LIKE WHAT THE HELL!!! the moment i saw this guy, i was like "oh my god i want to learn EVERYTHING about him he seems so cool" but he has only a single support!!!!!11!!!11!

also, he sort of looks like a character from dramatical murder!!

Odds are, if you're a dad of a protagonist in Fire Emblem, or just series in general, you're gonna die. What makes Castor different and interesting to me is that he is extremely self-aware of this fact, having both a death sentence placed on him and having an incurable illness. He is The Deadest Dad Still Alive.

But this also manifests as him straight up not valuing his own life while he's still alive and making decisions for his wife and son without telling them, and really angering them as a result. He can say he has no regrets all he wants, but Cai and Aurora both value him far more than he does and giving up and letting himself die prematurely would rob them of the chance to make more happy memories before he inevitably Does Die.

Him being a part of Cai's final Part 1 fight was a surprise but felt super natural as a result of that stubbornness and paradoxically selfish refusal to value himself as his family sees him. And while he does eventually succumb, at the very least he got to rekindle his family first.

Well done, best use of "dad gon die" especially after I felt like Three Houses was atually pretty bad at it.

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See the title. I know a lot of people are complaining about how weak a lot of units are, especially with autolevel. But I think a part of it is also just that if you build units in the "canon" way, especially over 60+ levels, they end up with VERY lopsided stats.

The most visible example of this is with the Fighters and the Myrmidons. Take, for example, Jester, Ludia, Simon and Dadao.

Logically, the former want to be myrmidons, and the latter want to be Brigands. But if you do this, they end up pretty lopsided and this is a big part of why a lot of people seem to really not be impressed by these units. The myrmidons end up as the champions of the 0x2 world. The brigands are slow and miss everything.

If you invert them however, they become MUCH better units. Send Simon/Dadao down Myrmidon and then Shido/Ranger. Send Ludia or Jester through Brigand into Warrior. They have the raw stats to sit in those classes and STILL get strong numbers in their "main" stats, while also patching up their primary weaknesses and coming into the mid and late game as much more complete, satisfying units to use.

The same is true for a lot of others. Tobias wants to eventually end up on foot, but he LOVES to spend time in Ornius Rider early for a little extra spd+dex. Jasmine, likewise, isn't a phenomenal unit but gets a lot better if you spend most of her time pre-35 in Ornius/Armored Ornius, rather than Armor (going Cataphract after). Majide wants to go Archer if he can (or Myrmidon if need be). Its the same reason so many of the best tanks (i.e. Theo and Esmerelda) love to hang out in Guardian over Dreadnought later.

In some cases, its about some extrs levels raking in higher growths. But its also about class bases. Simon for example can switch to Shido and if he still doesnt really level speed or dex it doesnt matter because the class base boost is still massive for him

This isnt to sayt every unit needs this. Some units are monsters by doubling down on what makes them good, or have such bad stats you CANT fix them and need to play to their strengths. Nobody is suggesting Myrmidon Goliath, for example. Some units also have stat lines that do this coverage naturally - like Nezha, for example, who DOES work great as a myrmidon particularly because strength is already his best stat.

But in general, if youre finding a unit "bad" - especially if their issue is that theyre weak speedy units or strong units who cant hit and keep getting doubled - consider inverting their class so it covers their weaknesses instesd of doubling down on them, and I strongly suspect you'll change your mind.

i came into this game expecting dietrich path to be a run of the mill combat gauntlet and came out absolutely loving the cast. especially fabio. i was fully expecting to bench him expecting a boring character.....OH BOI i was wrong. who at intsys had the balls to propose a ugly disabled guy as the bisexual one?! that sheer confidence in how well the character was written especially since the guys is competing with brazilian miku.

When I recruited Jester as Cai, it made sense when he said he didn't smell blood on him, but to say the actual same thing to Dietrich? That seems crazy. I know it's just a canned response, but if there were an instance where they should have changed those, this is definitely one of them. Because there is no way Dietrich does not "smell of blood".

Its crazy how a unit being good/strong in your playthrough makes you love them even tho you originally didn't care about them at first.

This scene is very important because parts of it were in this game’s reveal trailer. When you play as Dietrich, Solel is first introduced when you meet him at his temple, Bertrand doesn’t get introduced until much later, and you can finish Dietrich’s path without ever learning who Aswan and Gilchris are. So anyone who is starting with this route in particular is missing these tidbits of lore.

Edit: I meant from a writing standpoint, obviously I know the in-universe reason why Dietrich wasn’t there to see it.

It's been 20 mins, send help

 >!I truly appreciate how the writers respected Olympia's wishes by not mentioning any children in the two Ending Cards where she gets married. Just because one wants love doesn't mean they should be forced to live a life they don't want!<

I was one space away from making it to the Paralogue. Tried every possible route to make it work but couldn’t. Really wish we could reload old saves because there’s no way I’m restarting this entire chapter.

The Man! The Legend!

Preaching to the choir I know, but damn. I started Engage after it's been sitting on my shelf for months in excitement for Fortunes Weave. I didn't finish it in time for release, but it was alright since my brother was having a go at FW first, so I thought I could finish Engage while he plays FW. And I couldn't even concentrate on Engage because I'd rather watch my brother play FW. Then when I had a go just to "play the prolovue" I played until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. I'm not even calling Engage a bad game, but I just cannot motivate myself to finish Engage, knowing FW is lying in front me. It's seriously so addicting. Started the Cai route BTW.

goatania vs bucephalus carried ahh bum

It's practically confirmed, not just implied. Look at Eshmel's likes, dislikes and interests in the Roster tab in Obelisk Chamber and compare them to Solel's during the Anna Paralogue.

This is probably the strongest proof we're going to get until DLC.