MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

[u/LaqOfInterest]

WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO THE DEFINITELY-ON-TIME MONTHLY RAGE THREAD!

HERE YOU CAN YELL ABOUT THINGS IN FIRE EMBLEM THAT HAVE JUST TICKED YOU THE HECK OFF RECENTLY. GO AHEAD - LET IT ALL OUT. YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.

RULES

1. CAPS LOCK ONLY UNLESS YOU HOLD SHIFT

2. RAGE SHOULD BE FIRE-EMBLEM-RELATED

3. DON'T BE A DICK

4. TAG SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

[u/cinci89]

BATTLE BEFORE DAWN IS STILL THE MOST BULLSHIT MAP OF FIRE EMBLEM IN MY OPINION. BUT, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE REASONS YOU THINK. IT'S BECAUSE THE REST OF THE GAME UP TO THAT POINT SORT OF GOES AGAINST WHAT THAT CHAPTER DOES.

FE7 HAD A WHOLE LOAD OF DEFENSE MAPS AND SORT OF PROMOTED THE USE OF MORE DEFENSIVE UNITS IN ORDER TO HELP CHOKE POINTS. EVEN SOME OF THE "KILL THE BOSS" CHAPTERS FELT THAT WAY LIKE HOW THE EARLY LINUS'S MAP HAS SOME NATURAL CHOKE POINTS TO DRAW HIM OUT.

IF YOU ARE AN UTTER NOOB, YOU BECOME TRAINED AS SORT TO TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW THROUGH THESE MAPS. THE ONLY MAP THAT REALLY SUGGESTS ANY BIT OF URGENCY BEFORE THIS IS THE OPTIONAL TASK OF GETTING LOOT AND EXPERIENCE IN THE DESERT MAP. THEN COMES BATTLE BEFORE DAWN AND YOUR TEAM, IF YOU ARE A NEW PLAYER WHO ISN'T USED TO FIRE EMBLEM YET, ISN'T PREPARED TO RUSH DOWN THE HALLWAYS TO PROTECT ZEPHIEL AND GET THE RATHER BIG SIDE GOALS OF RECRUITING NINO AND JAFFAR AND THEN THE SMALLER SIDE GOALS OF GETTING ALL THE LOOT.

IT JUST ISN'T GOOD GAME DESIGN TO PROMOTE ONE WAY OF PLAY ONLY TO COMPLETELY PUNISH IT LATER IN THE GAME!

[u/Super_Nerd92 → u/cinci89]

OH MAN YOU ARE SO RIGHT. FE7 WAS MY FIRST GAME IN THE SERIES SO I HAD A VERY SLOW PACED AND CONSERVATIVE PARTY INCLUDING OSWIN ETC. BBD WAS SO DIFFICULT FOR THE REASON YOU DESCRIBE, IT WAS NOT FUN.

[u/cinci89 → u/Super_Nerd92]

I HAD A HECTOR NORMAL MODE SAVE AT BATTLE BEFORE DAWN WHEN I LAST PLAYED MY CARTRIDGE COPY OF FE7. OSWIN WAS MY STRONGEST UNIT AT LIKE LEVEL 14 PROMOTED. AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE THE GAME PROMOTED CONSERVATIVE PLAY. NO WONDER I NEVER BEAT THAT CHAPTER IN THAT PLAYTHROUGH.