[My Best Wishes]

A few off topic questions.

I'm getting fe for gba in 2-4 days.

How many chapters/stories does it have.
How long should the mani katti? last.
Who should i not bother using?

If you guys could help. thanks.

[Valistrix]

It has around 31 Chapters (The first 10 are a tutorial)
Mani Katti has 30 uses so around 30 battles
The only one person I suggest is Marcus (obtained in Chapter 11)

So good luck with FE, it can be hard

[Spirit Icana]

The Mani Katti actually has 45 uses and the game spans a large number of side quests to go along with the 31 (around 32/33 in Hector's mode) chapters that tell the main story.

Anway, Fire Emblem is a very good game and I hope you join the legion and enjoy it watch! Have fun!

[Venus_Man1]

I really need to finish Hector mode. I'm so laaazy. I've could have finsihed it for about 5 months ago.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

You know, Marcus is the second-best mounted unit, next to Kent, right? The poor guy is under-estimated, but he's saved me time in and out in Hard Mode.

[Toad King]

Blade Lord Lyn, on Apr 13 2005, 05:47 PM, said:

You know, Marcus is the second-best mounted unit, next to Kent, right? The poor guy is under-estimated, but he's saved me time in and out in Hard Mode.

Sorry, but fully leveled up, Said, Kent, Lowen, and even Isadora have higher stats than Marcus. Sure, he starts out with high stats, but he gains only 1-2 stat increases a level and gets so few Exp in the early chapters you first get him. I say take his weapons and bench him.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

It's all in usage, really. Not so useful in early chapters, but his stat gains are good. He grows skill more than Kent, and though I can say Kent outstrips him (my recent one is awesome), Lowen and Sain can be poor in certain stats at points (like Sain having a defense of 9 even though he maxed speed and strength).

Not all prepromted units are horrible.

[Toad King]

That may be because you got unlucky RNGs, not because they don't grow that much.

[Venus_Man1]

I just hate Marcus. He's so bad. And I don't like Sain either. He misses alot. I prefer Kent and Lowen. Those guys are great.

[Wiflewood]

Ditto. Kent is my favourite, although in my most recent playthrough, I'm training up all 5 Paladins - just for a laugh: Kent, Lowen,Sain, Isadora and Marcus (my link arena team) and other mounted units like Priscilla and Eliwood.

Mounted Mayhem!!

[Blade Lord Lyn]

;) Wifle.

Anyhow, I just hope Seth isn't underrated in Seima, because he is awesome. All because he comes in early and has an Iron Sword and a Silver Lance doesn't mean he's a Jeigan. . . really. . . . x.x

[Doom Fox]

The opening video actually made me cry (Not kidding), I want this game so bad!!!!!! >< The FMVs are outstanding, realistic, yet cartoony. God, this is gonna rock.

http://media.cube.ig...982/vids_1.html

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Fire Emblem
The wait is over... in Japan. New movies and impressions from the finished game.
by Anoop Gantayat

April 20, 2005 - We can't remember the last time we sat down in front of a television to play a Fire Emblem game. Nintendo's strategy series has been a portable thing since the arrival of the Game Boy Advance, but it's at last returned to the living room screen for a debut on the GameCube. With the final Japanese version spinning round in the IGN Japan GameCube, we're bringing you movies and quick impressions from early in the game.

Based off our limted play time, Fire Emblem on the GameCube, while making the move to 3D visuals, doesn't stray too far from what fans have come to expect from the series. The game is still split into chapters comprised of a dialogue-filled story sequence followed by a strategic battle. The story sequences involve the game's cast exchanging dialogue back and forth. There's no interaction during these sequences, nor is there an RPG-style overworld map that you can explore.

So far, the battles have retained their typical Fire Emblem flavor as you take turns with the enemy, moving your forces about on a grid and choosing to attack, wait, rescue an ally, exchange items and weapons and use items. When you send your forces into attack, the game switches to a cut scene showing the attack take place; the transition to the attack sequences has been sped up from the earlier build of the game that IGN tried out at the Touch DS! event last year.

We're not complaining about the similarities to previous games, of course. Fire Emblem has always been a quality series, and we're already having fun with the GameCube version and can't wait to play more. Fans will, in particular, like what they hear from the game's soundtrack, which retains the flavor of past titles and makes battles all the more immersive (as a bonus, the Japanese version includes a soundtrack CD).

The GameCube takes the series away from cartridges for the first time, a change that's most apparent during the opening cinema scene, which features some of the loveliest CG we've ever seen in a game (give that art director a raise!) along with voices. Unfortunately, get into the game and the voices disappear, but we're hoping for more down the line (please, please, please!).

Also seeing change from the switch to more powerful hardware are the battle cut-scenes. These are now shown in full 3D, with 3D character models facing off against one another. The battle maps are also in 3D, allowing you to zoom in and out through three levels and rotate the play field slightly. The visuals aren't the best we've seen from the GameCube, but we'll dig a little deeper to see if more impressive effects show up down the way. As usual, progressive scan is the way to go, if you've got it.

For this early update, we've put together a few early battle movies along with the introduction and the opening story sequence (featuring that lovely CG mentioned above). One of these videos has English subtitles in it -- that's our own doing and is not a part of the Japanese version, so don't expect English languages should you choose to import.

[Crimson Barrel Knight]

By the way ...

There are two NPCs that intrigue me. You see them in two chapters; Chapter 16x, and Chapter 17. In Chp. 16x, when you re-enter the Inn where you met Fargus and the pirates, there's a girl with bright red hair named Anna, who tells you to go around north on the battefield, but also says that her boyfriend is a pirate name Jake; in which you're (sorta) tasked to tell him that she loves him. Following that in Chp. 17, after you meet Anna, you get to see Jake, who accepts her message with a smile, and tells you that there are merchants onboard the pirate ship (in which Dart should have told you instead).

I don't know what these two have to tie in with, but my guess is that there's a couple on the developer team that wanted to be a part of the game, as an easter egg of sorts. What do you think?

[Nobody]

I'm not sure, but relating to the discussion about Paladins:

I have found Sain to be the best unit. Here are the weaknesses and strengths I've noted with each Cavalier/Paladin:

Sain: High Speed & Speed, below average Defense.
Kent: Balanced stats, not too good for any specific thing though
Marcus: Prepromoted; good at first, but not in the later chapters. His starting weapons aren't shabby. He unfortunately doesn't grow levels very fast.
Isadora: Prepromoted; Good speed, and about average to slightly above average for most other stats. Comes late in the game at only level 1, though.
Lowen: Extremly High Defense for a Paladin, low to average Attack and Speed.

[Mallick]

I used to be like Lawrence over here, and think Sain was the best Paladin.

...Until I found out how freaking crazy Lowen is. I had him capable of promoting in chapter 3 of Eliwood's story. I got him up to level 15 there. =)

Once you promote him, he gets even crazier.

On the couple thing that Barrel said, your reason is quite possible, and quite thoughtful. Though, I think it's just a way to have more than just dart telling you something. Hmm, it's really a thinker.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

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By the way ...

There are two NPCs that intrigue me. You see them in two chapters; Chapter 16x, and Chapter 17. In Chp. 16x, when you re-enter the Inn where you met Fargus and the pirates, there's a girl with bright red hair named Anna, who tells you to go around north on the battefield, but also says that her boyfriend is a pirate name Jake; in which you're (sorta) tasked to tell him that she loves him. Following that in Chp. 17, after you meet Anna, you get to see Jake, who accepts her message with a smile, and tells you that there are merchants onboard the pirate ship (in which Dart should have told you instead).

I don't know what these two have to tie in with, but my guess is that there's a couple on the developer team that wanted to be a part of the game, as an easter egg of sorts. What do you think?

It's a tradition thing. Jake and Anna where in Fire Emblem: Dragon of Darkness and Sword of Light. Anna has been seen in Fire Emblem 5, 6, 7 and 8 as well, though she wasn't involved in the story during 5,6 or 8.

[Mallick]

That's wierd, I never knew she was the suspend girl for Thracia, I just knew she was in FE6, 7, and 8 from accidentally hitting suspend instead of End. =O

[Blade Lord Lyn]

I checked FEP, looks like she's in FE9 as well. . .

Anyway. . . I just wanted to know if anyone has tried using the arena in Hard Mode. I have plenty of bad stories from that. . . .

[Venus_Man1]

I've tried it in Eliwood's Hard Mode. It is REALLY hard. Or maybe it's just that Eliwood's a whoos.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

In Hector's Hard, I put Hector in the arena, and they where using Silver weapons against him.

[Venus_Man1]

Yeah, he stand no chance against those. Sooo annoying. Oswin is the hardest to train in the Arena IMO.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Did you find out anything about FE9? It came out last week.

[Mycarayne]

I never used the arena anywhere for some odd reason :)

[Mallick]

I support Arena Abusing for this reason:
Eliwood Level 20
Lyn Level 20
Guy Level 20/20
Erk Level 20/20
Serra Level 20/20
Wil Level 20/20
et cetera. >>

[Blade Lord Lyn]

It makes the game way to easy though. And it wasn't designed to be such an easy game. The only drawback is if you get unlucky, there goes your couple of hours. . .

Not to mention your tactics ranking goes through the floor.

[Venus_Man1]

I never used the arena the first time I played. It's soooo annoying. I got Heath to level 19 in the arena and he dies.... Arrgh.

[Mars Djinni]

To make things easier, hit B to stop fighting if you don't want to die. And you have to also take the time to think about the stats of your opponent. I don't use the arena much, but when I do, I am garunteed a 70% chance of wining.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Or you can just not use it at all. . . There's enough EXP (Even with the Hard Mode cut) to get a good 11 or so units to 20/20. . ..

Anyway, how about the new Souen no Kiseki?

They have more magic now (like Fire Emblem 4). And the skills [I've seen some of them] are good/decent.

The neutered Wrath and Meteor Hit - Wrath increases Critical hit rate when at low HP instead of just criticaling. Meteor Hit still hits 5 times, but at half damage. . .

[Mars Djinni]

Souen no Kiseki, that's the GC one, right?

Are there any major changes to the game system? I'm just curious

[Venus_Man1]

I wonder if there's any new trailor of it. The last was like 22 seconds.

[Blink]

I got sacred stones today!!!!

MAN! This game is awesome! I can't put it down...and yet, at the same time, I can't keep my fingers off of ABLR :P

But yeah, I meant to only pick this up as something that was a well refered game for my 8 hour car ride to Vegas this saturday, but I think it's gonna last me a lot longer than that...actually, its 16 hours since it's both ways, but anyways, it's gonna last me a while.

[Venus_Man1]

I want it too. Sadly, it haven't been released in Sweden yet.

[Mars Djinni]

I got Sacred Stones on trip to Bellingham a few days back. It's a great game, I recommend it to any FE fan =)

[Blink]

AND to nonFE fans! :P

It's just that good.

[Elliott]

Is it on GBA? Does it have the same gameplay as FE7?
I didn't mind FE7, so I may look into SS.

[TheDogWho]

@Agatio: No, it's for GC.
How do you arena abuse? I know what boss abuse is. I always get murdered by random guys with Silver weapons in the Arena.

[Elliott]

Damn, they have to make all good RPG's into 3d games don't they? I guess Nintendo is finally phasing out the 16 bit era :P .

[Venus_Man1]

No, isn't the 8th one for the GBA? The 9th one is for the GC, though.

[Mars Djinni]

A question for those who have Sacred stones, who do you have use to talk to Renac? I need to make sure...

[Betrayer]

Agatio, the eight game, The Sacred Stones was released for the Game Boy Advanced. Feel free to make your way down to a store near you and buy it, or obtain it that other certain way. It is worth it. And the game play is a lot like that of Fire Emblem Blazing Sword.

The Dog Who, you're wrong. Fire Emblem nine, the Blue Flame, is the one that is going to be released for the Game Cube. I'd suggest you read up a little more before answering questions like that. :P

You arena abuse the same as you did in Blazing Sword (Sword of Blaze/Rekka No Ken/seven), but arena enemies are stronger than in our previous Game Boy release of the game. I suggest that you, instead of "Boss Abuse" and Arena abuse, that you hold out until the tower, and tower abuse instead, fighting the monsters on the main map, aswell. It is much easier, and you get characters by it. If you beat the tower, you can obtain generals of Vigarde's army, I believe. Do not quote me on that, as I haven't actually bothered to tower abuse much.

[Mars Djinni]

Oh, yeah. I've tried the towers several times, which helped me level up Artur, Joshua, Franz, and of course Eirika/Ephraim to an appropirate level.

By the way, I've gotten Rennac now. I'm working on Chapter 16 Eirika.

[Betrayer]

Oh, right. I forgot to answer your question about how to get him. Anyways, can anyone confirm that you get characters for beating the tower maps?

[Venus_Man1]

I have a SS rom now. Joshua is a great character. He's incredible.

[Mars Djinni]

My joshua is 19/7 Swordmaster at the moment. I'm going to put aside chapter 20 so that I can earn more characters at the Towers as PDM had just told me on msn.

[Venus_Man1]

I made Joshua an Assassin. I know, I know. He turns out better as a SwordMaster, but I wanted him to be an Assassin. I wonder if it was smart to promote Cormag to Wyvern Knight. Which is better for him? W. Lord or W. Knight?

[blade]

Mars Djinni, on Jun 5 2005, 10:11 AM, said:

Oh, yeah. I've tried the towers several times, which helped me level up Artur, Joshua, Franz, and of course Eirika/Ephraim to an appropirate level.

do you know where i can buy this game???

[My Best Wishes]

You spamming or being funny?

Go to your games store or try ebay.com

My file got wiped. I was up to chap 21 not playing so much right now,...

[Mars Djinni]

Okay, now my little nephew's got Sacred Stones and now I'm helping him with getting his characters. My best advice to him and probably to all you Sacred stones players-to-be is to take advantage of all towers. So far, at this moment, I unlocked another tower. Will it be possible to get Riev there?

(Darn, Riev is boring. he's been the boss for over three chapters already x.x)

[Venus_Man1]

There are more towers? I thought Tower of Valhdi was the only one.

EDIT: Where do you get the card which is used to enter the secret shops?

[Mars Djinni]

It's stolen from some thief in a previous chapter. I'm not sure which.

The Ladghou (sp?) Ruins are also considered a "tower".

[Blade Lord Lyn]

In the English version, it's "Lagdou".

I've already beaten the game, and yes, it's true that you can unlock characters in the Ruins and in the Tower. I haven't gotten them all yet, but right now I have Caellach, Glen, Hayden and Valter (I left the ruins so I could finish up supports, I'm at 88% now).

[Blink]

Hey, uh, guys? I know I sound like a moron, but, my theif got his lock pick stolen >_< and I was wondering, is there a way to get another one? Because there wasn't one with the theif who stole it when I killed him. Sooo, yeah, I'm minus one lockpick, can I get another? I'm on chapter 9 btw.

[Mars Djinni]

Wait for Rennac. Rogues can open doors and chests without picks.

[Venus_Man1]

Is Colm good as a Rouge? I made him one because I was curious.

[Mars Djinni]

Don't know, never actually trained him. I just used Rennac 'cause he was more convenient at the time.

Question. I've promoted Knoll to a Summoner and his summons are considerably weak. Will the summons get any stronger?

[Someone Else]

Is it just me or are Eliwood and the Pegasus Knight (I forget her name) REEALLY weak in the beginning? =(

Anyways, FE isn't my favorite game. It's good, but I own other games I find alot more fun. :( I like strategy games, but I like the other games where you more think on your feet, know what I mean?

[Mars Djinni]

Eliwood just has balanced stats unlike the high defense (?) of Hector and high speed of Lyn. Florina is pathetic in the beginning, you're right. That is until Fiora and Farina come in for a triangle attack =)

[Venus_Man1]

Florina becomes one of the best characters later. She's REALLY incredible.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Yes, she is. You want to add her to your strategies early. She can get your turn count down very low in Lyn's story.

[Venus_Man1]

I find it dumb how some people sacrifice her in the begining and thinks it's a good strategy.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

You've seen someone who uses her as a. . . sacrifice? That's not good. . . That's pretty mean.

[Venus_Man1]

Indeed. I was like:"Foo', she's one of the greatest!" And they're like:"But she's sooo weak." Well, now I've gotten pretty in FE: SS. I'm on chapter 16. My team is very good. Cormag is awesome. Aswell as Joshua.

[Mars Djinni]

Cormag is very good, I like him as a wyvern knight. What I don't get: Special Abilities. It never mentions what they do, like Pierce for Wyvern Knights and Slay for Bishops.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Pierce negates enemy defense. Slay adds extra damage to monsters.

Cormag is horribly overrated. If anything, you should've made him a Wyvern Lord. Tahna is definately a better Wyvern Knight.

[Venus_Man1]

I know, I know, that's why I feel so stupid. He should be a Wyvern Lord.

[TheDogWho]

Hehehe. My Lucius (FE7) just maxed Speed. He was Lvl 16/0

[Venus_Man1]

Mine maxed more than three stats I think. He was 20/20.

[arashisama]

Stephen the Swift, on Jan 29 2004, 12:18 AM, said:

Man I think Fire Emblem rules anyone else?

FE7~it's awesome. I'm at 67% support completion. unfortunately i don't have much time to replay it so much. I PWN the game. Do i sound arrogant? Sorry. I don't have much to brag about. Florina! Farina! Fiora! Lyn! Nino! Wil! and many others... I

Fe6~I played it twice. Kinda long. 50+ chars, can't keep track of them. Good though. Note: Roi is bad char! Luck is the only thing that goes up. Sword of Seals is a good weapon but otherwise.... Use Shani-, Tito, Riri-na, Su-, Shin, Ruu, Sofi-ya, Rei, Miredi, Tsaisu, Firu-, Rutoga-, Kurari-ne, and um.... can't keep track. :P Too bad it doesn't have Support Conversation records.

Fe8~Use Eirika, Ephraim, Tana, Vanessa, L'arachel, Ewan, Joshua, Marisa, Neimi, Colm, and well, I'm not done at ch. 15, but I'm at 12% support completion.

[Eugine]

Oh, I had 100% support conversation a long time ago in FE7. I don't play FE anymore :P ... Got tired of it really.

[Sea of Time]

Oh my god, I just finished this game and it is the most incredible game EVER! (behind GS) Is the end of the game the end of the story, because to me, it really promoted coming out with the sequel. Then I went into the Sound Room and I saw that the song they play in the final scene with Prince Zephiel is called, "Avoided Fate". I'm guessing this means the story ends open-ended and that there is no sequel.

[arashisama]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 8 2005, 02:34 PM, said:

Oh my god, I just finished this game and it is the most incredible game EVER! (behind GS) Is the end of the game the end of the story, because to me, it really promoted coming out with the sequel. Then I went into the Sound Room and I saw that the song they play in the final scene with Prince Zephiel is called, "Avoided Fate". I'm guessing this means the story ends open-ended and that there is no sequel.

um. do you count FE6 as a sequel? cuz that takes place in the same continent only 25 years later. featuring some of the FE7 char's children. it's about stopping Prince Zephiel and his new pet dragon! I'd say that's a sequel...

FE8~ yay ch.19 at 19% completion.! syrene is one of the best Pre-promoted units! everyone else: "pre-promoteds can actually have such a title? I thought they all sucked!" Me: "-.- not all of them suck. Marcus does, but some prepromotes are even better than non-prepromotes." i haven't been playing the other FEs. esp since schools started. :D

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[Eugine]

Well technically you can't consider FE6 a sequel, you have to consider that FE7 is a prequel to FE6... Well, what the hell... I know what you're talking about.

[Sea of Time]

Are these japanese titles? Because the only two I know about are Fire Emblem and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Permit me to be a prying n00b just once.

[arashisama]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 10 2005, 06:37 PM, said:

Are these japanese titles? Because the only two I know about are Fire Emblem and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Permit me to be a prying n00b just once.

there's a fire emblem that came out in 1990, that's the first one, with Marusu. i dun have a pic. next is Fire emblem gaiden. then the monsho no nazo. and then Fe4 is genealogy of holy war. i have those three heading screens...

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[Mars Djinni]

By the way, you might have figured this out already, but Marusu is Marth. He was in the first and third FE, posing as a Main character. Correct me if I'm wrong.

FE 5 was the one with the dragon of darkness and the sword of light? Something like that? Ah well, next from there was FE 6: Fuuin no Tsurugi aka "The Sword of Seals" Featuring Roy. Next was our FE, then Sacred Stones, then of course, Path of Radiance for GC.

[arashisama]

um yeah. it sorta fits. pics of Sage Arthre below. partially for schoolwork (everyone: o.0 ur school requires u to play FE?) it's not Pent, but it's close enough as Arthre's clothes aren't bright (cough Nino and Erk and Riri-na and Ruu).

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[Mars Djinni]

I actually had to use FE for schoolwork too, at one point. I designed a board game based on FE.

[Echo_djinn]

I've been thinking about getting the new FE game coming out for the GC but the problem is that I hate strategy games. Plus I have yet to play a single FE game. I am hoping there will be more real time battles or movements then the slow paced battles these games usually consist of.

[Sea of Time]

I don't really want to get the Sacred Stones because it doesn't sound too much different from Fire Emblem, so I'll try the GCN title and see what it's like.

[arashisama]

well, it's all about fighting, but the story/chars are fairly diff. the girl lord can't marry the guy lord for once. the lords still have a ton of ppl to Double/Paired Ending with tho'. i've always luv the FE serial, ever since number 4 anyway. tis addicting. i was too young to play the earlier ones, and i can't seem to find them anyway. every one is entitled to their own opinions tho.

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[TheEnglishman]

I bought fire emblem a while ago. I was a bit wary as I usally stay clear of strategy games like this but it's really good. For the moment though my progress has slowed. I'm on ch 27.
I'm also waiting for the sacred stones ( still not out in Europe ;) ) as it looks really good. ;)

[Sea of Time]

I hated ch. 27, it was way too long. Same with ch. 30. They weren't too challenging, though.

[TheEnglishman]

There are loads of enemies as well. It would be so much easier if there weren't so many!

[Sea of Time]

I prefer beating quality over quantity. That's why I loved the last chapter so much. It was a challenge but awesomely fun!

[I'm Always BROKE]

Im thinking about getting a Fire Emblem since I only hear possitive things about it. A shame Nintendo introduced us too late with this series of games. I would love to play as Marth or Roy outside of SSBM. ;)

[TheEnglishman]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 12 2005, 04:56 PM, said:

I prefer beating quality over quantity. That's why I loved the last chapter so much. It was a challenge but awesomely fun!

Don't mention the last chapter I'm still going through it for the first time!
I decided that I'd wait until I had completed this before I'd get Sacred Stones. I just seem to have to play games in the right order. ( Then again these two aren't connected in the storyline )

100th page of the topic and my 99th post. How weird!

[Sea of Time]

These eerie things keep happening, probably coincidence.

I won't ruin the last chapter for you! Sorry if I ruined something already. ;)
I don't think it matters if you get FE:SS first or second, the storylines are totally unrelated. Like you, though, I like to get the original first and then play the "sequel".

[TheEnglishman]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 12 2005, 10:04 PM, said:

These eerie things keep happening, probably coincidence.

I won't ruin the last chapter for you! Sorry if I ruined something already. ;)
I don't think it matters if you get FE:SS first or second, the storylines are totally unrelated. Like you, though, I like to get the original first and then play the "sequel".

Don't worry you haven't ruined the last chapter. I heard it was tough anyway.
It seems with all the games I get I have to play them in the right order. I don't know why though.

[Sea of Time]

For me, I feel that it's the only way that's right! Like playing GS2 before the original. Nintendo says you can play in either order while having fun, but I feel an obligation to play the first one before proceeding to the second.

[arashisama]

Me111, on Sep 13 2005, 07:25 AM, said:

Don't worry you haven't ruined the last chapter. I heard it was tough anyway.
It seems with all the games I get I have to play them in the right order. I don't know why though.

no it's not that tough. it was actually pretty easy cuz i had a 3 maxed pegasi, a near maxed nino and maxed hector and high level Lyn. my eliwood in hector's mode is always weak but w/e :) we can protect him well with just those units! yay. btw, i haven't told you anything about the level itself sooo.... :) unless for some reason the rng hates those chars, that should be sufficient. other chars i bring are generally the ppl i wanna support.

ch. 27 + 30 being long? as in Cog of Fate (Destiny?) and Victory or Death being long? not really. most of the length in 27 comes from me desperately trying to get vaida's supports while using her the least i can. 30 i have to finish quickly in hector mode to get into Value of Life which is easy if i kill limstella quick

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[Sea of Time]

They may not be long to you but they are much longer than other levels before or even after them in the game.

[TheEnglishman]

I wasted half an hour trying to do the chapter and then a wyvern rider killed Eliwood. I really did consider swearing at the top of my voice.

[Sea of Time]

That happened to me before, I had defeated all the enemies and then I forgot to check the weapon of the boss (Lloyd or Linus) and it was a Light Brand, and Eliwood got too close. Game Over. I was so pissed.

[TheEnglishman]

When I try to beat a boss on a game and I can't do it I usually leave the game for a while. Then for some unknown reason I can go back and beat the boss first time. I really don't understand it but I just can.

I can't believe this. I try to do the chapter the honest way and I die. I then cheat my way through and I still died. It's not fair!!!!!!!!! ;)

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[arashisama]

Me111, on Sep 18 2005, 12:54 AM, said:

When I try to beat a boss on a game and I can't do it I usually leave the game for a while. Then for some unknown reason I can go back and beat the boss first time. I really don't understand it but I just can.

I can't believe this. I try to do the chapter the honest way and I die. I then cheat my way through and I still died. It's not fair!!!!!!!!! ;)

hector mode:
i recommend using the pegasi girls to kill the boss. this time u get THREE awesome pegasi. also, to keep units from being killed by wyverns dun cross the fortresses around the boss area UNTIL everyone is near the area and slowly the snipers have been taken care of. then just wait for vaida and the wyverns to get pwned by the lycian army. thing is, hector's not promoted this time, use paladins to be the wall in between the mountains.
eliwood mode:
this is more difficult b/c eliwood is overall weaker than hector, however u can use Great Lord Hector to be the wall in between the mountains. florina and fiora take out the west map (get thevillage, kill the bandit, warrior, berserker, hero, whoever) and u can use this opportunity to also train Nino. try putting some Physics healers that double as offensive units ie a promoted Serra/Priscilla, or Nino. u also should bring thieves to steal the gems and such as Physic is an expensvie staff. bowman behind hector will help speed up the rate at which hector clears things.

[TheEnglishman]

Thanks for that big guide there. I'll make sure I use your strategy.

[Sea of Time]

I haven't started Hector's story because I thought (after Ch. 11) that it was no different than Eliwood's story. I guess I was wrong, I should probably try it.

[TheEnglishman]

I haven't done Hector's story but I know there are differences. Clearly the main story stays the same but I think there may be more chapters. Also some of the bosses are easier. Or harder.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Sea of Time]

I just checked on the web (what a great thing, that world wide web!) and there is a chapter 32x in hector's story. Since there are only 31 chapters in eliwood's story that means there's more (because 32 is a bigger number than 31)

[arashisama]

Me111, on Sep 19 2005, 12:03 PM, said:

I haven't done Hector's story but I know there are differences. Clearly the main story stays the same but I think there may be more chapters. Also some of the bosses are easier. Or harder.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

With the exception of the first few chapters of Eliwood/Hector's mode which are more difficult cuz I haven't had the opportunity to abuse the arena (first play i got A rating, after that i abuse arena to get weaker chars strong for supports). the differences:
Ch. 15. Eliwood mode is Noble Lady of Caelin. Hector mode: inserts Talons Alight.
ch. 18x in E tale is just that. in H mode, it's 19x, and if you kill Kishuna (which has to be done in one turn) you can get to 19xx. i recommend a lot of supports + Guy's killer sword.
later on, the chapter where Eliwood gets Durandal is when Hector gets Armads. It's easier b/c Hector's a better char than Eliwood.
At ch. 25 (the chapter after Four Fanged Offense) this should be Pale Flower of Darkness in Eliwood mode. in H mode, you haven't even faced Vaida! however, this is an easy chapter overall, send Florina with a B support with Fiora to take out the bishops/monks/pegasus knights/bandit and pick up a Heaven Whip for Fiora (or Florina, but i usually promote Florina first).Farina will talk to Hector, if she seems to be in a dangerous situation let her sisters rescue her and put her next to Hector. Dart and Ninian make great walls for incoming cavalry and magic users can atk from behind. the warriors region down below can be taken care of with Isadora+Geitz+ or whoever has similar stat/ need supports.
in 30x or w/e where you get Five turns to buy stuff, put Bartre in front of the arena, equipped with Bow and Iron Rune, Karla will fight him once and if both live she joins (if you don't like her, at least she's got a Wo Dao). Near the end, at Limstella chapter seize throne w/in 20 turns. that brings you to 31x Value of Life. This is where I get Renault's supports in the protection of Hector and other strong ppls. technically, it's not that difficult cuz either they are erased by hector or they can't atk. hardest part is when you open door to kishuna chamber and snipers and generals keep coming.
Final chapter: for both modes, this is two levels so you could get two of Karla's and Renault's supports, by not killing nergal til they get B supports, and then not killing dragon til A supports. use Nils Filla's Might to give Nino extra power to Bolting the longrange magic users in one hit. when down to one Bolting let Athos use Hammerne.
Hector's story focuses less on compassion for Ninian, more on his relationship with his brother Uther.

[Sea of Time]

Well, that's a walkthrough in a nutshell. So Hector's mode is easier and longer. I still haven't started it, but I'll try to get around to it this weekend.

[arashisama]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 21 2005, 05:54 PM, said:

Well, that's a walkthrough in a nutshell. So Hector's mode is easier and longer. I still haven't started it, but I'll try to get around to it this weekend.

Yay, no more blocks of text.... until someone asks for help later.

anyway, good luck, remember to do lyn mode first for extra experience (unless you plan to pull an Arashi and abuse the arena for 900+ turns)

be liberal with Wolf Beil, you get THREE in the game. enjoy. :(

[Sea of Time]

Lyn is incredible if you train her to her fullest. I do this most of the time when I play through the game. IF you train her, she is the best lord in the game.

[arashisama]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 22 2005, 05:21 AM, said:

Lyn is incredible if you train her to her fullest. I do this most of the time when I play through the game. IF you train her, she is the best lord in the game.

definitely. her hp is pegasus knight level, but it's good enough. her str though it seems low, will always hit the 24 max (which is reasonable), her skill and speed always max, the rest of her stats (def,res,luck) are aroiund 17 which is still decent and acceptable, not everyone's nino :P lyn's awesomeness b/c although hector's also good, his skill and speed is unstable, sometimes speed maxes, sometimes its really low. i know lots of ppl look at lyn, florina, fiora, farina, rebecca, wil, nino.... etc and think omg they suck they can't dmg anything! so now i play Fire Emblem on the emu to take screenshots to prove they're awesome.

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[Sea of Time]

How do you take screenshots of Gameboy games?

And on Lyn, when you level her to a 20 Blade Lord, she is almost impossible to hit by any average enemy units.

[arashisama]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 23 2005, 09:36 AM, said:

How do you take screenshots of Gameboy games?

And on Lyn, when you level her to a 20 Blade Lord, she is almost impossible to hit by any average enemy units.

I don't know how to do it (if possible) on Gameboy. I DO know that by hitting F12 on emulator VisualBoy Advance it will screenshot and send pic to the same folder the game is in. ie Fire Emblem 7 is on desktop the screenshot go to desktop. Don't worry I bought the actual game, it's just screenshotable in VBA.

on Lyn, I agree. Lyn, Nino, Ninian, the Pegz, the Archers, the Swordfighters.... they all tend to be fairly unhitable. Ever played any of the other games? There's an endless list. I'd still say Nino is most avoid. Though her speed has a 4 point lower cap than Lyn and 2 point lower than Pegz, her luck is definitely maxed giving her an advantage. Throw in supports for all of them, and the caps don't matter.

[Sea of Time]

Is VBA something you buy? Or is it something you can purchase or get on the web?

[Echo_djinn]

So, I read up on this game from Gamespot and the storyline is looking pretty good. I wont reveal the main character name and how the story starts off for those who don't know yet but he does have a weird name IMO.

One question though, will we be viewing some multiplayer action in this game? If anyone knows the answer to my question please reply.

[Sea of Time]

Are you talking about Path of Radiance? I'm assuming you are and I don't think there is multiplayer.

[I'm Always BROKE]

I downloaded Fire Emblem for the GBA and I really like this game. Get's boring after 5 hours of playing but it's good. I like Axe Fighters alot. They are very powerful and handy agains almost everything since there are much spear fighters in the game.

[Sea of Time]

I wish axefighters had better skill level, then they would be unbeatable.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah I completed Fire Emblem7 and I was not sattisfied really.
So I searched for atleast some info of FE6. And then I found a site where they made a translator for FE6. ;)
It's 100% English, except the intro movie. I will give you some screenshots of the game which I made. Warning: They may contain spoilers because the straing role is Roy, the son of Eliwood. So FE6 is the seqeul to FE7.


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This is my favoirte, Roy slaughtering a dragon. They call them selfs Mamkutes, they look like clerics or something but they are Fire Dragons. They give alot of experience and are fun to fight agains. :wacko:

[Sea of Time]

Hehe, that's pretty funny. And that dragon is cool! I would love if they made FE6 here, I want to play as Roy.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Well you should look for an sire called the English Fire Emblem Documentary. More I can't say I think cuz this is a forum... Well the game has lot's of Mymirdons (my fav class) and Merci errr thingies, you know the ones in SoT's siggy :wacko:; and healers. The game is harder to beat than FE7, very annoying missions to. Be sure to save your game alot when making a reckless dessision.

[Sea of Time]

Their mercenaries and I get your drift *wink wink*. I'll look into it.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah do that. It's alot more challenging than FE7. You will surely enjoy it.
And btw. The sword Roy has in SSBM is also in this game. It's called the Sword of Seals. I don't have it yet but still pretty cool that's in there.

[Sea of Time]

I think Roy looks kinda corny is SSBM. And has anyone noticed that FE and SSBM have kind of merged topics. Cuz we're talking about the same thing in both.

[I'm Always BROKE]

SSBM is a more wide topic. We can discus characters and their history there can't we? :P
And btw SoT... Did you downloaded it already? It sure is a good game but I'm stuck in chapter 16 or something... Really this game IS challeging. Maybe that's why it wasn't released in Europe and the States.

[MysticWarrior]

Sea_of_Time, on Oct 27 2005, 09:27 AM, said:

I think Roy looks kinda corny is SSBM. And has anyone noticed that FE and SSBM have kind of merged topics. Cuz we're talking about the same thing in both.

Really? I thought it was a big improvement. In FE6, Roy's sprite was kind of rough around the edges, and he always pokes peoples faces with his rapier when attacking. It was funny.

[Sea of Time]

I don't have VBA anymore, so I don't have it and I doubt I will for a while. I promise you though that one day I will play FE6 and I will make you proud!

[I'm Always BROKE]

MysticWarrior, on Oct 28 2005, 12:01 AM, said:

Really? I thought it was a big improvement. In FE6, Roy's sprite was kind of rough around the edges, and he always pokes peoples faces with his rapier when attacking. It was funny.

Yeah Roy looked kinda... fat in FE6 I think. o.o;
And yeah his stab is indeed funny. Roy: ARGH I WILL STAB YOU IN THE FACE X_o

[Sea of Time]

What game is Marth from anyway? I've wanted to know ever since I knew which game Roy was from. XD

[Mallick]

MysticWarrior, on Oct 27 2005, 05:01 PM, said:

Really? I thought it was a big improvement. In FE6, Roy's sprite was kind of rough around the edges, and he always pokes peoples faces with his rapier when attacking. It was funny.

His FE6 battle sprite makes him look fat. :x

I couldn't stand how his attack animation didn't change until he got the Sword of Seals... Even when he was promoted.

Marth was in the original Fire emblem. He was also in Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo, which was basically just a remake of the first. I have the ROMs and best emulators for each of the FE games aside from PoR.. Anyone who wants them can talk to me on MSN.

And Diddy, I wouldn't really call FESS a site. More like a large member-base invision free-forum. And it isn't a translator. They "recoded," the whole game as to have all the dialogue etc. in english.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah but still the link to the translation on on that site. ;D

And in FE6 Im kinda stuck in a chapter. It's a chapter with alot of Dragon Riders and Biscops with a Bersek spell. They use it on my strongest and fastest units and they kill the weaker ones with it... :o; And if that isn't enough, there is a very fast Falco Knight destroying all my axe wielders...

[arashisama]

DiddyKong, on Nov 9 2005, 10:54 AM, said:

Yeah but still the link to the translation on on that site. ;D

And in FE6 Im kinda stuck in a chapter. It's a chapter with alot of Dragon Riders and Biscops with a Bersek spell. They use it on my strongest and fastest units and they kill the weaker ones with it... B); And if that isn't enough, there is a very fast Falco Knight destroying all my axe wielders...

Which chapter? Oh, I've been gone so long. For awhile, I needed some sort of password just to enter this site so I gave up. Now I've returned ^-^ So which chapter is it? I beat the entire game, except I killed a few units at the arena, not through the normal game.

Falco Knight? Er... they shouldn't appear til you have pretty strong units... Well give me detail and I'll tell you my experience.

Also adding on to what I said months ago, I said VBA allows you to use F12 to get screenie. Well does Gameboy Printer do something for those w/o VBA? mxemu is a good place to get it.

This post has been edited by arashisama: 03 January 2006 - 11:33 PM

[Mars Djinni]

Don't go giving out sites to Roms on the forum. Against the Rules.

Most of the characters in FE9 actually don't have much changes in their attacks. Just maybe a slight difference in the criticals. Soren as a mage and a sage have the same way of attacking.

[Sea of Time]

Is Hector's story supposed to be this hard? I've given up on it for the time being. I've also stopped playing PoR just because I've been really into NBA Live 06.

[TheEnglishman]

I've left PoR for a number of reasons.
1. I've been playing Shadow the Hegdehog, even though it's not that good.
2. I'm really bad at Fire Emblem :P
3. I just got a DS. :P

[Blade Lord Lyn]

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(Sea of Time)
Is Hector's story supposed to be this hard?

Yeah. It is that hard.

DiddyKong, make sure to do you best to finish each chapter as quickly as possible, because you don't want to miss a side chapter. If you do all eight, you can go to the 2 secret chapters after you defeat Zephiel.

[Sea of Time]

Me111, on Jan 6 2006, 09:54 AM, said:

I've left PoR for a number of reasons.
1. I've been playing Shadow the Hegdehog, even though it's not that good.
2. I'm really bad at Fire Emblem :P
3. I just got a DS. :P

I don't think I'm bad at FE but it's just not holding my interest now, as it was when I bought it. I probably just have to pick it up again.

[gsninja]

Not too long ago, I started picking up interest in this series. I got Path of Radiance for the GC, and it's pretty impressive. I try to use Titania as minimally as possible so that my other characters can get the experience. Ike's already turning out great for me ;D

[Sea of Time]

I got Ike to level 20 by the 8th chapter. I always like to level the main characters first. Titania should be used minimally, I agree, so you're doing the right thing.

[Mars Djinni]

Titania's a little less of a Jeigan compared to others, though.

My Ike's level 20-6.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

I didn't get my Ike to level 20 first play through ^_^. He was 19/20, and 19/16 when he beat the Black Knight.

Don't be afraid to use Titania though. Titinia's not really a Jeigan, she's more like an Oifaye.

[Mars Djinni]

I was kind of reluctant, knowing my experience with Marcus and Seth, I did use her for the first 5 chapters as a sort of "blockade", but now I'd throw it off to Brom, Gatrie or my 3 Paladins. (I didn't bother training Malakov 'cause I hated him >O)

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Astrid was my main Paladin, once she promoted. She puts the others to shame, especially with her incredible strength growth.

[TheEnglishman]

Sea_of_Time, on Jan 7 2006, 12:09 AM, said:

I don't think I'm bad at FE but it's just not holding my interest now, as it was when I bought it. I probably just have to pick it up again.

That's exactly what I do. Play until I get bored, leave for a while, then come back.

[Mars Djinni]

I officially love anything with the Paragon skill. I usually put them into formation, with Astrid leading and Oscar and Kieran on each side

[Sea of Time]

Triangle Attack is cool, when you actually get a chance to use it in Hector's story. I'm on Chapter 29 now and I don't really care anymore if weak people die.

[Mars Djinni]

I'm way too sentimental to let people die.

Side note, BLL, is FEP back up yet?

[Sea of Time]

I'm usually sentimental but now I just want to beat this damn story so I'm sacrificing people left and right and occasionally center.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

FEP has an invisionfree forum currently. PM me about it.

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I'm usually sentimental but now I just want to beat this damn story so I'm sacrificing people left and right and occasionally center.

I feel like I'm betraying them if I let a unit die, especially if they're one of my favorites. That's why my style of play is generally really cautious.

[Mars Djinni]

I'm into all those crazy battle formations, but I'm human and not Djinni, so I make way too many mistakes.

[Sea of Time]

Yeah, because if you were djinni you would be perfect. XD

This is actually the first time I've played through the game and let people die.

[Golden Legacy]

Blade Lord Lyn, on Jan 9 2006, 09:41 PM, said:

FEP has an invisionfree forum currently. PM me about it.
I feel like I'm betraying them if I let a unit die, especially if they're one of my favorites. That's why my style of play is generally really cautious.

Playing cautious is certainly my style. I will check, and recheck an enemy's movement range consistently, and I generally make sure that all my units are together, and healed, after which I place a strong defensive unit (in Path of Radiance, usually my Oscar or Astrid) within the range of just a single enemy or two, allow it to approach, and wipe it out the following turns.

It does take some time, and it may not apply in all situations (especially if you need to Arrive at a location in a set number of turns, i.e. Chapter 23), but it certainly ensures survival rate of characters.

And yes, on that note, I am very sentimental about losing a character.

[gsninja]

I'm always cautious. I never take any hefty risks and I try to protect my characters well without sacrificing too much attacking potential. The only unit I had die so far was Mordecai, while he was still an uncontrolled ally in chapter 9. He went kamikaze and got himself killed.

I'm beginning Chapter 14 now. I already got Ike to level 20 in the last chapter. titania has Sol, so that's pretty cool. I've started using her as an active unit now, and she's a big help. I'm glad I got Gatrie back, too. It's nice to have the party's wall come back n.n

[Mars Djinni]

I skipped getting Gatrie. I rely more on speed to get the job done, hence both Mia and Zihark working miracles.

[gsninja]

I don't use Mia at all. I should put some more work into Zihark and Volke. I heard Volke becomes incredibly good when he gets promoted, so I'm gonna try to train him some more. I use Gatrie mainly to protect the weaker characters or to hold off a passage/route. He's very useful.

[Zxor]

I used the bonus experience and leveled Ike, was that bad? I got no stat raise i.i

[Mars Djinni]

Mia may have less HP than your typical swordmaster in the end, but I ahve a simple strategy for that. If you give her wrath and a killing edge, she'll critical every single time once she gets hurt bad.

[gsninja]

Yeah, the Killing Edge rocks your world with that high critical hit rate. And, as you said, Wrath, coupled with Vantage, will give Mia a big advantage. But, IMO, she simply doesn't have enough power unless she criticals often. I guess Wrath is an exception, since it makes anyone a monster at half HP.

Zxor, the no stat raise thing is actually normal. I had Oscar level up in battle, and he didn't get any stat raise for one of his levels.

[Golden Legacy]

I should mention this; if you are using experience points to level up a unit, you may as well get the most of it. Therefore, I would recommend when you are at base, to save, and then apply the necessary experience points to level up a unit. If the increase is not satisfactory (i.e. not gaining any stat increases), then simply reset and try again.

Believe me, it might sound simple and useless perhaps, especially since you might have to repeat it a number of times... but you'll gain much more out of it.

[gsninja]

That sounds like a pretty good plan. Never thought about doing that.

I hate the fact that Laguz can't attack while they aren't in their beast form. It makes good attackers like Lethe a liability while on the team. I guess it's good in a way, since enemiy Laguz won't attack you like that. Easy experience n.n

[Mars Djinni]

gsninja, on Jan 12 2006, 03:07 PM, said:

That sounds like a pretty good plan. Never thought about doing that.

I hate the fact that Laguz can't attack while they aren't in their beast form. It makes good attackers like Lethe a liability while on the team. I guess it's good in a way, since enemiy Laguz won't attack you like that. Easy experience n.n

That's the famous Manakete/Laguz thing. It sucks.

Anyways, may contain spoilers below, it's a question.

I got no idea what to do to Naesala in Chapter 19. He keeps killing all my guys once I get past his area. (Stupid Bird Laguz and their range. Gale isn't helping, either. Boyd (20-14 56HP) got killed by Naesala in two hits (25 each, got hit by a sniper's arrow earlier) What should I do?

[gsninja]

I think I know what to do:

This tip probably applies to all units: as long as you don't trespass into Naesala's range of attack, he probably won't move at all. Check his range before you move a party member, so that you won't risk a high chance of death. Also, if you don't need to kill Naesala, don't kill him. He will probably evade all your attempts at attacking him. Not only that, he's a potential party member for the last chapter of the game.

Hope this advice helps =D

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Try this: Bring one of the two hawks with you and Reyson. Have one of your Hawks speak with Naesala, and he'll go to whereever Reyson is. He will talk to him. After that, Naesala and any remaining Ravens will leave the map, changing the boss.

You don't want to kill him, because he is probably the best of the three units you can get in the last chapter.

[gsninja]

I amxed out Ike in chapter 13, but now I need to wait until he makes his promotion, which is in chapter 18(?)

I'm on chapter 16 now. 15 pissed me off, especially the fact that the sand slowed down my best characters. Thank God that on chapter 14, the Laguz Axe and Laguz Lance were dropped. Boyd and Oscar really helped n.n

[Mars Djinni]

Blade Lord Lyn, on Jan 13 2006, 01:24 PM, said:

Try this: Bring one of the two hawks with you and Reyson. Have one of your Hawks speak with Naesala, and he'll go to whereever Reyson is. He will talk to him. After that, Naesala and any remaining Ravens will leave the map, changing the boss.

You don't want to kill him, because he is probably the best of the three units you can get in the last chapter.

Ah, okay. That makes life loads easier. Thanks :P

I'd prefer Tibarn in the end, though, rather than Naesala. Raw power's not too bad. :o

[Sea of Time]

I'm confused by the Laguz but the factor they add to the game in the storyline and the gameplay is definitely very cool.

Which are your favorite types of Laguz?

[Mars Djinni]

Dragon by far. Dragon manaketes appealed to me in earlier games, and remained very traditional. Myrrh from FE8 took on a battalion of monsters in a skirmish once. Now my dragonstone has 3 uses out of 50 :o

[Sea of Time]

I should probably take dragon out of the running. Who wouldn't vote for that :o

[TheEnglishman]

I played on PoR for the first time in a while. Now I'm on chapter ten! You guys are so far ahead of me. :o

[Mars Djinni]

Yeah, I mean, What's FE without Dragons?

[Echo_djinn]

I got my copy back from a friend of mine and now I feel like playing my FE9(Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance) once more. This time though I want to run through the game with only 10 units. No more no less. The units I want to use are listed here:

-Ike
-Volke
-Rolf
-Oscar
-Kieran
-Tanith
-Soren/Calill/Ilyana
-Boyd
-Rhys
-Mist/Nephenee

What do you all think of my team? Maybe I should go through the game with only five units?

[gsninja]

I think the team is pretty good. I just suggest that you switch out Boyd for Titania. Although Boyd probably gets stronger than Titania eventually, Titania would be the better choice, since she's better at double-attacking, Defense, and dodging.

I'm on the 3rd battle of the four-part chapter 17. The first two battles were simple. This battle pisses me off, due to two things:

1. There are A LOT of soldiers on the bottom section of the map. I thought that the combination of Titania, Oscar, and Gaitrie would be sufficient, but this wasn't too good, which brings me to my next point:

2. Gaitrie is definitely not as useful as before he left in chapter 7. He still doesn't take too much damage from physical attacks, but magic attacks kicked his *ss bad. He was part of the main force that held back the massive swarms of enemies in previous chapters. I can't do it in this battle, with a lot of the enemies being magic users.

Another thing: Oscar looks totally awesome when he promotes to a Paladin *drool*. His Resistance is much better than before, as is his dodging abilities.

[Echo_djinn]

I don't like using Titania in the beginning since she is already promoted and barely gets any experience killing weak units. Plus her stat growth comes no where near what Oscar and Kieran can pull off. Boyd will become stronger than Titania at the end, at least strength wise. Plus I can pull off the triangle attack with Boyd Oscar and Rolf which means death to most units. It's all good.

[Golden Legacy]

Don't underestimate Titania. True, early on, she will just draw experience away from your other units. You'll find that if you do use her in the later parts of the game, her stats are on par with other units, and she can easily prove to be a worthy addition to your team.

On that note, however, my choice for Paladins are definitely Oscar and Astrid, without a doubt.

[Mars Djinni]

Here's my team. The weapon mentioned is their typical weapon.

Ike [20-6 Lord] Steel Blade
Oscar [20-15 Paladin] Silver lance
Soren [20-6 Sage] Tornado/Elwind
Mia [20-12 Swordmaster] Steel Blade
Volke [20-1 Assassin] Dagger
Zihark [20-1 Swordmaster] Iron Blade
Kieran [20-12 Paladin] Silver Axe
Astrid [20-6 Paladin] Killer Bow
Boyd [20-16 Warrior] Killer Axe
Rhys [15-4 Bishop] Shine

I'll post more later...

[gsninja]

Here's my take on Titania:

She's invincible for the first chapters of the game. I used her as a support character, meaning that I weakened bosses for the weaker characters to kill, and I only killed with her if it was absolutely necesarry. IMO, even though in the later parts of the game where most of the other units will become stronger than Titania, she still has stats that are comparable to the rest of the mercenaries.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

Titania has the highest total growths in the game (385% total). For being a Jeigan character (supposedly), that's pretty monstrous. I say use her throughout the entire game. The only one that comes close is Ike (365%). I always use her on my teams.

[Mars Djinni]

I dunno, I've had a bad experience with Jeigans a la FE8. Chapter 21 here and my stats are this far.

Ike [20-12 Lord] Silver Sword/Silver Edge (forged)
Oscar [20-17 Paladin] Sivler Lance
Soren [20-8 Sage] Tornado/Elwind
Mia [20-14 Swordmaster] Steel Blade
Volke [20-1 Assassin] Stiletto (sp?)
Zihark [20-1 Swordmaster] Iron Blade
Kieran [20-14 Paladin] Silver Axe
Astrid [20-9 Paladin] Steel Bow
Boyd [20-18 Warrior] Killer Axe/Tomahawk
Rhys [15-4 Bishop] Shine
Reyson [4 Heron] Canto :3
Ilyana [20-1 Sage] Elthunder (I can't resist taking her along)
Rolf [20-2 Sniper] Steel Bow

And that's a wrap. I don't know about you, but Calill doesn't seem like a good choice for me. My members only work if they are in a formation that's strategically and equally placed. Oh, and You've noticed I'm an all-beorc army. Save for Tibarn and Nasir in the end, that is.

[gsninja]

I've completed Chapter 20 now, and I'm glad I got Shinon back n.n Ike is so awesome as a Lord. He'll destroy just about anyone/anything alone. I have very few promoted characters. I have Ike, Oscar, Volke, and Nephenee promoted. I just need to find more Master Seals, and I wanna find another Occult Scroll so that Ike can learn Aether o.o

[TheEnglishman]

I'm only on chapter 14. I'm having trouble with the boss. He keeps doing a special attack to kill whoever I'm using. It's so annoying!

[Sea of Time]

Echo_djinn, on Jan 14 2006, 04:17 PM, said:

I got my copy back from a friend of mine and now I feel like playing my FE9(Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance) once more. This time though I want to run through the game with only 10 units. No more no less. The units I want to use are listed here:

-Ike
-Volke
-Rolf
-Oscar
-Kieran
-Tanith
-Soren/Calill/Ilyana
-Boyd
-Rhys
-Mist/Nephenee

What do you all think of my team? Maybe I should go through the game with only five units?

That's a good team, I agree on your choice to leave out Titania, she steals experience from secondary units like Boyd.

I still haven't picked up PoR in the new year, but I've promised myself to try again today!

[Zxor]

I started over, Ike's Str=****!!!! So I started over and got that good robe in the beggining of the game. Gives you like +8 hp. That is a lot >:P

[Excalibur's Power]

Yes it is. Give him it, he'll max HP.

I wouldn't really recommend Ilayna; she's deathly slow.

Mist... MEH.

[gsninja]

I agree. I don't even bother with her.

I completed chapter 21, and holy cr*p, Ena's defense was high. However, thanks to Reyson's Chant, I was able to defeat Ena in one phase. I also promoted Soren, which is awesome, as he's cool =D

Volke's Assassin class is sweet. He can now open doors without a key alongside chests. Thanks you, Volke n.n

[Echo_djinn]

I picked up FE8 for the GBA today. I figured since I have FE9 for the cube, and FE8 is compatible with FE9, I should pick them it up. So far I'm on chapter 4.

This game is pretty easy and I kind of find it boring compared to the FE9 game. Still, it's early, so I shall withhold my judgement until I get further on through the game. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Mars Djinni]

gsninja, on Jan 16 2006, 01:25 PM, said:

Volke's Assassin class is sweet. He can now open doors without a key alongside chests. Thanks you, Volke n.n

He was always able to do that, though.

[gsninja]

Really? I don't recall him being able to unlock doors without keys while he was still a theif.

I beat chapter 22 now. I tried a bit of chapter 23 before I turned the game off. Wow, four to six archers and magicians behind their ballistae/catapults. Hardly did much damage to my characters, though.

[Mars Djinni]

I'm still on 22, I'm saving FE for the weekend, when I can really strategize. In PoR, what are all you guys' favourite support conversations? I've only the time to read Rhys and Mia and it's quite funny.

[Excalibur's Power]

Shinon and Rolf.

Heart Shinon. <333

Please remember for your posts to be a minimum of five words... and to be more, err, constructive. Thanks - Riad

This post has been edited by Golden Legacy: 17 January 2006 - 08:01 PM

[Sea of Time]

I played yesterday and I screwed up big time on Chapter 19 by calling in reinforcements, you drew Reyson towards my guys and he pretty much innihalated me. I hate bosses that move.

[Blade Lord Lyn]

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I wouldn't really recommend Ilayna; she's deathly slow.

Mist... MEH.

Illyana's a bit on the slow side, but Strength in this FE = Constitution, and Illyana averages 11 Strength. That is quite good. Compare that with Soren's average of 4 strength, meaning he can't really use anything except for Wind Magic.

Mist gets even more, averaging at about 16, and almost always caps out magic (meaning, give her a Magic Sword).

This post has been edited by Blade Lord Lyn: 17 January 2006 - 03:26 PM

[gsninja]

Shinon's support conversation was probably the funniest one IMO. It was really funny n.n

By the way about weapons like Petrine's Flame Lance...those solely utilize Magic, right?

[Excalibur's Power]

Yes. The Bolt Axe, the Sonic Sword too. Ragnell and the Alondite [Ike's and BK's personal weapons respectively]

BLL, I know Ilayana has great strength [35% growth :blink:], but she's too slow without bands. [35% growth ._.] Soren can just use an energy drop so that he can use Elthunder, but I'd use the drops incase Ike was strength raped.

I'm using Mist this playthrough so I can rape people with the Sonic Sword. :X

[Mars Djinni]

Are FE characters that inclined to rape?

Anyways, in Chapter 22, what happens if you kill one of the priests? Oh, and is that Tome-something bishop trecruitable?

[Excalibur's Power]

No he isn't. If you kill at least ONE of them, you don't get that huge mass of Bonus EXP and the Ashera staff.

My strategy would to have Ike kill the first axeman, an archer kill that sage with bolting, and have Callill bolting the guy to death, with Reyson helping.

All in one turn. :3

[Golden Legacy]

I remember that chapter. You have to be careful... it requires pushing the priests out of the way, and at the same time, making sure that NONE of your units can strike back...

I had just nearly finished, after an exhausting time of deciding where and how to push all those Priests, when one of them decided the most reasonable thing to do was to attack my Astrid, nearly 20/20 equiped with a Killer Bow.

And yes, I was angry.

This post has been edited by Golden Legacy: 17 January 2006 - 08:04 PM

[TheEnglishman]

I've finally got past chapter 17. 4 battles in one chapter? It's ridiculous!

[Sea of Time]

I know. It just kept going and going, I thought it would never end!

Can someone help me with a strategy to get past Chapter 19? It would be great if you could.

[gsninja]

Me111, on Jan 18 2006, 12:16 PM, said:

I've finally got past chapter 17. 4 battles in one chapter? It's ridiculous!

Yeah, that chapter pissed me off. I hated the third and fourth parts the most. I hated the third because of the mass of enemies that started at the south. It became much easier after Titania, Oscar, and Ike held them off and killed them.
2 parts pissed me off on the fourth part: Meteor and the 4 mounted units that flanked my starting point. Meteor only had a 5 durability, which was good. Rhys was almost killed when the 4 horsies came, but at least I had Oscar, Boyd, Lethe, Zihark, and Nephenee nearby. They fell just when Rhys was about to be raped =P

Sea_of_Time, on Jan 18 2006, 12:31 PM, said:

I know. It just kept going and going, I thought it would never end!

Can someone help me with a strategy to get past Chapter 19? It would be great if you could.

If chapter 19 is the one with Naesala, then here's the strategy:

Have Titania and either Ulki or Janaff go towards Naesala. Have either of Tibarn's henchmen speak to Naesala, while Titania stays there to protect him. Naesala will then fly to Reyson. After the conversation, Nesala and the rest of the ravens will retreat.

Also, if you don't kill any ravens before Naesala talks to Reyson, he'll give you a Knight's Ring.

[Golden Legacy]

That's all true, and a nice strategy to follow. But just as perhaps another helpful advice, here is what I did:

Hopefully, you have a strong flying unit (Tanith works best, but either Jill or Marcia will do). Check Naesala's range; what you want to do is to get that flying unit just on the outer part of it. Deploy the flying unit the closest to him, and have Reyson allow the unit to move once again to the aforementioned position.

Naesala should attack with a ranged attack, as part of his skill. He should be close enough so that either Janaff or Ulki (or something, I forgot the second's name... sorry) will be able to talk with him, and afterwards, you need not worry, as he will go towards Reyson.

[Mars Djinni]

I actually killed them off. Stupid me. Thirst for raven blood's too strong!

I'm on Chapter 23 and it looks like I'll be having a fiasco. I can't wat to get that brave sword some exercise. That flame lance's gonna look good on Oscar.

[Golden Legacy]

Just remember, it functions on Magic, as opposed to Strength, so make sure your Oscar's Magic is reasonably high. If not, Tanith is a good option.

[Mars Djinni]

It's reasonably enough to handle it, I suppose. Last chapter, it was. It was never in my intention to use a Falcon Knight, though. I'm thinking of passing it onto another paladin if Oscar can't handle the stress. I hope he can, though :blink:

[gsninja]

I just completed chapter 23 a few hours ago. It was really fun, although the traps irritated me. I hardly encountered any of them, though n.n I enjoy Haar, he's a pretty good Wyvern Rider.

I love Tanith's Reinforce ability. Really helped me in chapters 18-20.

[Mars Djinni]

I've had this pressing question lately. I've downloaded the PoR main theme, but I don't hear it at all in the game. Is it totally just for sound test?

[TheEnglishman]

I've finally caught up with everyone! I've reached chapter 23 now as well.
Weirdly I was only on 9 or 10 a week ago. I have too much time.

[gsninja]

I'm got to chapter 25 two days ago, and I'm gonna be going through the chapter soon. I should probably lure the boulders out with my high HP characters so that my passage upwards will be much easier. Too bad movement range for mounted units and knights/generals is cut in half. Titania has been so useful. I guess she can be the one cleaning up the enemies my other characters pass by n.n