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[Jason the Yoshi]

Minutes into Shadows of Valentia.

Spoiler

Dear god I hope that curscene we started with never comes true. I'm also assuming Faye, Gray, Tobin, and Kliff will be playable later. But hey, I'd wear a wreath if my fiancee asked me to.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

ok, which individual DLCs are even worth getting in Echoes?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Minutes into Shadows of Valentia.

Spoiler

Dear god I hope that curscene we started with never comes true. I'm also assuming Faye, Gray, Tobin, and Kliff will be playable later.

How to spot someone who knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Gaiden 101

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

How to spot someone who knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Gaiden 101

Hey, I'm not from Japan, and I don't like or look up spoilers, all right?!

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Hey, I'm not from Japan, and I don't like or look up spoilers, all right?!

I wasn't judging you, I'm surprised you didn't come across any elitists who wanted to spoil it for those 'filthy 3DS players who only care about S supporting characters'. The original game IS over 20 years old so it's easy to spoil

 

[Holder of the Heel]

I'm not getting my copy of SoV in the mail until the 23rd... Really should have just downloaded it.

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

I wasn't judging you, I'm surprised you didn't come across any elitists who wanted to spoil it for those 'filthy 3DS players who only care about S supporting characters'. The original game IS over 20 years old so it's easy to spoil

I know its not judgement, but really, I've done pretty well to avoid spoilers.

 

[Deleted member]

How to spot someone who knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about Gaiden 101

Gaiden? More like Gayden, amright?

IDK, is it?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

oh yeah, forgot about the Cipher characters, I think Ill get that

 

[Robert of Normandy]

ok, which individual DLCs are even worth getting in Echoes?

Spoiler

Based on what I've seen only the prequel ones about the Deliverance look worthwhile to me, if anything. Rest just seems like grinding DLC more or less, and I ain't paying for that.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Gaiden? More like Gayden, amright?

IDK, is it?

"You like girls, right?"
"Um...Kinda?"
an actual part of the story between 2 male characters, so maybe

 

[Robertman2]

I'll probably just buy the prequel stuff and get a backup of the rest

 

[Deleted member]

"You like girls, right?"
"Um...Kinda?"
an actual part of the story between 2 male characters, so maybe

That's my exact reply when someone asks me that, so probably.

 

[wedl!!]

"You like girls, right?"
"Um...Kinda?"
an actual part of the story between 2 male characters, so maybe

Does Gaiden have cute girls who share implied kisses

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Does Gaiden have cute girls who share implied kisses

I can't quite answer that as I'm not that far nor have I played Gaiden
But Echoes introduced a character that people hate for being ship potential for a girl and Het is Ew, so probably! Plus, have you seen Mae? ****ing adorable

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Does Gaiden have cute girls who share implied kisses

dont think so but there is a gay dude I think

 

[Aurane]

dont think so but there is a gay dude I think

And that's all that matters.

 

[Aetheri]

Seeing as Echoes doesn't have three versions of the game I'm more likely to actually pick it up at some point unlike Fates...Will be weird when I do, I'll have to wipe the dust off of my 3DS...

Most likely not going to be getting much of the DLC (outside of what's free)...but we'll see...

 

[praline]

Man how lon until Celica's story starts?

 

[Erureido]

I'm going to be starting Echoes soon, so I have a question to ask:

Does Echoes allows you to drop the difficulty from Hard to Normal and/or Classic to Casual in the middle of your adventure?

I know that Fates allowed you to do something like that.

EDIT; I've decided to start with Normal Classic for this first playthrough and might jump up to Hard in a future one. I am yet to start the game as of this edit, but anyone can still answer this question at the moment.

 

[Robert of Normandy]

Man how lon until Celica's story starts?

Spoiler

You first get to control Celica in chapter 2, which will start after Alm gets to Zofia castle.

 

[Deleted member]

I hope you're all liking this hype boat because I won't be able to hoard it until next week

I already regret not leaving Faye behind tbh, nothing of value would be lost

>Having two Clerics
>Lv5 Physics as a Cleric
>Lv10 Rescue as a Cleric
>Eventual Again as a Cleric
>Potential Pegasus
Yeah, nothing of value

Only thing I don't like is accidentally making Tobin a Soldier instead of an archer, already got one of those!

You should have read my post, all the Villagers suck as Soldiers because Soldiers suck but Valbar and Lukas are cool enough to force my usage of them and give one of them a pair of Boots(I dunno when that free DLC releases tho)

ok, which individual DLCs are even worth getting in Echoes?

As said before, the Deliverance Prologue maps
Though I'll add the eventual Cipher DLC because it gets you special units so that might be worth it

"You like girls, right?"
"Um...Kinda?"
an actual part of the story between 2 male characters, so maybe

Tobin is definitely bi

Echoes has actually a lot of gay going for it:
-Python and Forsyth are definitely very gay
-Leon
-Saber because anyone voiced by Dio cannot be straight

 

[Coricus]

I saw a little plastic storage container for Switch cartridges in a store yesterday, so I went ahead and picked it up.

Had one of each of these things for my DS and 3DS. It feels like a sort of welcoming of the system to pick one up for the Switch too.

This one's a bit higher capacity than the other ones I have. It can store twice as many game carts as my 3DS case, partially because the 3DS case wasted a lot of space on SD card slots while this Switch container is dedicated solely to game carts. A 24 cart capacity should give me a way to throw my entire game collection in a bag that'll last me the whole generation no matter how crazy I go picking out games.

It's just Breath of the Wild in there right now since I only have two physical carts, but something tells me this little plastic box will fill up soon enough.

 

[Aurane]

I'm online for today. Gonna play some Showdown.

 

[Moydow]

I'm going to be starting Echoes soon, so I have a question to ask:

Does Echoes allows you to drop the difficulty from Hard to Normal and/or Classic to Casual in the middle of your adventure?

I know that Fates allowed you to do something like that.

EDIT; I've decided to start with Normal Classic for this first playthrough and might jump up to Hard in a future one. I am yet to start the game as of this edit, but anyone can still answer this question at the moment.

I don't think you can change difficulties after starting, no. The game isn't overly difficult anyway, but if you want to start on Normal until you get used to it, that's fine too.

So, Villager promotions. I'm odd and made Tobin a mercenary, and Gray an archer. Tobin will like that high Skill once he reaches Dread Fighter and gets the "Brave Sword" that is actually a Killing Edge in disguise in his hands, and for Gray, he hits decently hard, so why not let him hit hard without reply? For Kliff, though, I went pretty normal and made him a mage, since Alm's party likes an early-game mage, and Faye went Cleric because having two of them is pretty handy.

 

[Deleted member]

Since Gaiden is Gayden, I really need to get Echoes.

 

[Deleted member]

I don't think you can change difficulties after starting, no. The game isn't overly difficult anyway, but if you want to start on Normal until you get used to it, that's fine too.

So, Villager promotions. I'm odd and made Tobin a mercenary, and Gray an archer. Tobin will like that high Skill once he reaches Dread Fighter and gets the "Brave Sword" that is actually a Killing Edge in disguise in his hands, and for Gray, he hits decently hard, so why not let him hit hard without reply? For Kliff, though, I went pretty normal and made him a mage, since Alm's party likes an early-game mage, and Faye went Cleric because having two of them is pretty handy.

Don't Gray's Skl base and growth suck though? How is he gonna hit with the low-accuracy Bows?

 

[Deleted member]

We now have a glimpse of some of the bosses from Crash N. Sane Trilogy. This marks the first time we see characters such as Papu Papu, Ripper Roo, Koala Kong, The Komodo Brothers, and Tiny Tiger (the REAL Tiny, not that faker from Crash of the Titans) in HD.

Mighty chief? Psychopathic kangaroo? Oversized koala? Maniacal potoroo? Devilish komodos? Terrifying tiger? Monstrous polar bear? You pick. pic.twitter.com/5recQAZv4J

— Crash Bandicoot (@CrashBandicoot) May 19, 2017

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

>Having two Clerics
>Lv5 Physics as a Cleric
>Lv10 Rescue as a Cleric
>Eventual Again as a Cleric
>Potential Pegasus
Yeah, nothing of value

oh yeah I made her a cleric but wow shes been missin her attacks. for some reason pff

Plus with her supports, its still nothing of value lost

 

[Moydow]

Don't Gray's Skl base and growth suck though? How is he gonna hit with the low-accuracy Bows?

His supports with Tobin and Alm all boost his hit rate; +20 once he gets to A support with Tobin (Mycen gives him 5% more as well, but that's ages away yet). While Tobin likes the extra crit he gets in return, too. Suppose I could have gone Mercenary first, and then looped him back around to Archer later on, but eh.

Oh, and a lot of bow skills boost hit rate too, so there's that as well.

I've played the original enough times that 30% growth in anything feels like a blessing.

oh yeah I made her a cleric but wow shes been missin pff

Ah yes, that'd be because of Nosferatu only having a fixed 60% hit rate (well, it can change with supports, but eh). If you made her a Cleric, you're not meant to be using her to attack so much, she's meant to heal instead. Nosferatu is only meant to keep her ticking over so she can heal more people, or to defend herself in emergencies.

 

[Robertman2]

Tom Hardy is Venom. I am now excited for the Venom movie

 

[Deleted member]

oh yeah I made her a cleric but wow shes been missin her attacks pff

Plus with her supports, its still nothing of value

Clerics aren't supposed to be attacking, Nosferatu is just so they can defend themselves and recover the HP used for their other spells
She should be healing instead of throwing her into the frontlines like a Mage

His supports with Tobin and Alm all boost his hit rate; +20 once he gets to A support with Tobin (Mycen gives him 5% more as well, but that's ages away yet). While Tobin likes the extra crit he gets in return, too. Suppose I could have gone Mercenary first, and then looped him back around to Archer later on, but eh.

I've played the original enough times that 30% growth in anything feels like a blessing.

Wait, 30%? That isn't as bad as I was made to think it was
I thought it was 10% or something lol

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Ah yes, that'd be because of Nosferatu only having a fixed 60% hit rate (well, it can change with supports, but eh). If you made her a Cleric, you're not meant to be using her to attack so much, she's meant to heal instead. Nosferatu is only meant to keep her ticking over so she can heal more people, or to defend herself in emergencies.

I guess my fate side is showing, Insted of using Jakob for healing, I used him for fighting and sometimes healing but mostly fighting lol

 

[Robert of Normandy]

I don't think you can change difficulties after starting, no. The game isn't overly difficult anyway, but if you want to start on Normal until you get used to it, that's fine too.

So, Villager promotions. I'm odd and made Tobin a mercenary, and Gray an archer. Tobin will like that high Skill once he reaches Dread Fighter and gets the "Brave Sword" that is actually a Killing Edge in disguise in his hands, and for Gray, he hits decently hard, so why not let him hit hard without reply? For Kliff, though, I went pretty normal and made him a mage, since Alm's party likes an early-game mage, and Faye went Cleric because having two of them is pretty handy.

Spoiler

Not to mention that Cleric!Faye is the closest thing you get to a dancer, being the only one capable of learning the Again spell.

 

[Aurane]

Man I just faced a suicide bomber- two Final Gambits on a team.

 

[Robert of Normandy]

Clerics aren't supposed to be attacking, Nosferatu is just so they can defend themselves and recover the HP used for their other spells

Fun fact: since healers couldn't gain EXP by healing in FE2, attacking people with Nosferatu was the only way to level them up. Though since they got 1 exp even from missing, the low accuracy wasn't as big of a deal.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Tom Hardy is Venom... Tom ****ing Hardy is Venom!!

Like what? How did they manage to snag one of the highest sought after action actors for the Venom movie? Know what, **** it! I'm on the Venom hype train now.

 

[Robertman2]

Tom Hardy is Venom... Tom ****ing Hardy is Venom!!

Like what? How did they manage to snag one of the highest sought after action actors for the Venom movie? Know what, **** it! I'm on the Venom hype train now.

I can't wait to not understand 90 percent of his dialogue

 

[Schnee117]

I'd be hyped for Venom if it wasn't handled by Sony's incompetent film division and was actually part of the MCU.
A Venom film with no ties to Spider-Man is immediately **** when they have to establish who Venom is.

 

[ChikoLad]

Enjoying Echoes so far. Playing on Hard Classic.

Nothing has really been hard so far. It's fun though. I especially love the dungeon gameplay. That should be a series staple.

Don't get the hate for Faye either. I think people blew her out of proportion.

Does anyone know how the amiibo dungeons are? Are they a high level thing or can you reasonably do them early on?