Fire Emblem discussion thread revived

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RolStoppable said:

SmokedHostage said:

RolStoppable said:

Radiant Dawn is my favorite Fire Emblem because there are so many characters to use and so much EXP to collect. Almost got 1,600 level ups on a single playthrough.

EDIT: I also like that most characters usually max out several of their stats, unlike in prevoius FEs when it used to be one or two.

This from the man that complains that JRPG's have too many playable characters and that 3 characters in the same party at the same time is more useful.

In reference to your favorite PS2 JRPG thread.

JRPGs with more characters than the size of the actual party can hold, are usually filled with useless characters you'll never use unless you must for storyline purposes. That's why I prefer JRPGs with less characters.

Radiant Dawn has the biggest cast of any FE, but surprisingly it has also the lowest number of useless characters. Well okay, most of the Laguz aren't good, but since I am not a fan of those characters, it never bothered me that they are rather useless. Also, JRPGs and SRPGs are different, so what I like about one genre isn't necessarily the case for the other genre.

Actually, the Laguz are rather great. I just BEXP'd the herons to level 30, so they can fill up the Laguz' transformations gauges. Thus, none of them are useless,, as each Heron can keep a good 3-4 Laguz active at a time.

Additionally, they're completely free to use. You can essentially use an entire (8) Olivigrass a round, and still have them cheaper than using Beorc.

And they start at ridiculously high levels, compared to the Beorc, too.

Edit:

Most of them won't be a lot of help in the endgame, though, due to their low resistance. Still, many units that are great suffer from this too, such as Ike, Tiania and Haar.

Edit 2:
Units such as Fiona and Meg are rather goo too - due to their resistance. In the endgame, Resistance may be even more important than defence.