Fire Emblem: Awakening

[LostZodiac]

Some time I need to get Radiant Dawn, I've beat Path of Radiance multiple times, but not Radiant Dawn :<.

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I'll update this tomorrow when I have my actual hands on the damn game, but as it were, the EB Games I pre-ordered from called me and told me I could pick up FE:A today, if I wanted to. I live 1.5hs away from the store (it's right next to my univ which is downtown...)so I'm going to head over tomorrow first thing in the morning. I really hope it's not just a clerical error~~

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this game is un-be-****ing-lievably good
oh my god.

also i highly recommend that people start playing the game on normal if you're going classic mode (perma death), as hard mode is actually pretty challenging if you weren't really a hard-mode person in prior games.

[Omar Ranger]

Someone get me a 3DS.

[Luis]

I found lunatic to be somewhat challenging, but a lot of things make it much easier than it could have been. Except for a few chapters, it stops turning up the difficulty not too far into the game. Lunatic + is a different story.

[LostZodiac]

I found lunatic to be somewhat challenging, but a lot of things make it much easier than it could have been. Except for a few chapters, it stops turning up the difficulty not too far into the game. Lunatic + is a different story.

I thought the same of the first Fire Emblem released in the US (I think it's the 6th or 7th one actually) after you clear the port chapter to go to the island it's like "Hey, you like promoted units? HAVE ALL THESE!"

[Luis]

I thought the same of the first Fire Emblem released in the US (I think it's the 6th or 7th one actually) after you clear the port chapter to go to the island it's like "Hey, you like promoted units? HAVE ALL THESE!"

Yeah. 5 second tier units by chapter 8, and Chrom and Lucina exist.

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i beat the game

it was fun. not enough mobs in hard mode though, they need a tower of valni/lagdou ruins at the end of the game so you can just go grind mobs like a boss. obviously introducing it early on (like ch9 in sacred stones lololol) would be a horrible idea, but at the end game (2nd last or last chapter) it would be cool, since you basically can level up an unlimited number of times...


edit: the DLCs let you grind like ToV/LR (you beat it with your squad, then can replay them as many times as you want); on release day they're going to have day 1 DLC but it'll be free for a limited time, so i'll probably get that and play some more. now i need to wait for etrian odyssey! <3

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Update: Beat the game again, I missed one of the characters previously and wanted to restart.

For anyone who can access the game tomorrow (the US is having massive distribution problems), here's a quick no-spoiler guide.

Spoiler!

Pick a few characters you like and work them hard. Fewer, strong characters are better in the story mode than a lot of weak units, especially with Pairing Up (which you should thoroughly abuse). You can easily "catch up" weak units with the DLC maps (the first free one is great EXP for anyone who hasn't been unpromoted), so don't worry too much about letting your units "fall behind".
Also, don't be afraid to use better weapons as you find them. You can buy unlimited of pretty much anything except the better Throwing Axes and Javelins/Spears, so if you happen upon a Killer weapon early on you may as well use it!

An unlimited number of Promotion and Class-Change Seals can be bought from certain stores as you progress through the story line so don't worry too much about saving them for new units.
Change Seals (Second Seals) work like this:

If you're an unpromoted class, you can use one starting at level 10 to change into any other unpromoted class available to that unit. Every unit has a unique combination of classes they can switch to, so find out and figure out skill builds you want.

If you're a promoted class OVER LEVEL 10, you can change to any other class (Promoted or not) available to that unit.

If you're a promoted class UNDER level 10, you can change to any unpromoted class available to the unit, much like point 1.

Change Seals reset your level to 1 (and you keep all your stats, minus the minor tweaks that you get for changing classes).

Unlike previous titles, I HIGHLY recommend you promote or class change as soon as you hit 10 for T1 classes. This is because you learn both skills by level 10 (first one is at level 1) and you can always change classes over and over again if you're looking to stat-cap. On the other hand, you need to be level 15 for Promoted classes to learn their second skill (first one is at 5), so you should hit 15 on your promoted class (if you're looking for the skill unlock). Apart from that, there's no reason to ever go past 15.

Note that Taguel, Manaketes, Dancer, and Villager all learn their second skills at level 15 (and so you should class change at 15 to get some other skills before switching back to their base class, if you wanted to keep said base class).

I figure it might be useful to have a direction when playing the game so you don't feel frustrated and feel like you have to re-start your file.

I found the DLC only useful for grinding up lower level units, not at all useful for the units I use most often. The DLCs coming up later might change that though, and I plan to buy every single one until I find a good DLC to grind on.


If you want to "play for fun" just play on Normal/Casual. Ain't no one gonna judge you gurl.

If you're like me and want your units to solo-rape everything on the last level just for kicks and giggles, then you're going to need to grind for 5 really good skills. I'll put up a list of my combinations for units if anyone wants them later on. I theorycrafted them for almost every character (minus child units, which have broader class pools and so I'll need to re-do those), so if there's a certain character you want me to run through my theorycrafting I can probably dig it up.

I personally play on Hard/Casual because I don't want to spend 2-3 hours per map trying to beat it without losing a single unit to a totally random crit that's unavoidable because the RNG gods like to **** with me.

[FailFTW]

the RNG gods

Random Number God Gods.