. "There's still time," I tell myself. "You don't get Lucina for a few more Chapters. Everything's going to be fine."

Chapter 11. Mad King Gangrel.

I apologize to anyone who hasn't played this chapter yet (which is pretty much just Llama, and that's because he's really bad), but fuck this stage. Fuck. THIS STAGE. Gangrel spends the whole chapter pussing out at the back of the map, hiding inside of a fortress tile which heals him for 20% of his max HP at the start of his turns. However, unlike most chapter bosses who puss out and stand still for the entire chapter, Gangrel can still move. His only weapon, the Levin Sword (which can attack from two tiles away like tomes), is one of his drop rewards. This basically creates a situation where, unless you've been actually using Frederick through your game, Gangrel will always get at least one cheap shot in with his Levin Sword before you can approach him and put a dent in his health. This also means that it is impossible to pick up an undamaged Levin Sword, a small detail which still manages to bother me immensely.

Of course, Gangrel is the least of your problems. It's impossible to get within attack range of any enemies on your first turn, so unless you want to get swarmed by Wyvern Riders and Barbarians, you have to take baby steps towards Gangrel and get the enemies to come to you first... which normally wouldn't be a problem, except that in THIS chapter there are some fortresses at the top left of the map, and as long as Gangrel is alive those fortresses will periodically shit out fresh Wyvern Riders and Barbarians to try and penetrate you from the rear. This basically leaves you with two choices: rush head-first into the opposing forces anyway and take out Gangrel as soon as you can, or slowly pick off the constant enemy forces and hope you packed enough Vulneraries and Mend staves.

Even with these factors, the worst part about the chapter isn't even the fight itself. No, by far the worst part of the entire chapter is that Olivia joins you here, and only after starting your first turn. You can't move her staring position, you can't give her better items, you can't even trade her Concoction (20 HP heal) for a Vulnerary (10 HP heal), which would make much more sense since she joins the battle with a measly 16 HP. Oh yeah, here's the best part: Olivia arrives on a battle filled with high-level enemies (and even some promoted ones -- a Hero, a Sage, and Gangrel himself) as a LEVEL 1 UNIT. Her defenses are shit, her attack power is shit, her crit rate is shit, and her one useful trait (the Dance command, which allows a unit that's already moved to take their turn again) leaves her completely open and exposed to the enemy. Unless you pair Olivia with another unit (and even so, you either lose Olivia's dance ability, or the ability to attack with your actually good unit) she quickly becomes more of a liability than an asset. And this is playing on Casual mode. May the gods have mercy for the unfortunate bastards who picked Classic.

Now, let's assume the best possible outcome came out of this chapter. You fight everyone off with a Chrom x Olivia pair, and she gets some assists in to generate partial experience, allowing her to level up a couple times. Chrom crits Gangrel or otherwise gets the drop on him, so he only attacks with his Levin Sword once (or perhaps not at all -- giving the player a fresh Levin Sword). Chrom and Olivia being butt buddies for the whole stage generated a lot of heart points, enough to instantly push them into C-Support. Pretty good turn of events, right?

Well, Levin's still fucked anyway. Immediately after clearing the chapter, Chrom will automatically get married to whatever potential mate he has the highest support level with. Even getting a C-Support with another female will doom Chrom, as technically Olivia cannot reach a true C-Support within a single chapter (you still have to select the support option in the map menu or preparations menu). Also, if Chrom doesn't have support points with any eligible girl, he automatically gets married to a faceless village maiden you only see twice in the entire game, in cutscenes, and then she leaves forever. Lucina won't get any stat growths from her (only from Chrom), and she won't get any new skills or class choices. Because I thought you'd have time to grind for support points on Chrom x Olivia, I raised Sumia to B-Support and Sully to C-Support during my playthrough. Well surprise, surprise, I was in for a painful and vigorous fucking.

... And the biggest kick in the nuts? Aside from the fact that you can't pair Chrom with any females aside from Lissa and Cordelia for pretty much the first half of the game in order to achieve Chrom x Olivia? It's that because Chrom automatically marries Olivia, the two instantly become S-Supports with one another. Which means you lose out on watching any of their support conversations until you beat the game and unlock the option to replay those cutscenes. Nah, you get treated to THIS shit festival instead:

Worst. Design choice. EVER.

So after being thoroughly pissed off at Gangrel giving me the middle finger, I decided to say "fuck it" and start a new save. Again.

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Avatar gender doesn't really bother me that much, but I know it's important for the game. This run I'm going to actually try optimizing my units (somewhat) and performing better than my first "blind" run with Calem. Also I set the difficulty to Hard because FUCK YEAH I'm a true man.
and Lunatic's still fucking masochistic

So after burying my face in the character creation screen for an hour, I came up with two potential Avatars.

Denton: male, build 3, face 4, hair style 2, hair color 9 (black), voice 3. +Skill, -Resistance.
Kotriarre: female, build 3, face 1, hair style 1, hair color 8 (purple), voice 3. +Luck, -Strength.

I have a few basic things planned for both Avatars. Both characters will pick up Armsthrift, both characters will marry first-gen characters (e.g. avoiding children), and both characters will, at some point, delve into their DLC classes (Dread Fighter for Denton, Bride for Kotriarre). Both characters will also reach Level 20 in both Tactician and Grandmaster before venturing into other classes; I don't want to have to re-level Tactician or Grandmaster if I miss Ignis, even though I plan on the "finalized" Avatar being either a Grandmaster or their DLC class.

Kotriarre's fate is pretty much sealed. If I don't marry her to Chrom and give Lucina the gifts of insane multiclassing, she still has the advantage of creating an extra S-Support pair (as she pairs with males who aren't linked to children, unlike Denton who has to steal a mate from one of the Shepherds, or else sacrifice himself to a "bonus character" like Anna). Chrom is obviously the favored choice, as there aren't very many optimal "bonus" males outside of Walhart (and on a personal note, pairing with him creeps me the fuck out). Also, by pairing with Chrom, Kotriarre is able to produce two multiclass children: Lucina, who is going to be hilarious, and Morgan, who picks up Rightful King from Chrom and is therefore hilarious by default.

Denton has a bit more flexibility. Aside from having a sexy offensive-based DLC class to his name (Dread Fighter basically being a close relative to Grandmaster), he also can't mate with Chrom for obvious reasons, leaving the prince to fend for himself until Olivia awkwardly stumbles her way into the game during Chapter 11. During character creation I knew early on that I wanted to base his character around body type 3; I really appreciate "rough and tumble" characters like Gregor, and I was going to have his class choices reflect that (Mercenary, Assassin, Dread Fighter). If I can't decide on a core character to pair with Denton, he'll most likely be paired with Tiki. She has amazing stat growths and gives Morgan the ability to go beast mode as a Manakete, and although it means I'll have one multiclass child as opposed to two, I'm perfectly fine with leaving an eligible female open for a Shepherd to take. Tiki's also one of the few bonus characters I even give a passing glance (the others being Anna and Spoiler Man) and I feel satisfied with being able to pair her up and give her the attention she deserves.
Also, to be completely honest... I find Tiki's lovely hair and modest breasts to be rather attractive. SUE ME.

I really only have three "optimal" goals here, though:

Lucina picks up both Myrmidon and Pegasus Knight. Galeforce is practically a requirement if you hope to avoid suffering through the endgame Paralogues and DLC, and Myrmidon gives Lucina access to the amazing skill Vantage. Sully can't pass Galeforce to Lucina (her other class drop is Wyvern Rider), and both Sumia and Maribelle trade Myrmidon for healing classes (Cleric and Troubadour, though Maribelle's Mage class drop gets honorable mention). As such, the only way to achieve this goal is to set up either Chrom x Olivia or Chrom x Kotriarre.
Stahl gets married. I've always really appreciated Stahl. He's one of my favorite cast members, even if he doesn't get a lot of screen time (and is thus often forgotten about). Whoever his wife is, I wish for Stahl and his child to get the most out of the relationship.
Optimized Owain. Even considering Lucina, Owain's my absolute favorite child character (for both gameplay and personality reasons) and I'd love to make him the absolute strongest unit he can possibly be. If this can be accomplished without needing Lissa x Denton, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Accel]

Nobody on Skype plays this game except for Jman so maybe I'll summon Isaac by bumping this thread.

Untrue. You just don't have my skype.

Anyway, I might as well post my team and status.
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Name - Class - Level - Spouse
Skills

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Christoph (MU) - Warrior (Working toward getting Counter) - 8 - Cherche
Solidarity, Patience, Armsthrift, Movement +1, Lethality

Chrom - Great Lord - 7 - Sumia
Dual Strike+, Charm, Defender, Aegis, Aether

Lucina - Great Lord - 1
Dual Strike+, Charm, Pavise, Galeforce, Aether

Sumia - Dark Flier - 18 - Chrom
Speed +2, Relief, Defense +2, Indoor Fighter, Galeforce

Cherche - Griffon Rider - 1 - Christoph
Strength +2, Tantivy, Deliverer, Lancebreaker, Renewal

Gauis - Assassin - 5 - Tharja
Locktouch, Movement +1, Zeal, Counter, Lethality

Tharja - Dark Knight - 3 - Gauis
Hex, Anathema, Vengeance, Tomebreaker

Henry - Dark Knight - 10 - Olivia
Hex, Anathema, Vengeance, Tomebreaker, Slow Burn

Olivia - Swordmaster - 1 - Henry
Luck +4, Avoid +10, Vantage, Relief, Galeforce

Donnel - Hero - 6 - Nowi
Aptitude, Underdog, Armsthrift, Patience, Sol

Noire - Bow Knight - 1
Skill +2, Prescience, Vengeance, Counter

[Isaac940]

Uhh do we need to be putting this in spoiler boxes for someone still? I'll throw this in one to be safe (characters, mechanics and stuff),

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Regarding pairing Chrom and Olivia together, yeah you need to keep him away from the other women so he doesn't get enough points for a support rank with them, unless you marry the character to someone else before CH11. Also, Chrom and Olivia do need to get a certain amount of points in CH11 to marry, but that's easily accomplished if you've found some Seeds of Trust. IIRC its like 1 Seed and 2-4 battles gets them enough points. I usually pair them together and send them to that little island with three forts to hold the line against reinforcements there.

Stahl gets married. I've always really appreciated Stahl. He's one of my favorite cast members, even if he doesn't get a lot of screen time (and is thus often forgotten about). Whoever his wife is, I wish for Stahl and his child to get the most out of the relationship.

Stahl's got good physical stat mods and a good class selection to pass down (Luna and Swordfaire!) so he's a decent choice for pretty much any of the physical women. Generally one of the best people tend to think of stat- and class-wise is StahlxCordelia, as Severa comes with Peg Knight for Galeforce and Merc for Hero as a good ending class, and Luna from Greatknight and Swordfaire from Swordmaster really help her. As for who has the best conversations I dunno, on my non-challenge runs I've done I've always put Stahl and Cordelia together.

Optimized Owain. Even considering Lucina, Owain's my absolute favorite child character (for both gameplay and personality reasons) and I'd love to make him the absolute strongest unit he can possibly be. If this can be accomplished without needing Lissa x Denton, I'd greatly appreciate it.

(M)Avatar is basically always the optimal choice as a parent, as long as your asset and flaw don't directly counteract what the unit should do. Him aside, the two best fathers for Owain are Ricken and Henry, depending on what you want. Due to Lissa's -2STR/+2MAG mod she passes down to Owain, his optimal path is a magic one. Henry gives a +1MAG modifier and access to Dark mage for fun Nosferatanking times, while Ricken passes down a +2 Mag modifier and access to Cavalier for Luna.

In general, as long as you don't royally screw up your pairings, you should be fine for Apotheosis. It doesn't require PERFECT OPTIMIZATION to do, and if I remember right, I've heard stories of people beating it with first gen characters only.

Meanwhile, about that chapter you were going on about,

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If you notice, Gangrel will hang out at the bottom of the map with a bunch of dudes who won't move also until you enter ANY of their ranges. If you mark their ranges and stay out of it while mopping up other guys, they're content to just sit back and look menacing. But if you step into the range of any one of them, all of them, including Gangrel, will start to move. There is a limited number of reinforcements so if you want to be patient, you can eliminate all of them and then set up for Gangrel himself.
Also about the dancer being weak, at least Olivia can use a sword. In FE 6-10 the refreshing classes can't do anything back to enemies barring a hilarious glitch in 8 or slapping Counter on them in 9 and 10 (and 9 and 10 Counter only has a chance to activate).

I guess if there's anything else you want me to talk about just ask.

[Hallan Parva]

Hey guys, we're starting a Cutstuff group on Skype for FE: Awakening. If you want an excuse to do something stupid surrounded by a lot of friendly faces, or you need a reason to actually play the game past Chapter 5 (e.g. Freeman and Llama), you're welcome to join in.

Skype Name (So I can add you to the chat. You can just Cutmail me this if you prefer to be semi-private about it.)
Avatar Name (Pretty self-explanatory. Trust me, it's for a good cause.)
Appearance (Your avatar's gender, build, face, hair style, hair color, and voice.)
Asset/Flaw (The two stats chosen during character creation to be buffed and nerfed.)
Difficulty (This one's optional, so don't feel pressured about playing Casual Normal or Classic Lunatic.)

Skype Name: smashbroplusb
Avatar: Kotriarre
Appearance: female, build 1, face 1, hair style 1, hair color 8, voice 3
Asset: Luck
Flaw: Strength
Difficulty: Casual Hard

[Nostalgia]

Awakening, quite frankly, is half the reason I got a 3DS. Haven't finished it yet but it's greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Lon'qu is my beautiful son and I love him. I mean, all the male characters are my beautiful sons, but especially him.

I also wanna get Path of Radiance really badly but it's so expensive ;-;

[Red]

my eternal favorite will always be sacred stones
though awakening comes pretty close yeah

[Kage]

Kindof sucks the new Super Smash Bros games still don't showcase remixes and trophies from those older more unknown Fire Emblem games that existed before Path of Radiance and Awakening.

[Nostalgia]

You know what else is stupid? The Awakening trophies are only in the 3DS version, apparently. I mean, I'm 100% sure it's another strategy by Nintendo to get you to buy both versions, but it's still disappointing.
The lack of old-school FE trophies is disappointing as well, but I'm guessing Nintendo either 1) doesn't want to bother since not many people will recognize them, or 2) doesn't want to cultivate hype for games they don't feel like translating. (But then why is Lucas in Brawl...?)

[SaviorSword]

A bit of a nerco-bump, but Fates anyone?

Also for a lil' Awkenin', I beat it on Lunatic. It was more strict in every imaginable way. The only thin' that bother'd me was how "lazy" the difficultly was from Hard to Lunatic.
Also, I'm not willin' to throw dice JUST for Lunatic+.

[Isaac940]

Fates is amazing. I'm only like two thirds of the way through Birthright and I haven't played the others yet but there's already a ton of things I love about it. After a while Awakening started to lose it's luster for me but Fates improves on things in so many ways.

[SaviorSword]

I got the Special Edition of Fates (lucky me).

Though the game has gotten a bit "easier" for any difficultly in the sense that ya have endless castles to visit for free resources.
Lunatic was handle'd better in Fates. I'm still a bit indifferent on the unbreakable weapon system. I can understand skills gettin' nerf'd big time across the board, though I'll miss the good ol' days when they were quite broken throughout pretty much every game.