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For me, it'd be either Hero or Ninja.
To answer this question and hopefully get more into this thread (since I don't really know what the current topic is), Shamans and Soldiers before 3DS era. I've always liked dark magic and personally favor lances. As of the 3DS era, I'm starting to favor a bit of Dread Fighter, Master of Arms, Spear Master and Blacksmith.
it's a social thread
I really love the Swordmaster class, especially from Awakening because their design is just so cool and badass.
On the subject of magic in the 3ds era i genuinely despise it. Having them beome a uility unit with no triangle and magic types (aside from dark which can be cryptic at times as to which classes can wield them) just bores me. They also lost a lot of coolness in my book now they dont use sprites like the gba era.
To be fair, everyone lost a lot of coolness when FE ditched sprites.
Hey, at least Fates did put Magic into the Weapon Triangle. Although i agree that GBA era Magic was handled better than 3DS era. Actually, GBA era probably handled Magic in the best way. They really do need to bring back Light Magic. The closest we got in the 3DS era was the Book of Naga and Moonlight.
It did actually start out as a Skill though, in Genealogy of the Holy War. But yeah, Luna as a Tome was much cooler, specifically the FE7 version.
True but it was also ridiculously broken
Hm, now I realize that there was no Light Magic or Monk class type in the 3DS Fire Emblem, which is upsetting. The classes in the GBA games were better in general, but I really hate just how the Dark Mages are designed nowadays.
Oh, did it? I never played the Japanese emblems. Silly me, making assumptions.
What are you saying? That this isn't cool?
I somewhat agree. When it comes to base classes, the GBA versions were much better than the 3DS versions. But when they promote, the 3DS versions of the Sorcerer (at least Fates' version) looks a lot better than the Druid. Fates' version specifically has the cool cape made of black feathers that really fits in with the whole dark magic thing. Meanwhile, the Druids looks kinda silly. Every time i look at them, i'm like "where are the arms?". The robes worked fine for Dark Mages but for Druids, it looks like they put on a bit too much robes. Heck, even Nergal's Dark Druid class looks kinda silly, although intimidating. I want to know how this
Genealogy of the Holy War worked just fine for me on Snes9x, although i did play it on my phone. Unless Snes9x EX+ is different from Snes9x.
On the topic of interesting Cipher artworks, I want to point everyone's attention towards Hisame:
The problem for me is that Snes9x needs Directx 9.0 in order to work, which is an older version, so Windows wants to update it every time I turn the computer off. I'd have to either turn Windows updates off or install the 9.0 version each time I turn the computer on. I'll try a couple other emulators, e.g. Higin, whenever I get around to feeling like it.
A notebook feature would be pretty cool. I usually have to take notes on a separate device if I were playing Fire Emblem. The Professor Layton games have an in-game notebook that you can access when you solve puzzles, and it's pretty useful since it allows you to better think through a puzzle. Considering Fire Emblem requires thinking like the Layton games, I think it'd be a cool feature.
I agree with Erureido on the children, they don't need to be in the game. But I rather expect that it's going to be a lasting phenomenon...
Not to mention the mess that is "A Lost Peace" in Revelations.
Personally i would do multiple things
The problem with this being that silver weapons trade killing one enemy for doing 1/2 damage to the next 4 or so you face on your next turn and legendary weapons trade off was that their very limited and therefore must be used cautiosly. Siilver weapons arent really worth the benefit they give(unless its a boss in which case i can see why you would use it but even then thats one time id use it.
I never got why they changed this because it fit perfectly with the general class being masterful knights they should command all 3 weapons types.
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mentioned. I don't know if mine is the same as his but one that attacks both you and the enemy's armies and fully is independent. Would be pretty interesting.
Except that's not how it works at all. Silver Weapons in Fates give only a small debuff to strength and skill. Using the weapon once or twice doesn't really have that much of an impact - it's only when you overuse it that it becomes problematic. But silver weapons were more expensive and less durable than other weapons, so you'd want to limit how much you used them anyway. I don't see what's it's a bad thing you have to use them carefully in Fates yet a good thing in previous games.
The closest we got to Fog of War was in Revelation Ch.7. You start out only seeing what's in front of you but as you progress, more of the map opens up. I do want actual Fog of War to return, with one big change: the enemy is also affected by it. This is how Fog of War maps usually go: "Ok, i'm done moving my units. *ends turn* *enemy turn starts* OH HELLO WYVERN LORD THAT I HAD NO IDEA WAS THERE UNTIL JUST NOW! OH LOOK AT THAT, YOU KILLED ONE OF MY UNITS! TIME TO RESET!" Fog of War maps are just guessing games. If you run into an enemy in the fog, you are stopped and that unit's turn is over. But if the enemy does it, they get to discover you AND attack you in the same turn. Its a really unfair mechanic for a strategy game, which is why the enemy should also be affected by the Fog of War rules. As for other weather effects, such as rain and snow, those were only in FE7 and all they did was turn the entire map into a desert that affected everyone, including mages and flying units.
True its not a terrible way to get you to conservatively use silver weapons i just feel i like the old way better but everyones entitled to their own opinion and ill admit the concept of managing weapons and money was very poorly done in the most recent titles as it was so easy to get money that weapon management did just turn into a chore. The new system isnt inherently bad its just personal preference. Maybe ill appreciate it more when i get to playing fates but conceptually ill stand by the old ways.
