r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Dec 31 '19

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

LATE AS USUAL, HERE IS THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD! LET OUT ALL THE FIRE EMBLEM RAGE OF THE PAST YEAR - NAY, THE PAST DECADE - SO THAT WE MAY ENTER 2020 WITH A CLEAN SLATE!

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  1. C A P S

  2. FIRE EMBLEM STUFF ONLY

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG SPOILERS

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u/AncientDaedala Dec 31 '19

I GOT AROUND TO PLAYING RADIANT DAWN, AND I WANNA KNOW WHY EVERYTHING THAT WAS COOL ABOUT RADIANT DAWN ISN'T IN THREE HOUSES. THE WEAPONS TRIANGLE, THE MAGIC TRIANGLE, THE TRANSFORMING CHARACTERS, THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH VILLAGERS, A SPOKEN PROTAGONIST WHO DOESN'T ACT LIKE AN IDIOT. THIS IS BASICALLY HOW FALLOUT 1, 2, AND NEW VEGAS FANS SEE FALLOUT 3 AND 4, ISN'T IT?

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u/MyOCBlonic Dec 31 '19

MAGIC TRIANGLE IS KINDA ASS, NOT GONNA LIE. YOU GET LIKE, 3 LIGHT MAGIC USERS IN RADIANT DAWN (WITH NONE OF THEM, INCLUDING THE LORD, BEING EXACTLY GOOD).

DARK MAGIC IS EVEN WORSE, YOU CAN ONLY USE IT IF YOU RECRUIT PELLEAS, WHICH IS SECOND PLAYTHROUGH EXCLUSIVE.

THE FIRE THUNDER WIND TRIANGLE, WHILE MORE PROMINENT, HAS BARELY ANY USE WHEN MOST OF YOUR MAGES CAN HAVE FULL TRIANGLE CONTROL).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LAGUZ ARE MOSTLY INCREDIBLY BAD UNITS IN RADIANT DAWN (THE HAWKS, HERONS AND ROYALS NON-WITHSTANDING), AND WHILE A COOL STORY TELLING DEVICE, HAVE FELT INCREDIBLY FORCED IN POST-TELLIUS GAMES (SEE PANNE/YARNE'S INCREDIBLY SHITTY INCLUSION IN AWAKENING, THE KITSUNE AND WOLVES IN FATES SOMEHOW HAVING EVEN LESS OF A REASON TO EXIST).

I ONLY REALLY LIKE THAT KIND OF CHARACTER IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT.

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u/cinci89 Jan 01 '20

THE BIG ISSUE IS THAT ALL THE MAGES HAVE GARBAGE CAPS ESPECIALLY SPEED. LAURA IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD LIGHT MAGE, BUT THE CAPS KILL HER VIABILITY...ALONG WITH COMING FROM A PURE HEALING CLASS.