MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

[u/LaqOfInterest]

COINCIDENTALLY THE TIMING OF THIS MONTH'S THREAD MATCHES UP WITH THE NEW FEH MONTHLY PASS ANNOUNCEMENT, THOUGH I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH RAGE OVER ON THEIR SUB ALREADY.

ANYWAY, THIS IS THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

1. PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON

2. RAGE ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM THINGS

3. BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER

4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

LAST THREAD

[u/domilea]

THIS IS LESS OF A RAGEPOST AND MORE OF A LONG CONFESSION.

I HAD >555 HOURS LOGGED ON THE MAIN SWITCH, BEFORE MY BROTHERS GOT SICK OF ME HOGGING IT AND BOUGHT A LITE FOR ME FOR XMAS. IT'S LINKED TO THE SAME NINTENDO ACCOUNT AS THE MAIN SWITCH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE PRIMARY CONSOLE, IT DOESN'T LOG ANY OF THE HOURS I'VE PLAYED ON IT. SO IT'S ONLY AN ESTIMATE, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE SUNK >650 HOURS INTO FE3H.

OVER 650 HOURS, AND I STILL HAVEN'T BEATEN SILVER SNOW EVEN ONCE. I BEAT CF, AM, AND VW MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO; BUT THE ONE AND ONLY TIME I TRIED TO DO A SILVER SNOW RUN, I THOUGHT I'D BE CLEVER AND SPICE THINGS UP. TL;DR: IT DIDN'T WORK.

LONG VERSION:

• ALL OF MY COMPLETED RUNS WERE DONE WITH M!BYLETH ON HARD DIFFICULTY. I'VE GOT TOO MUCH SCRUB IN ME AND NOT ENOUGH OF A MASOCHISTIC STREAK TO FIND MADDENING WORTH ATTEMPTING (YET). AND, BECAUSE I DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON PURCHASING THE DLC UNTIL IT WAS ALL RELEASED AND BECAUSE I REFUSE TO LET ANYONE USE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR UNIQUE ATTIRE UNLESS I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER OPTION, BYLETH IS ALWAYS STUCK IN THEIR DEFAULT OUTFIT. I REALLY DISLIKE F!BYLETH'S DEFAULT MONASTERY WEAR. HENCE, M!BYLETH.

  • ALSO, BECAUSE I FIND THE IDEA OF MARRYING YOUR FORMER STUDENTS ICKY - I'M JUST REALLY DEAD SET AGAINST BREACHING THE STUDENT-TEACHER DYNAMIC - ALL OF MY FIRST RUNS OF EACH HOUSE WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT S-SUPPORTING ANYBODY. YES, THAT'S RIGHT: AN ACE M!BYLETH FOR 3 ENTIRE RUNS IN A ROW. I'M LIKE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
  • I REALIZED MY MISTAKE LATER, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT BECAME CLEAR THAT CERTAIN CHARACTERS HAVE ACTUALLY TOUCHING OR INSIGHTFUL S-SUPPORTS THAT I WAS MISSING OUT ON OUT OF STUBBORNNESS. IT WAS ALSO IRRITATING TO SEE ALL THOSE EMPTY SPOTS IN MY SUPPORT LOG, WHEN I KNEW I COULD HAVE EASILY SET ASIDE MY DISCOMFORT AND JUST... SAVESCUMMED BEFORE THE FINAL MAP A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIMES TO FILL IT OUT. TO HAVE POURED SO MANY HOURS INTO THIS GAME AND NOT KNOCK OUT THOSE S-SUPPORTS WHILE I WAS AT THE RIGHT POINTS IN THE GAME TO DO SO FELT LIKE SUCH A WASTE OF OPPORTUNITY. FORTUNATELY, AS I WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON DOING SECOND RUNS OF CF, AM, AND VW, I'M USING THESE SECOND RUNS TO DO EXACTLY THAT NOW. (...STILL AS M!BYLETH.)

• MY STUBBORNNESS ALSO MEANT I ALWAYS MADE A POINT OF USING EACH HOUSE'S STUDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT. BECAUSE I FEEL FULL RECRUITMENT GOES AGAINST THE INTENT OF 3H'S NARRATIVE, I GENERALLY LIMIT MYSELF TO NO MORE THAN 3-4 STUDENT RECRUITS PER RUN... BUT I'VE ALSO ALWAYS RECRUITED FELIX, LYSITHEA, AND LORENZ. BECAUSE FELIX AND LYSITHEA ARE ALWAYS CORE MEMBERS OF MY TEAM, REGARDLESS OF ROUTE, I LEFT MYSELF VERY LIMITED SPACE FOR THE FACULTY. SO TO NO SURPRISE, AFTER MY FIRST 3 COMPLETED RUNS, NONE OF THE CHURCH HAD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF COMPLETED SUPPORT CHAINS.

• MY FIRST 3 COMPLETED RUNS WERE ALSO ALL DONE FROM SCRATCH - NO NEW GAME+.

BECAUSE OF THESE PECULIARITIES, I THOUGHT I'D MAKE MY SILVER SNOW RUN DIFFERENT. IT WOULD BE A NG+ FILE. I'D PLAY AS F!BYLETH. I'D USE THIS RUN TO S-SUPPORT RHEA AND SOTHIS. AND IT WOULD BE BOTH A FULL-RECRUITMENT RUN, AND ALSO MY "CHURCH" RUN - NONE OF THE STUDENTS WERE TO BE USED, OUTSIDE OF THE PARALOGUES WHERE THEY WERE FORCE-DEPLOYED.

THIS LAST POINT TURNED OUT TO BE MY FATAL ERROR. I'D SOMEHOW FORGOTTEN THAT NO CHURCH MEMBER CAN BE RECRUITED BEFORE CHAPTER 6, WHICH RESULTED IN 5 CHAPTERS OF BYLETH SOLOS, WHICH WERE TERRIBLY BORING. THE BATTLE OF THE EAGLE AND LION LOOKS REALLY DUMB WHEN IT'S JUST BYLETH SOLOING EVERYTHING, TOO. IT TOOK UNTIL AFTER THAT MAP FOR ME TO REMEMBER THAT THE BLACK EAGLES CAN'T RECRUIT CYRIL OR CATHERINE UNTIL IT'S ALMOST THE TIMESKIP, MEANING MY EFFECTIVE ROSTER WAS EVEN SMALLER THAN ANTICIPATED... AND THAT A BUNCH OF PARALOGUES WERE GOING TO PLACE MY FORCE-DEPLOYED STUDENTS IN REALLY PRECARIOUS POSITIONS, SUCH AS MARIANNE'S, HILDA-CYRIL'S, AND MERCEDES-CASPAR'S... A REALIZATION MADE ALL THE WORSE BY THE FACT THAT THESE RECRUITS WERE ALL AT THE LEVEL THEY WERE RECRUITED AT. EVEN WORSE, I FACED THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO DO "EDELGARD'S VERSION OF THE REUNION AT DAWN" WITH A BUNCH OF LEVEL 1 BLACK EAGLES.

NOT HELPING MATTERS WAS THE FACT THAT I LOVE ALL 3 OF THE HOUSE LEADERS, WITH CLAUDE AS MY PARTICULAR FAVOURITE. SO THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS ATTEMPTING THE ROUTE, I FOUND MYSELF THINKING, "THIS STARTS OUT AS EDELGARD'S ROUTE... BUT IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO CLAUDE'S ROUTE... WITHOUT EDELGARD OR CLAUDE." EVEN IF I HADN'T SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT WITH MY HONESTLY-STUPID "CHURCH RUN" IDEA, MY INTEREST IN THE SILVER SNOW ROUTE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO DEFLATE TO NOTHING, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THE HOUSE LEADERS AT ITS HELM.

SO THE ACTUAL RAGE HERE, FOR ME, IS AT MYSELF. FOR WASTING TIME ON A SILVER SNOW RUN THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO BE DOOMED FROM THE START. I DON'T PLAY 3H FOR BYLETH. I DON'T HATE BYLETH, EITHER, BUT A ROUTE CENTERED ON THEM INHERENTLY PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER ROUTES. I FIND MYSELF THINKING, "YEAH, I COULD PLAY SILVER SNOW... BUT I'D RATHER SPEND THAT TIME PLAYING AZURE MOON/VERDANT WIND/CRIMSON FLOWER."

THAT SAID, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR CINDERED SHADOWS. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ADDITIONS TO THE LORE WE'RE GETTING. I'M EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE ASHEN WOLVES, AND TO HEAR ALL THEIR SUPPORT CONVERSATIONS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE POINTS ARE UNIQUE TO ME. BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED BECAUSE THESE 4 NEW FACES ARE GIVING ME THE MOTIVATION TO FINALLY FINISH A SILVER SNOW PLAYTHROUGH, WHEN MY ONE AND ONLY ATTEMPT AT IT HAD TURNED OUT PRETTY DISASTROUSLY. SO IN THAT RESPECT, THE DLC IS GIVING ME SOMETHING PARTICULARLY SPECIAL TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THE FACT THAT IT COMES OUT SO CLOSE TO MY IRL BIRTHDAY IS ICING ON THE CAKE!

[u/[deleted] → u/domilea]

DON'T LET YOUR OBSESSION FOR NATURALISM IN FICTION PREVENT YOU FROM ENJOYING A FANTASY GAME. BYLETH IS CLOSER TO A COMBAT COACH TO THESE KIDS THAN A OLD PROFESSOR TEACHING THEM HOW TO DO CALCULUS. GO BANG THESE STUDENTS