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Smeags on 06 May 2013

I gave in.



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Conegamer on 06 May 2013
Smeags said:
I gave in.

I bet you're having a Hex of a lot of fun with that! Get it?



 

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_crazy_man_ on 06 May 2013
lestatdark said:
_crazy_man_ said:
lestatdark said:
RolStoppable said:
lestatdark said:

Winning with ease isn't that difficult, even without any amount of grinding, at least on Hard. I'm running two files, one for maxing out everything and another as barebones as possible, and on that one, i'm already at chapter 11 too and I haven't promoted a single unit. 

It'll probably be a different beast for Lunatic, but as difficulty goes, this FE isn't as hard as Fire Emblem GBA and Sacred Stones (haven't played the DS one, sadly).

Don't be fooled by the difficulty settings, what's labeled as "normal" is actually "easy", "hard" is "normal" etc. The GBA games weren't any harder on their respective normal difficulty settings.

The problem with this game (and to a lesser extent The Sacred Stones) is the option to grind which throws everything off. The only way for the developers to make it a challenging game is by implementing such strong enemies that grinding is required. And that's just cheap and forces the player to invest time into something that shouldn't be necessary in a properly designed strategy game.

Yeah, I know that the difficulties work like that, but overall it feels like the game is relatively easier than it's older counterparts. Even if you disregard grinding, there are a lot of mechanics that makes your work easier, like pairing up, skills, etc. 

As for grinding being necessary to overcome strong enemies, i'd rather have that option than having a ridiculous strong enemy coming out of nowhere and creating a wall that you can't overcome no matter the strategy you put into it. I play a lot of Shining Force and all the games in that series love to do that, which becomes heavily frustrating because it basically forces you to start the entire game all over. Not saying it's a good game design, but at least it's an option.

Try Lunatic before judging the difficulty.

Its ok not to bother with Lunatic+, that's fake difficulty. ;p

I took a look at Lunatic+ enemy only skills and went "Oh hell no" when I saw Hawkeye and Vantage+  

It wouldn't be so bad if it was only here and there.

But no.

EVERY ENEMY HAS THEM.  Chapter 3 was the farthest I got on Lunatic+, I saw enemies on the map.  1/2 of them have Counter, including the Archers....



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Smeags on 06 May 2013
Conegamer said:

I bet you're having a Hex of a lot of fun with that! Get it?

No! Bad Henry! Bad!

(That's now 2 Fire Emblem: Awakening puns directed at me. The next one will earn you a permaban!)



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Conegamer on 06 May 2013
Smeags said:
Conegamer said:

I bet you're having a Hex of a lot of fun with that! Get it?

No! Bad Henry! Bad!

(That's now 2 Fire Emblem: Awakening puns directed at me. The next one will earn you a permaban!)

Hmm. It makes no difference to me, but it does feel good...



 

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_crazy_man_ on 06 May 2013
Smeags said:
Conegamer said:

I bet you're having a Hex of a lot of fun with that! Get it?

No! Bad Henry! Bad!

(That's now 2 Fire Emblem: Awakening puns directed at me. The next one will earn you a permaban!)

Looks like we'll have to Stahl this topic.

 

I can agree with Pair-Up going bye bye.  It was fun while it lasted but I can't see it being fun in another game.



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Conegamer on 06 May 2013
_crazy_man_ said:
Smeags said:
Conegamer said:

I bet you're having a Hex of a lot of fun with that! Get it?

No! Bad Henry! Bad!

(That's now 2 Fire Emblem: Awakening puns directed at me. The next one will earn you a permaban!)

Looks like we'll have to Stahl this topic.

 

I can agree with Pair-Up going bye bye.  It was fun while it lasted but I can't see it being fun in another game.

Let's see how this Panne-s out.

~Sorcerer Edit~

This poster has been turned into a frog

-Tharja



 

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Conegamer on 06 May 2013
RolStoppable said:
_crazy_man_ said:
lestatdark said:

I took a look at Lunatic+ enemy only skills and went "Oh hell no" when I saw Hawkeye and Vantage+  

It wouldn't be so bad if it was only here and there.

But no.

EVERY ENEMY HAS THEM.  Chapter 3 was the farthest I got on Lunatic+, I saw enemies on the map.  1/2 of them have Counter, including the Archers....

Just goes to show that the developers realized how broken their game is. But there's a point where you just can't start over with development anymore.

Metroid: Other M is a similar case. Its hard mode removes all collectible upgrades (missile containers, energy tanks etc.), because it was the only way to create an actual challenge.

Yeah, I have to agree with that. Lunatic + seems ridiculous and is something I won't be trying. 



 

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_crazy_man_ on 06 May 2013

I like how I was spared from da frog morphing.

Maybe cause my first file is AvatarxTharja!



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Smeags on 06 May 2013
_crazy_man_ said:

I like how I was spared from da frog morphing.

Maybe cause my first file is AvatarxTharja!

Ahh... I can't believe you made me love you. Course, if you back out, I'll murder you in your sleep.



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