Ffamran
The Smooth Devil Mod
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I like Cindy Robinson's Libra. She makes him sound so serene and calming even though it's very clear that Libra is being voiced by a woman. At least it's not like the Japanese casting for Libra where the voice actress doesn't even try: https://youtu.be/FJTDKs7QAug?t=310. Libra's Japanese voice would have worked for a boy or maybe a teenager, but not a grown man who's probably in his twenties or maybe early thirties.The voice acting has been pretty good even with substitutions here 'n' there. The only exception being Miss Libra. I get the whole Lucius v2.0 aspect, but it's ruined when they use a female VA - since Libra comes off as a woman who is extremely butch but still pretty. They were probably like "lol Cindy is already here doing Aversa's lines why not just make her do Libra's lines too? :^)"
If someone else voiced Libra for the English audio, I would have picked someone who had a clear, relaxing voice, so like Greg Chun, but without some of the raspyness of his voice and more higher-pitched which he can do as he voiced Raz in Valkyria Chronicles 4. The problem is that I can't think of anyone who could have done that at the time and by that, I mean the voice actors that were working on Awakening. There's Yuri Lowenthal, Ricken's voice actor, and Bryce Papenbrook, Henry's voice actor. Not sure on Papenbrook, but Lowenthal with his groom Marth voice still has this sharp clarity to it. Looking at the other voice actors now, Joe Zieja, Canas's and Jamke's voice actor, and Mark P. Whitten, Lyon's and Hrid's voice actor would be my picks, but I don't know if they were well-known enough or were focused working on voice acting at the time. Then again, they could have just gone with Jamieson Price, Patrick Seitz, or Paul St. Peter because why not have a stunningly beautiful man have the deepest and manliest of voice?
Fran's stats in the original release was just stupid and still kind of is stupid in the rereleases. Why she had the lowest overall stats while Vaan had the highest nobody knows. Going off of the wiki, she had the second-lowest magic, the second-lowest vitality, and the second-lowest strength They changed it in the Zodiac versions, so the "international" version that only Japan got and the HD remaster, where Fran now has the highest vitality and... that's pretty much it. Link: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Fran/Gameplay.I saw her art and actually didn't mind it, surprisingly. I loved Fran in XII but never really used her because of her odd rounds of stats. I stuck with mage/healer Ashe, Prisoner Bara, and boy wonder. I wish guns/bows were actually good in XII. It felt so wrong using Balthier without some pewpews or Fran without a Bow.
Anyway, back to Panne, I might use her if she's a Libra/Seth type of character statwise. There aren't really that many middling-stats characters in this game with 200+ characters which is odd and they are the most fun to build and also the most flexible... As long as they are not red, anyway. :^(
As for Panne in Heroes, she's basically +Atk Sully with flipped defenses: https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/ask2jc/new_beast_units_stats_lvl_1_lvl_40/.
On the bright side, she comes with Astra, Chill Spd, and Def Smoke and her weapon is effective against cavalry: https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/ask4bu/panne_skills/. So, she kind of has Beastbane which Awakening introduced for the beast units in Awakening and Fates, but they couldn't have given it effective damage against beasts or fliers. Also, Keaton and Velouria have gen 3 stats. They don't have a trainee boost like the dream Corrins, but straight-up gen 3 stats which is talked about in the Reddit thread. Have fun.
Edit: Page steal! Forgot about this, but the cover art for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was recently revealed. It looks beautiful, but the different art style makes Miriam look more of cute and doll-like instead of sombre.
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And nobody for FEH. I only really want Selkie because 24/7 sugar rush foxgirl is hilarious to me and Velouria because who doesn't want powercreep? Panne being a freebie is both good in that I don't need to summon for her, but bad because heroic grails are dumb.
3* Abel: +HP, -Spd.
3* Gordin: +Atk, -HP.
4* Jagen: neutral.
4* Ogma: +HP, -Def.
4* Rebecca: +Def, -Spd.
3* Gordin: +Atk, -HP.
4* Jagen: neutral.
4* Ogma: +HP, -Def.
4* Rebecca: +Def, -Spd.
3* Draug: +Res, -Spd.
3* Fae: +Spd, -Def.
4* Jakob: +Atk, -Def.
4* Priscilla: +Spd, -HP.
4* Sothe: +Spd, -Def.
3* Fae: +Spd, -Def.
4* Jakob: +Atk, -Def.
4* Priscilla: +Spd, -HP.
4* Sothe: +Spd, -Def.
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