Fire Emblem: Awakening

[SockHead]

My friend got it and beat it, so he lent it to me. I haven't played it in a while, but I clocked in around 10 hours. I have to say visually this game is beautiful. One complaint though is too much dialogue. Like, I want to know the story but I hate sitting through conversations I don't really give a **** about. I'm on casual mode because I suck and it's still really ****in hard. Great game though.

 

[Micah]

Haha, there's barely any text in this game compared to the other games in the series.

 

[one_eye]

Rally Spectrum is a great skill. I've never been a fan of Astra because of how it destroys equipped weapons, but coupled with Armsthrift (especially with Donnel's high luck cap), it might be good.

Weapons really aren't all too hard to come by, I have so many Silver weapons stockpiled. I've never really noticed Astra causing an issue with uses, and unless the enemy has counter, it's fantastic. Multiplying your damage by 2.5 is nice, especially when each Astra hit can crit as well.

Edit: In fact Astra DOES NOT use 5 charges. Each Astra proc uses only one weapon charge.

 

[SockHead]

Haha, there's barely any text in this game compared to the other games in the series.

This is my first FE game

 

[Thunder]

Weapons really aren't all too hard to come by, I have so many Silver weapons stockpiled. I've never really noticed Astra causing an issue with uses, and unless the enemy has counter, it's fantastic. Multiplying your damage by 2.5 is nice, especially when each Astra hit can crit as well.

Edit: In fact Astra DOES NOT use 5 charges. Each Astra proc uses only one weapon charge.

To be honest I didn't really consider the possibility of Astra taking up five charges, but it's certainly nice to know that it doesn't.

Also I think Swordmaster is my favorite class, Bow Knights and Dark Knights are pretty good too.

Back when I was playing Sacred Stones, Knights/Generals were probably my favorite, but there's something about their design in Awakening that I just don't really like.

 

[Micah]

Ah, they must've changed Astra for this game. That makes it a lot more valuable.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Gotta say, I like everything about this game (except Henry and Lissa's support, she's mine >.> ). Kinda glad I got swept up into the Reddit hype around release and managed to get a physical copy when they were having problems keeping it in stock anywhere. Haven't tried on Classic mode yet though, I've got a massive gut feeling I wouldn't do well at all.

 

[Julie]

Gotta say, I like everything about this game (except Henry and Lissa's support, she's mine >.> ). Kinda glad I got swept up into the Reddit hype around release and managed to get a physical copy when they were having problems keeping it in stock anywhere. Haven't tried on Classic mode yet though, I've got a massive gut feeling I wouldn't do well at all.

I'm on classic normal and I honestly don't know how I would do on hard. Normal is already the right amount of challenge for me.

Can anyone recommend classes for the following: Sully, Stahl, Sumia, Chrom, Ricken My Unit and Miriel? (I know it's a lot to ask for, sorry!)

I love these characters, but I don't know what to change them into. Thanks in advance!

I would also like to hear what everyone reclassed their units into, and who they married them off to!

 

[Thunder]

I think I made Chrom a Paladin after I took him through the Great Lord class, Stahl makes a pretty good Paladin as well, plus Aegis can be a pretty good skill to pass down.

After I took MU through the Grandmaster class, I made him a Swordmaster (because dammit i love swordmasters), although you might want to avoid taking after my example since I had around... five or so Swordmasters on my team at one point :U

I think Sumia could make a good Dark Flyer if paired with the right person? Either that or my friend just really likes Sumia and Henry as a pair. (Plus, you can get galeforce)

'Fraid I don't have much advice regarding Ricken, Sully, and Miriel since I never used them too much, i have been using Ricken a little bit in my new playthrough so I'll let you know what I end up classing him as.

Spoiler: As far as couples go (for my second playthrough)

I have:

Ricken x Nowi
Chrom x Olivia
Gregor x Cherche
Stahl x Cordelia
Lon'qu x Panne
MU x Tharja
Frederick x Lissa

Some of these pairs were made with the children characters in mind.

 

[Volvagia]

Thanks! :-D I was planning to make Sumia a Dark Flyer for Galeforce, same with Cordelia, but I think I'll end Corderlia as a Falcon Knight.
I was also planning to make MU a Swordmaster, but I think I'll class her into different stuff before that. I might even make her a Sorcerer, but I'm not sure yet.

I'm on Chapter 18-ish and I only have two married couples. ;~; MU x Chrom and Nowi x Donnel. (Nowi x Donnel is great for passing the Aptitude skill onto Nah.)

 

[Thunder]

Here's a list of skills, in case any of you were curious: http://serenesforest.net/fe13/skills.html

 

[one_eye]

Knights/Generals were probably my favorite, but there's something about their design in Awakening that I just don't really like.

When skills like Lethality proc it's quite amusing. They fall over after the hit. Walhart as a Knight or General is ridiculously huge though. He dwarfed poor Kellam when I put them side by side for comparison.

Haven't tried on Classic mode yet though, I've got a massive gut feeling I wouldn't do well at all.

But that's half the fun ;-;

I'm on Chapter 18-ish and I only have two married couples. ;~; MU x Chrom and Nowi x Donnel. (Nowi x Donnel is great for passing the Aptitude skill onto Nah.)

Aptitude isn't really all that great, should have had Donny pass something else down. Especially when Nah already has good growth rates, and Manakete have an extra 10 levels to use, and since it's a base class, it levels easy.

 

[Julie]

I'm still trying to decide what to reclass MU. I'm thinking assassin or sorcerer, but I also want galeforce (especially since I want to pass it down to Morgan) so probably doing dark flyer first. I already reclassed her into a Myrmidon without thinking twice though, oops.

I'm on chapter 11 and no one's married yet. I'm probably going to marry Chrom and I know I want Frederick x Lissa but as for everyone else I still haven't decided.

 

[Thunder]

What did everyone choose for a flaw/strength, btw?

I went with Defense as my strength, and Magic as my flaw.

(Also Julie, that' s a great avatar.)

 

[Julie]

What did everyone choose for a flaw/strength, btw?

I went with Defense as my strength, and Magic as my flaw.

(Also Julie, that' s a great avatar.)

I went with Speed as my strength and Luck as my flaw.

and thanks, there's no such thing as too much pot- I mean... too many pots for a pothead.

 

[Kip]

My friend got it and beat it, so he lent it to me. I haven't played it in a while, but I clocked in around 10 hours. I have to say visually this game is beautiful. One complaint though is too much dialogue. Like, I want to know the story but I hate sitting through conversations I don't really give a **** about. I'm on casual mode because I suck and it's still really ****in hard. Great game though.

That's what i thought at first but then i realized, It helps you get to know the characters better, it brings you closer to them. Of course if you aren't playing on classic it doesn't really kick into affect as much.

What did everyone choose for a flaw/strength, btw?

I went with Defense as my strength, and Magic as my flaw.

I'd prolly go with Speed as my asset & Luck as my flaw... or maybe HP...

 

[Micah]

Strength was my asset and luck was my flaw.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Just finished playing the demo and I'm very impressed with it.
So whenever I can, I'll be picking this up.

 

[one_eye]

On my first run, I forget. For Lunatic I dropped HP. HP can still hit 80, so no real detriment in the long run. Pain at the start though, and went Mag+. Sorcerer is really good to stay alive with their good Def, and Nosferatu.

 

[Volvagia]

What did everyone choose for a flaw/strength, btw?

I went with Defense as my strength, and Magic as my flaw.

(Also Julie, that' s a great avatar.)

I chose Speed as my asset and Luck as my flaw. I want to double everyone so I'm going to need speed.

Yesterday, I got 3 pairs married.
Stahl x Cordelia
Ricken x Miriel
Sully x Virion
I wasn't paying much attention to child inheritance and whatnot, I just like these couples.