Not to mention, Morgan M should default to tactician anyway, so Veteran would be a bit wasted on him.
Fire Emblem: Awakening
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Not to mention, Morgan M should default to tactician anyway, so Veteran would be a bit wasted on him.
I maxed out Lissa's stats today, so I can either Master Seal or Second Seal her. Not sure what to do, to be honest. Choose War Cleric and get Renewal? Or go Pegasus Knight and get Relief at level 10? Thing is that I like Lissa as a Healer and she can't use staffs as a Pegasus Knight. However, I did get Libra today (I'm so amused at the name, haha, as well as Chrom going "You're a man?"), so I could use him as a Healer.
I find myself always picking the same characters to play with and I'm already looking at some differences in their levels. As a beginner (and one playing Normal/Casual at that), I don't think I should worry too much about training everyone and getting their levels high enough, but I do think it's a good idea to do some minor planning for the future.
Decisions, decisions, decisions, ...
I'm really enjoying the game, though. I'm slow at playing it, but that's okay; it's fun and it's a nice change from other games I've played. Need to work a bit on the characters' supports, though, because I love the conversations they have.
I find myself always picking the same characters to play with and I'm already looking at some differences in their levels. As a beginner (and one playing Normal/Casual at that), I don't think I should worry too much about training everyone and getting their levels high enough, but I do think it's a good idea to do some minor planning for the future.
Decisions, decisions, decisions, ...
I'm really enjoying the game, though. I'm slow at playing it, but that's okay; it's fun and it's a nice change from other games I've played. Need to work a bit on the characters' supports, though, because I love the conversations they have.
Stacyfaith
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I maxed out Lissa's stats today, so I can either Master Seal or Second Seal her. Not sure what to do, to be honest. Choose War Cleric and get Renewal? Or go Pegasus Knight and get Relief at level 10? Thing is that I like Lissa as a Healer and she can't use staffs as a Pegasus Knight. However, I did get Libra today (I'm so amused at the name, haha, as well as Chrom going "You're a man?"), so I could use him as a Healer.
I find myself always picking the same characters to play with and I'm already looking at some differences in their levels. As a beginner (and one playing Normal/Casual at that), I don't think I should worry too much about training everyone and getting their levels high enough, but I do think it's a good idea to do some minor planning for the future.
Decisions, decisions, decisions, ...
I'm really enjoying the game, though. I'm slow at playing it, but that's okay; it's fun and it's a nice change from other games I've played. Need to work a bit on the characters' supports, though, because I love the conversations they have.
Ahh, looking at this kind of talk again makes my head hurt. I forgot how much research I had to do on FE classes in order to get perfect skill sets. xD
Buuut, it depends. What do you want as her final class? Are you planning on getting her child (would highly recommend btw)? I'm sure you've heard this, but Galeforce is a great skill to have on any character who is able to get it. I would recommend getting Galeforce first through Pegasus Knight-> Dark Flier and passing it onto Owain. And then if you want her final class to be a War Cleric, a healer, then you switch back to Cleric-> War Cleric to get Renewal. To be honest though, after you get the children characters with great skills, you'll completely forget about the 1st gen characters.
Haha. This is why I would recommend Second Sealing to Pegasus Knight. Sorry Lissa!I'm glad you're enjoying the game though.
It really is such fun when you start understanding how the whole class system works. You'll probably end up with totally different classes than the default ones. For example, my Kellam ended up as an assassin. xD Woohoo! And the support conversations are a major reason why this game is one of my favorites. Never did see them all, though...;-;Not sure yet what I want her final class to be. x_x Thing is that for my first playthrough I'm not exactly planning on getting the children as well (I'm sure they're great, but I don't think I absolutely need them to beat the game on Normal/Casual (at least, I hope so... ^_^')). I mean; if I manage to unlock the chapter a child appears in, then great. But if not, then I'll just continue with whoever I currently have.
Yeah, see, that's the thing; I kinda never use Kellam. I keep picking the same characters and thus they level up. But others I just don't use or very rarely. Like Maribelle and Ricken and a few others. x_x
When I read forums and such about which characters to use, I always end up even more confused than I already am. -_-' What people are saying is based on their experience and personal preferences, but that's not always helpful to me. As an example; Panne. I was reading about her and some people say that she is absolutely awesome, while others say she is not good at all. And thus I am like "Okay, so what I'm going to do with her?" ^_^'
How I play actually reminds me a little of Pok?mon. I know, I know; this isn't a Pok?mon game, but what I mean is that when I play a Pok?mon game I tend to only use and train a few Pok?mon (maximum six) and not bother with any others. I'm somewhat doing the same here; only focus on a few characters and the rest exists, but that's pretty much it.
But then I'm thinking there's nothing wrong with this. Everyone plays the game how they want, right? ^_^ And I will probably do another playthrough of this game later, at which point I can always use characters I haven't used before. So that's an idea/option I'm keeping in mind. ^_^
But something I do wonder is just how much difference there is between Normal and Hard? People are going "Normal is way too easy!" and say that "Hard = Normal". So I'm curious what the difference is then? The enemies have higher levels? More HP? There are more enemies? Something else? ^_^'
So many questions... ^_~
Stacyfaith
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Ahh okay. Yeah, you definitely don't need them. I played on Casual difficulty, and I remember breezing through the final chapter when I had them all on the field. It was probably the easiest final boss battle I've ever experienced. >.o Bah. But I knew I would not have the patience for a whole other play through, and that's why I went all out with the kids and whatnot. So if you're going to do another play through on Hard, then you don't need to get them now.
Yep! Play however you want.
I never used Kellam either, but I ended up wanting to pass a skill unto Nah, so he ended up as an assassin. And he was a pretty darn good one. 
I honestly only played with a select few too, and the only reason the other characters ended up with good skills and different classes was because I was obtaining skills to pass unto the children. I think deciding whether a character is "good" or "bad" depends on your taste and how far you are in the game. For example: Federick in the beginning of the game? HOLY AMAZING. Frederick at the end of the game? Oh God no. xD And I'm a brute force, all out offensive type of person, so tanks really annoyed me. They were SO slow, and never dodged anything. -__- All of my characters were super speedy, expect for the Manaketes, and none were Knights or Generals. A General doing a good amount of damage while also getting pummeled was just not as good to me as Lon'qu dodging an attack AND landing a crit in the same turn. So just keep playing and trying out the different classes. You'll find out what your preferred game play style is eventually.
And about the difficulty difference, I found a good list here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/643003-fire-emblem-awakening/66856658
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And about the difficulty difference, I found a good list here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/643003-fire-emblem-awakening/66856658
Thanks! <3
And yeah, I understand wanting your characters to be speedy. Some are indeed slow and I'm not sure what to do about it (reclass them, I guess). But I'm doing an effort to
Also, another question, if you don't mind. ^_^ Sometimes when a character (or an enemy) attacks, it says "No damage". From what I understand certain weapons have no effect in certain situations. That makes sense. However, what always confuses me is when an attack misses because a character does this little jump away (which always amuses me to no end XD). I'm guessing there's a reason for that, but I'm not sure what it is. Help? ^_^'
Oh, wow, I'm probably not the best person to answer this, but I'll try, anyway. ^_^'
1) Casual Mode. Yes, please! I don't care that people say that this isn't Fire Emblem if you don't have Permadeath on, for a complete beginner and newcomer like me, Casual Mode is perfect! That does not mean I don't do my best to keep my characters alive, by the way (so it's not like I'm "oh, I'll just sacrifice this character, because you know; Casual, LOL"). Honestly, I would have given up on playing this game shortly after beginning because I had no idea what I was doing and my characters kept dying. But I'm learning and Casual Mode makes things less stressful for me (there's so much stuff to learn and find out if you're new to this game, saying it can be overwhelming would be an understatement).
2) The characters and their personalities. I really like how they are all unique (well, the ones I've recruited so far) and that you don't have the feeling of "x being a copy of y with y being almost identical to z". And their dialogues (recruiting Gaius; awesome! XD) as well as their support conversations (I need to work on that, though ^_^'). Also, and this may sound stupid, but I really love the responsibility you have as the Avatar. You're not just moving some chess pieces, no, these characters are counting on you and you can be sure they'll let you know it too! <3
3) The skills and classes. Now, granted, I was seriously overwhelmed at first by all this and I can understand it drives people away from this game. I somewhat had the same problem because I was reading info and a lot of what you read is based on personal experience and preference, and you know, that's not always helpful. But, like people here have said; play the game the way you want it. And if you have questions, just ask! It's what I do and I really appreciate all the help people here have given me. <3
4) The story. I'm sure there are better stories in other games, but I'm really enjoying this. It has its funny moments, but also sad and serious ones. Like what happened with Chrom's sister, that was beautiful but oh so sad at the same time. ;-;
Those are the most important points. There's more but I'm a bit tired, so I might list them later. ^_^
But yeah, I do understand that you may not like this game. I played the demo and absolutely loved it. But I also played the demo for Bravely Default and I was just 'meh' about it (though I've been told that the game is much better than the demo because it actually explains what you're supposed to do and such). But that's okay, I already have too many games and not enough time to play them, so I can't buy them all, anyway. XD
When an attack misses, it just misses. Nothing else really.
When you take no damage, that means that your defense (or resistance, depending on the attack) is higher than their attack or magic, again depending on the attack. So if someone who has an attack of 13 and is using a normal Bronze Sword against someone with 24 defense, it would do no damage since 24 is higher than 16. (13+3)
I tried Rogues and Redeemers 3 yesterday and for fun, I choose 4 random pairs and tested how cheap I am. They were:
Lissa and Chrom
Me and Lucina
Cordelia and Katarina
Inigo and Severa (One of my best teams)
In the end, Cordelia took 10 damage. Everyone else was unharmed. Either this map is really easy or these people are really cheap. Probably the second one. XD
Lissa and Chrom
Me and Lucina
Cordelia and Katarina
Inigo and Severa (One of my best teams)
In the end, Cordelia took 10 damage. Everyone else was unharmed. Either this map is really easy or these people are really cheap. Probably the second one. XD
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Got Olivia today! The extra turn from her dance is very nice, but I have a feeling leveling her up is going to take forever (and I'm not sure EXPonential Growth will be able to help a lot with that) and people seem to have mixed feelings about her. So, out of curiosity; who here used Olivia and did so as a dancer (after maybe reclassing a few times)? Oh, and like I've said before; I'm not focusing on the children, so the whole "have her learn Galeforce so she can pass it down" doesn't apply for me. That and I'm playing Normal/Casual, so her dance might be one of those things which is nice to have but not really necessary to beat the game.
Bread Kennedys
Oyasumi.
I still haven't 100%'d this yet. Restarted a few weeks ago, with a new avatar, but I haven't gotten to it yet much because other games got in the way. I need something to do this summer anyway before the boredom rolls in, so hopefully this time I can 100% complete it.
Restarted a few weeks ago, with a new avatar, but I haven't gotten to it yet much because other games got in the way. I need something to do this summer anyway before the boredom rolls in, so hopefully this time I can 100% complete it.
Got Anna today. Could have gotten her sooner but I'd kinda forgotten I had unlocked some side stories, haha. Seems she can heal too; nice! I've done some reclassing as well and I'm quite happy with my choice to Master Seal Lissa to Sage. I like having her as a Healer who can defend herself. There are some characters I simply don't use, though, and whose levels are thus quite low; Frederick (for obvious reasons), Kellam, Donnel, Maribelle, Panne, Nowi and Ricken. Oh yeah, and maybe Olivia, but I haven't tried leveling her up yet, so I'm not sure whether I'll use her or not. I really need to pair up more often with my Pegasus units, though. I have characters who can't move that far, so while others are fighting, they're kinda at the other side of the map, doing nothing, haha.
Just so you know, you can train your units outside of the story through wifi, and every unit is valuable in this game, no unit is weaker than another (except for child units because they are always stronger than parents).
Yeah, I know. It's just that this my first time ever playing a Fire Emblem game and I don't want to overwhelm myself by training too many characters and such.
I'd love some advice on the best way to use stat boosters. I'm currently on chapter 16 and I have a few items such as an Energy Drop which apparently increases Strength by 2. Is now a good time to already begin using them or should I wait? I'm also curious as to how people use them; on one character (like your avatar)? Several characters? High-leveled characters or lower ones? I'm playing on Normal/Casual and I think I'm doing okay for the time being, but I'm also thinking that I might as well use those items. It's just that I'm not sure what the best method would be. So I'd love to hear what others have done.
I finished my first playthrough of Fire Emblem: Awakening. Yay! I didn't complete it 100%, though. I wanted to, but unlocking the children's chapters took too long since I had been only focusing on a few characters and I got tired of the support grinding for the others. Given that I hadn't planned to use the children, anyway, there was little point in recruiting them (that and I was throwing together who I could to unlock the chapters which made the children's stats not all that great).
In the end, I didn't use any stat boosters and I didn't do a whole lot of reclassing. Mostly I went with Lissa healing wherever and whenever she could and that worked quite well for me. Of course, it helps that I was playing on Normal/Casual. I can actually understand why people say it's too easy that way but hey, for a complete beginner like me? Yes, please!
I really enjoyed this game and plan on doing another playthrough later (don't know when yet) in which I'll use the children (which means I'll have to recruit them as soon as I can, rather than go two chapters before the end "Oh, right, maybe I should try unlocking the children's chapters", haha). And that playthrough I'll complete 100% (meaning the SpotPass episodes as well). *nods*
In the end, I didn't use any stat boosters and I didn't do a whole lot of reclassing. Mostly I went with Lissa healing wherever and whenever she could and that worked quite well for me. Of course, it helps that I was playing on Normal/Casual. I can actually understand why people say it's too easy that way but hey, for a complete beginner like me? Yes, please!
I really enjoyed this game and plan on doing another playthrough later (don't know when yet) in which I'll use the children (which means I'll have to recruit them as soon as I can, rather than go two chapters before the end "Oh, right, maybe I should try unlocking the children's chapters", haha). And that playthrough I'll complete 100% (meaning the SpotPass episodes as well). *nods*
