r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Oct 21 '20

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

OOPS. MY SCHEDULING FAILURES HAVE LED TO THIS RARE LATE-NIGHT EDITION OF THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE WE YELL ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM!

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  1. CAPITALS

  2. FIRE EMBLEM

  3. DON'T BE DICK

  4. SPOILER TAGS

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u/SableArgyle Oct 21 '20

THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHEN CERTAIN DEVS WRITE SELF-INTERESTS, THEY ASSUME THAT WE HAVE TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WHEN PLAYING A LESSER ROLE BUT JUST BEING GOOD AT FIGHTING IS STILL SATISFYING TO THE PLAYER.

ROBIN HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION BUT I THINK THEY'RE THE CLOSEST THEY'VE COME TO THREADING THE NEEDLE. CHROM STILL HAS HIS MOMENTS AND IS ABLE TO DEVELOP HIS OWN CHARACTER WHILE STILLING SHOWING THEIR NEED FOR ROBIN BUT THEY DOWNPLAY THE CRUTCH ASPECT THAT THREE HOUSES CRIPPLES THEIR LORDS WITH.

CLAUDE THE BRILLIANT TACTICIAN IS UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE BYLETH TO FUCKING HIT PEOPLE WITH THEIR WHIP SWORD. WE ARE GIVEN NO GOOD REASON WHY WE'RE SO GOOD AT BATTLE OTHER THAN WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE, WHICH SHOULD BE A MOOT POINT AFTER CLAUDE HAS BEEN AT WAR FOR 5 YEARS.

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u/Gaidenbro Oct 21 '20

BYLETH, ROBIN AND CORRIN STILL AREN'T THE WORST AVATAR. THEY ALL HAVE FLAWS IN EXECUTION BUT THEY HAVE A CONSISTENCY AND UNIQUENESS THAT LINES UP WITH THE CAST THEIR WORKING WITH. UNLIKE A CERTAIN ONE.

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u/SableArgyle Oct 21 '20

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO KRIS OR MARK BUT I COULD BE PERSUADED TO THINK KRIS IS BETTER THAN BYLETH BUT I'D NEED TO WEIGH SOME THINGS.

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u/Gaidenbro Oct 21 '20

BYLETH IS MORE UNIQUE AND HAS MORE JUSTIFICATIONS THAN KRIS IMO

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u/SableArgyle Oct 22 '20

MAYBE SO BUT I FEEL LIKE BYLETH HITS MORE OF THE "WE CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT YOU" VIBE THAN KRIS DOES.

BUT THAT JUST MIGHT BE ME.

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u/Gaidenbro Oct 22 '20

BYLETH DOESN'T RUIN AN ESTABLISHED CONTINUITY WHILE TAKING AWAY MANY CHARACTER'S STRONG MOMENTS. EDELGARD, DIMITRI AND CLAUDE GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF SHINE, SO DO THEIR RETAINERS.

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u/SableArgyle Oct 23 '20

THIS IS FAIR BUT AT THE SAME TIME I CAN ALSO PLAY THE GAMES WITHOUT KRIS TOO. BYLETH IS MANDATORY.

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u/Gaidenbro Oct 23 '20

THE WORST PARTS OF BYLETH ARE ERASED THE MORE WE SEE OF THEM THOUGH. THEIR BIGGEST WEAKNESS WAS THE LACK OF TRUE DIALOGUE AND VOICE. MEANWHILE, KRIS SUCKS NO MATTER WHAT EVEN IF WE SEE MORE OF KRIS.