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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 467: Cake Boss
« on: March 15, 2016, 09:01:04 PM »
James,
I just finished listening to you rant on Fire Emblem Fates and I’d like to comment a little bit.
First of all you’re playing Birthright Casual although I don’t think you mentioned the difficulty level. My comments are coming from playing Awakening on Hard Casual and then Hard Classic (I tried Lunatic Casual and I failed miserably) and then picking up Conquest on hard Casual.
You mentioned that Awakening required more strategy than Fates, but I’ve found that I’ve had to come up with new and more brilliant strategies to get through Conquest than what I had to do in Awakening. So this made me think that Birthright is easier than Awakening and Conquest is harder than Awakening.
I’ve also found that I can’t always just bait 1 guy at a time into coming at me like I did in Awakening on Hard Classic (I didn’t have to do that on Hard Casual) but unlike you I didn’t find it as a cheap tactic. I found it as a method of forcing me to find new and different and more inventive strategies instead of just using the same strategy on every level.
I’ve also seen that Conquest isn’t the same objective every level (defeat all enemies, although there is some of that) instead it’s different objectives like the last 4 I had were take over a building, defeat the leader, protect passageway (a width of 4 squares) for 11 turns (that level was insane in a very mentally stimulating way) and Save the Sage.
I decided that in order to get the most possible enjoyment out of Fates I’d play Conquest on Hard Casual and then Birthright on Hard Classic (for me optimal enjoyment comes from having it very hard, but not impossible if I’m beating very many levels on my first try then it’s too easy and I find it boring). I chose Conquest first because I played Awakening on Classic last and wanted to shake up the style from my last play.
Last thought, you’re correct about it being harder to pick and choose which characters marry and have kids with whom. I tried doing that at first and couldn’t find ways to beat the levels AND get the right characters working side by side so I partially gave up. I still using the inviting into my quarters and the hot tub to try and build affinity and where possible I do it on the battlefield, but some of them are growing close that I didn’t want and I decided to just live with it.
I appreciated your thoughts on Birthright and I’m hoping you don’t wait too long to play Conquest as I’d love to hear your thoughts on that soon.
I just finished listening to you rant on Fire Emblem Fates and I’d like to comment a little bit.
First of all you’re playing Birthright Casual although I don’t think you mentioned the difficulty level. My comments are coming from playing Awakening on Hard Casual and then Hard Classic (I tried Lunatic Casual and I failed miserably) and then picking up Conquest on hard Casual.
You mentioned that Awakening required more strategy than Fates, but I’ve found that I’ve had to come up with new and more brilliant strategies to get through Conquest than what I had to do in Awakening. So this made me think that Birthright is easier than Awakening and Conquest is harder than Awakening.
I’ve also found that I can’t always just bait 1 guy at a time into coming at me like I did in Awakening on Hard Classic (I didn’t have to do that on Hard Casual) but unlike you I didn’t find it as a cheap tactic. I found it as a method of forcing me to find new and different and more inventive strategies instead of just using the same strategy on every level.
I’ve also seen that Conquest isn’t the same objective every level (defeat all enemies, although there is some of that) instead it’s different objectives like the last 4 I had were take over a building, defeat the leader, protect passageway (a width of 4 squares) for 11 turns (that level was insane in a very mentally stimulating way) and Save the Sage.
I decided that in order to get the most possible enjoyment out of Fates I’d play Conquest on Hard Casual and then Birthright on Hard Classic (for me optimal enjoyment comes from having it very hard, but not impossible if I’m beating very many levels on my first try then it’s too easy and I find it boring). I chose Conquest first because I played Awakening on Classic last and wanted to shake up the style from my last play.
Last thought, you’re correct about it being harder to pick and choose which characters marry and have kids with whom. I tried doing that at first and couldn’t find ways to beat the levels AND get the right characters working side by side so I partially gave up. I still using the inviting into my quarters and the hot tub to try and build affinity and where possible I do it on the battlefield, but some of them are growing close that I didn’t want and I decided to just live with it.
I appreciated your thoughts on Birthright and I’m hoping you don’t wait too long to play Conquest as I’d love to hear your thoughts on that soon.
