Just the smug satisfaction that you're playing in a mode wholly unsuited to a musou for no reason other than to make it harder.
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Just the smug satisfaction that you're playing in a mode wholly unsuited to a musou for no reason other than to make it harder.
Seth Enosh
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I picked classic/hard mode because Im a glutton for punishment I guess.
Ive never completed any previous FE game due to classic mode in awakening causing me to reset battles too many times and eventually give up. Im just gonna keep going on classic/hard for now but switch to casual if it gets frustrating.
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Pottypotsworth
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I love Hyrule Warriors (which was my first Warriors game), but Fire Emblem seems to be quite a bit more complex. I'm hacking my way through pretty well, but I have a couple of questions...
1) What is Anna's popup shop exactly, and how do I access it?
2) How on earth do i use items? I've had a couple of warriors close to death and no idea how to activate the items they are holding from the camp/convoy.
Thanks,
1) What is Anna's popup shop exactly, and how do I access it?
2) How on earth do i use items? I've had a couple of warriors close to death and no idea how to activate the items they are holding from the camp/convoy.
Thanks,
The popup shop is the equivalent of Gold Skullatas. Push B near her when she pops up to get a piece of the picture.
To use an item hold ZR and then press A.
TurnipFritters
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After certain conditions are met, Anna will pop up somewhere on the map (you can check the map and see her icon). Go talk to her and you'll get a piece of a picture. So far all of the conditions for her to show up have been "Kill 1,000 enemies" which is super not difficult.
You have to equip and item and use some combination of buttons (I think it's a Z trigger plus X? Or something? You can check the Guides section of the menu to see for sure).
Master Milk
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is there a list of which stage's mementos you need to collect to get anna?
Dark Ninja
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Was able to get a couple of hours in yesterday. All the gameplay mechanics and flow of this game are a step up from Hyrule Warriors. Man the music in this game is amazing.
AFAIK you only need to complete one of them and do Anna's respective challenge for it. So if you just focus on the Awakening story missions and get all the mementos from the first History mode map, that should be everything you need to unlock her.
SporeCrawler
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so much this. it really is a warriors game where the minimap matters. not that it doesnt matter in other warriors games but here it is really critical and i tend to use it constantly while in other warriors games i used it two to three times a battle max.
Pottypotsworth
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robotzombie
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quick question, what does the warrior gauge do?
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Is Lyn hard to unlock? I'd like to get her ASAP.
Lights and Waves
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Just unlocked Corrin. The game is fun so far, but inferior to Hyrule Warriors in so many ways...
I wish it didnt just throw new characters at you constantly. I feel overwhelmed by alll the options and wish I had more time to learn each one.
I wish it didnt just throw new characters at you constantly. I feel overwhelmed by alll the options and wish I had more time to learn each one.
IronLich
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So quick question on the game...
Do we know if there are enough Master Seals in the game to go around? I'm past the end of Story Mode, and heading straight to Celica's history book to unlock her. Wanna make sure certain characters get the stat boost they need to stay afloat when I need them.
Do we know if there are enough Master Seals in the game to go around? I'm past the end of Story Mode, and heading straight to Celica's history book to unlock her. Wanna make sure certain characters get the stat boost they need to stay afloat when I need them.
Gaiaknight
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between story mode and history mode there is just enough for every character im assuming dlc will add extra for the new characters
Velcro Fly
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There should be enough from History Mode for all characters.
I've finished the first 3 history mode maps and it feels like even with the last two there are fewer battles than the First adventure map in Hyrule Warriors which is a shame since I was hoping for this to be my Podcast game but I think by the end of the week I'm going to be completely done.
Lights and Waves
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As much as it hurts to say this, I regret buying this game. It's just too similar to Hyrule Warriors and I invested so much time into that game...I'm still a little burnt out from it and this game isn't offering enough as far as "newness" to keep me hooked.
CEJames
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But...but, we need enough sales for a Fire Emblem Warriors Legends or 2 with IKE!!!! Think about our Lord IKE!!!!!
Drilbit777
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How do I get more Myrmidon breechcloth and captain swords? Im not getting too many of those
DrDomVonDoom
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RIP Frederick and Boobs McGee aka Camilla. I think I realized why they threw so many characters at you, a lesser player might burn through them all lol
That is my problem too. I used one on my main of course but there are so many characters in the game I am worried to waste one on certain people because what if I unlock someone better?
I also used one on the red headed archer (Sakura spelling?) because I like using an archer whenever a board has flying enemies.
Can't bring myself to use another one yet
User123456
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I expected this game to be, like Hyrule Warriors, pretty much just another Musou. How wrong I was, god damn.
Every single character is amazing so far (IMO many bland ones in the average Musou and Hyrule Warriors in particular) and their interactions are fantastic. The pair-up mechanic and getting extra scenes from the friendship rating is great as well.
Then there's the actual mechanics. The weapon triangle, the class weaknesses and the stats, and how the pair-up, map and orders system brings it all together. It's just absolutely fantastic. I already knew, going in, that FE was the perfect franchise for a Musou but I didn't know it would improve the overall enjoyment of the formula so much.
Oh, and I'm not leaving here without mentioning how fucking amazing it is hearing the rockin' Fire Emblem theme remix when you trigger Awakening mode. Especially when you trigger it in a moment of need.
Expected a 7/10, got a 9 instead. Super impressed and super pleased. Good show, Nintendo/KT/TN. I'm not done with the game yet but I already hope there's a sequel. And as an added bonus, it's making me super hyped for the upcoming Fire Emblem game on Switch.
Every single character is amazing so far (IMO many bland ones in the average Musou and Hyrule Warriors in particular) and their interactions are fantastic. The pair-up mechanic and getting extra scenes from the friendship rating is great as well.
Then there's the actual mechanics. The weapon triangle, the class weaknesses and the stats, and how the pair-up, map and orders system brings it all together. It's just absolutely fantastic. I already knew, going in, that FE was the perfect franchise for a Musou but I didn't know it would improve the overall enjoyment of the formula so much.
Oh, and I'm not leaving here without mentioning how fucking amazing it is hearing the rockin' Fire Emblem theme remix when you trigger Awakening mode. Especially when you trigger it in a moment of need.
Expected a 7/10, got a 9 instead. Super impressed and super pleased. Good show, Nintendo/KT/TN. I'm not done with the game yet but I already hope there's a sequel. And as an added bonus, it's making me super hyped for the upcoming Fire Emblem game on Switch.
SporeCrawler
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I think the real problem with this game is that they focused on the main cast of each game and that the main cast of the FE games usually are really derivative.
Take chrom and lucina for example.. they are pretty much marth clones with modifications
Lissa, Sakura and Elise are all the same healer type (fortunately they play rather differently). I mean you could put in mist, lena, serra, natasha in there all the same archetype.
Navarre (a dlc char), lyn and Ryoma are both the myrmidon type so the former isnt that exciting... (Navarre being the archetype)
Camilla and Minerva are also the same wyvern lord type (Minerva being the archetype)
Obviously the worst is with the pegasi sisters.. you have cordellia, hinoka and caeda which are the friggin same character type.. FE games succeeded in making some really outstading pegasus knights like florina, marcia or est..
Take chrom and lucina for example.. they are pretty much marth clones with modifications
Lissa, Sakura and Elise are all the same healer type (fortunately they play rather differently). I mean you could put in mist, lena, serra, natasha in there all the same archetype.
Navarre (a dlc char), lyn and Ryoma are both the myrmidon type so the former isnt that exciting... (Navarre being the archetype)
Camilla and Minerva are also the same wyvern lord type (Minerva being the archetype)
Obviously the worst is with the pegasi sisters.. you have cordellia, hinoka and caeda which are the friggin same character type.. FE games succeeded in making some really outstading pegasus knights like florina, marcia or est..
FutureLarking
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Was it ever confirmed that there is no bonus at all for playing classic mode? Increased item drop quality, faster bond making or anything? They wouldn't be evidently noticeable, and all I've seen is people saying they haven't noticed anything.
Also, any impressions of the 3DS version? I actually liked Hyrule Warriors 3DS
Also, any impressions of the 3DS version? I actually liked Hyrule Warriors 3DS
User123456
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I've been looking around and as far as I know, classic mode is for bragging rights only. It doesn't unlock anything to my knowledge or give you any sort of reward or advantage.Was it ever confirmed that there is n bonus at all for playing classic mode? Increased item drop quality, faster bond making or anything? They wouldn't be evidently noticable, and all I've seen is people saying they haven't noticed anything.
Also, any impressions of the 3DS version? I actually liked Hyrule Warriors 3DS
Lights and Waves
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I've been using Chrom as my main for everything. He's essentially the Link of this game. My other main is Camilla, but I really hate that riders are at the mercy of archers. My queen deserves better!
Also impatiently waiting for Niles to be released!
Also impatiently waiting for Niles to be released!
Niceguydan8
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I think the History Mode is pretty awesome.
I also shed a tear when I saved a villager with a pot on his head (RIP Donnel being in the game). He's probably not popular enough, but I thought any Villager class could have been kind of neat.
I also shed a tear when I saved a villager with a pot on his head (RIP Donnel being in the game). He's probably not popular enough, but I thought any Villager class could have been kind of neat.
FutureLarking
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My problem with Hyrule Warriors "content" is that there was far too much grinding and pointless battles in Adventure Mode. The maps were needlessly large, and after a while didn't offer much new of anything. Just keep fighting these same battles again and again and again with slightly different variables to get this content we've arbitrarily locked behind it. I don't have 100+ hours to spend on a game whose gameplay loop is run around and hit X & Y a lot. If they were massive adventure maps full of unique handcrafted environments and dialogues and stories I would've liked it, by Hyrule Warriors had so much cookie-cutter fluff. Oh look! Repeat the same map to get a compass. Burn a random bush we're not going to help point out to you... choose the wrong one and go back to that other map and get another
Here's a fight for no reason other than to slow you down and waste our time in the name of "content"!I'm actually happy that things seem much improved in that regard in Fire Emblem Warriors. I seem to be unlocking things faster, people are levelling up and getting more powerful faster, and History Mode seems more concise and less eager to aimlessly waste my time.
In that regard, I vastly prefer it to Hyrule Warriors. On the other hand, I just don't have the same sort of connections with the characters here like I did with the cast in Hyrule Warriors - that and I think the general maps and environments in HW stood out more and were more varied.
Technoweirdo
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As in Plateslayer, Dragonslayer, and the like? You can stack two of them together.
I agree, this game has been a delightful surprise while I wait for Super Mario Odyssey. Also, it's great to have a competent hack 'n slash game on the Switch now.
NeonZ
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History mode, once you add up all five maps, has pretty much as many battles as the original Hyrule Warriors Adventure map (
). There are battles that only become visible later in the History mode maps with enemy reinforcements and unlockable outrealm gates. Still, you'll probably finish History mode significantly quicker than Adventure mode since there's no item mechanic locking progress, although you'll still need to replay stages for seals and such.
There are four of those, the first two chapters for each route in the route split. It's a stupid premise that seems straight out of Advance Wars considering the way they're randomly throwing soldier's lives away, and it's even odder how they placed them all together like that and didn't think anything was odd.
125 battles in FEWs vs 128 battles in HW (+5 in the Rewards map)
There are four of those, the first two chapters for each route in the route split. It's a stupid premise that seems straight out of Advance Wars considering the way they're randomly throwing soldier's lives away, and it's even odder how they placed them all together like that and didn't think anything was odd.
Just want to note that adding that type of perk to your weapon (Plateslayer, etc.) will lower the base attack stat (you will know because the number in the top right corner will be red). Thankfully the the attack stat only decreases once, regardless of whether you apply one or two of the perks.
On a side note, Ive noticed that some of the characters (particularly Pegasus riders) will have a bar under their portrait during gameplay, and it slowly fills up yellow while attacking enemies. I cant find any info about this in the Guides and its also not in the digital manual. Does anybody know what the hell this is?
SpScarecrow0
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I think its flight. I did a combo with Hinoka to where she went up high and juggled and as long as i had that bar i could keep going.
Thats what I assumed at first, but then I noticed that its also on Sakura, Leo, Elise and maybe even some others Ive forgotten.
It cant be flight. It cant be magic. I dont understand this thing, lol.
Technoweirdo
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The short of it: They all involve their Strong 1 (Press X)
The long of it:
Lissa: Charges by doing Strong 1, depletes over time. So long as it's not empty, you get a 25% boost to Str/Mag/Def/Res.
Cordelia / Hinoka / Caeda: Charges by attacking, depletes slowly during use. With at least half-charge (I think? I don't play pegs much...), launches you and the enemy high into the air.
Robin: Charges by attacking, depletes on use. At half-charge, causes stun. At full charge, causes heavy stun and is armored and unblockable.
Sakura / Takumi / Anna: Charges by holding Strong 1, depletes on release. At half-charge, causes stun. At full charge, causes heavy stun and is unblockable.
Elise / Leo: Similar to Robin's Strong 1 but charges much more quickly at the cost of being unarmored and blockable.
Camilla: Charges by attacking, depletes on use. It's, uh, strong? I haven't used it enough to be honest...
Marth / Celica: Charges by doing Strong 1 with no charge, depletes 1/3rd per use. Dashes in and quickly launches you and enemies, though not as high as the pegasi's Strong 1.
Personal favourite is Elise's. It charges waaaaay too fast for what it can do. lol
FF Seraphim
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That bar is used for your strong attack it seems.
Holy crap, thank you so much for this explanation. I was wondering what was going on with some of those strong attacks (like Lissa just pumping her axe over her head).
If any of this was explained during the tutorials, I must have zoned out or something, lol.
Can anyone explain how weapons work and all? I just maxed out on my swords so Im having to sell some to make room, but I dont know which weapons I should be keeping and which I should be tossing. The game doesnt really explain much about the weapon system and reforging and all that.
I generally dont keep any more than 20 of any weapon type at a time. Its too cluttered and mostly unnecessary.
The letter represents the weapon rank. You will need to obtain the appropriate crests to be able to equip the higher ranked weapons (max rank -master seal required- will unlock the full potential of each characters default weapon, which cant be sold).
The number in the top right corner is weapon strength.
Stars represent general quality, I believe, its mostly irrelevant.
If you have a powerful weapon with empty slots, you can reforge to fill in the slots. Select the weapon, select the empty slot, and then select which perk you would like to apply to it from another weapon. Warning: When you forge a perk onto a new weapon, the source weapon will be lost. When forging you will be able to see what each perk does, and what limits you have. Generally I always keep a couple weapons on hand with decent perks for potential future forging (Strong VI, Rainstorm, and Divining are usually good to have).
Any perk that ends with slayer is limited to 2 per weapon and will give you a huge advantage over that particular enemy type (represented as an exclamation point (!) during battle). However, these perks will also lower your base attack for that weapon.
If theres a weapon you really like that has junk perks on it, you can remove them, but it is really expensive.
If the weapon has X5000 or something similar, then you must kill that many enemies with the weapon to unlock a special perk.
Thanks for the breakdown! I know the system is similar to Hyrule Warriors but it was also hard for me to understand it there, plus its been awhile, lol. What was really confusing me was Rank vs. Quality and how they relate, I couldnt seem to make much sense of it or which was better to go by.
So youd say its not worth hanging onto any of the lower ranked weapons for the most part? Also, I noticed the special weapons (like Falchion, etc.) are all E rank, is there a way to upgrade their rank?