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[fairyblue-alchemist]

hello hi it is me roy enthusiast back at it again on my feh bullshit

[childofaura]

I don’t know if anyone has ask you about this but…

What are your opinions on Robbie Daymond?

You know, I could have sworn I did Robbie Daymond on here, but I think because I did Ray Chase and Max Mittelman, I just assumed I covered Robbie too, lol.

So Robbie Daymond plays Hubert, Tobin, and Ares in FEH. Outside of FEH, he’s Goro Akechi from Persona 5, Prompto in FFXV, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, and most recently Chai in Hi-Fi Rush!

Ok so performance. Robbie just absolutely nails it every time with his characters. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Hubert, I despise him for being associated with Edelgard but he works as an antagonist in the Azure Moon/Gleam routes of 3H, and Robbie acts with his full chest when he plays Hubert; brilliant laughs and sneers (And fun fact, Aaron Hendricks, who plays Balthus, does a creepily good impression in the Black Eagles route of Three Hopes apparently). Ares is a different kind of energy, but he’s also got kind of a dramatic tone to his voice as well when he talks about Eldigan (And it’s really sad that out of all the kids, Ares still hasn’t gotten an alt yet). Tobin is… Tobin, it’s a very casual voice but it’s also very natural-sounding.

Robbie fits all three of these characters like a glove, and honestly as much as I hate him, I actually want to see a Hubert alt sometime soon. Or just ANY alt for one of Robbie’s characters for that matter.

Range? He has the range. There’s enough of a distinct quality to his voice that you can recognize a role he plays, but also there’s such a huge jump between Hubert, Tobin, and Ares that I wouldn’t have really known without the VA credits on FEH. I’d say that his characters aren’t super diverse, but that doesn’t really interfere with his actual voice range.

Overall, Robbie’s a well-earned 9/10. And I’ll leave off with one of my favorite videos of him, Max, and Ray:

[earnono]

I've seen posts about it back in 2019 in twt I think? Most of the artists I followed back then were drawing them craazyy. Then dropped after a year after and moved on to Genshin HAHA.

2. I can't remember but it might have been the Golden Deer/Redraw Reigan memes that actually piqued me.

or that one sylvix micecraft video.

or it could've been those sylvain dancing vids.

I've started playing around late 2020.

3.) Golden Deer! (Wanted to try BL but I was denying about how I was interested in Dimitri just because he was blone and blue eyes prince knight and older sis was going for BL first. So I went with GD😂)

4.) Either BL or GD. I just like theire dynamics.

5.) I think Azure Moon is my fave out of all of the routes. It felt personal (I've did every route except BL/AM actually. I've only watched it thru older sis's playthrough.)

6.) Byleth! I know it's dumb liking supposed insert characters but I've done that before sadly. (I still love you Allen😔)

I never even knew he existed because I never saw fanart of him till older sis started playing.

Byleth is a strong and seemingly perfect person but deeply cares for his friends and allies. He's a really dependable person and wants to help people. He indulges in his students' favorite hobbies and interests and I find that cute. The gap between his supposed cold and unemotional side and him basically learning how to interacting with everyone is cute. He likes to fish and every food you see in the game he loves them except for pickled food for some reasons, it's so cute. To me his special charm point is his cute ahoge, it's all part of his cute gap. I find everything about him cute. I'm not gonna deny it anymore😇

EDIT: I FORGOT TO MENTIONED, Byleth is so sweet that he asked Manuela to teach him in how to sing and act like in a play because he wants to show it to his papa jeralt. Jeralt mentioned he always wanted to go see a play with Sitri but never had the chance and doesn't have anymore reason to go to. Like uwahhhh😭

I find it cute that he looks like his mama than his papa and it was implied that no matter how much he tries, he told Alfred (Engage) that he can't grow much muscles like his papa😆

Fave moment in FEH is that Shez was trying to compete on who's the better mercanary lead and Byleth just instantly agreed that he's the better leader. Then proceeds to surprise Shez even more by eating huge platter of food😂

Other characters I like is Dimitri (hehe), Sylvain, Ashe, Claude, Hilda, Linhardt, M!Shez

7.) Ignatz! I used him alot when I played VW and also 3Hopes, lettimg him debuff enemies and do chipped damage. I think he's a chill guy who sees the world beautifully despite the war going on.

8.) Enlightened One and Great/High Lord because Byleth and Dimitri hehe.

Mortal Savant is cool. I think doing both sword and magic is cool, it reminds me of Tales.

9.) Sword and Tome

10.) I haven't played in a while so I can't remember. I'll edit once I remember.

11.) I haven't played in a while so I can't remember. I'll edit once I remember.

12.) Chasing Daybreak! This version of the music is my favorite (Right here)

13.) Fishing and eating. Just honestly running around the monastery. I don't get tired doing that even if it might break the joy stick lol.

14.) ClauHilda. I find them cute and 3hopes made me like them more hehe. I will get their pop up parade figurines soon huhu.

15.) I don't ship f/w or girl's love tbh. But I do like F!Shezleth (F!Shez x F!Byleth).

Happy 5th anniversary to FE3H🥳🎉

Like the post and I'll answer the questions above hehe.

[a-pale-azure-moon]

Some small updates, since I know I haven't been terribly active around here lately. The holidays were more emotionally draining than I initially realized and I only now feel like I'm starting to bounce back from it. Winter in general tends to bring on a sense of ennui and listlessness that just makes me withdraw, kind of like a bear in hibernation, and some days it's easier to fight through it than others. My priority on the good days is always on my fic to keep with my update schedule, so other things, even gaming, tend to fall by the wayside.

-I've ordered Fire Emblem Engage, but my copy's not here yet. I am looking forward to playing it, since the gameplay looks fun, but I have no expectations that any of the characters are going to invade my brain the way Dimitri and the Lions did. Doesn't mean I won't enjoy them or the game though, even if I'm never going to stop cringing at some of the character designs.

-My beloved tablet (which I've had for over five years) got pretty much bricked out of the blue one morning when it spontaneously yeeted Google Play off of itself. It's as bizarre as it sounds. Attempts to get it back have not been successful, and since apps will not work without a Google Play check, the thing's basically useless. TL;DR, I bought myself a new tablet, which was not an expense I'd planned on, but I at least found a good deal on one. Until it arrives I've had to temporarily move FEH back to my phone (bleh), which is four years old and slowly dying. So that's something else that'll need replacing this year too, I guess. Planned obsolescence is SO great, isn't it?

-For anyone who still cares, my Azure Gleam writeups aren't dead, just on an extended hiatus. I had wanted to finish the game before Engage came out but obviously that's not happening. But I always try to finish a project once I've committed to it, so I WILL finish it eventually. I have completed AG's chapter 12 (both paths) and, uh....wow. I am still angry about it. Like, so angry/gobsmacked by the choices the writers made with it that it's hard to distill my thoughts into words. I'll have a whole-ass rant about it by the time I actually get the writeup done, so that's something to look forward to? lol.

[tinnictheguardian]

Dimitri’s Brain & the power of friendship

I read some comments about how some people, while playing Azure Gleam, expected Dimitri to spiral as the story progressed. That we would have front row seat to Dimitri’s decent into madness. I.e. we’ll see how the Protector, as he’s titled in FEH, becomes the Savage Boar.

However, instead, what we got was front row seat to show how to stop people from spiralling down a dark hole. Because Dimitri still suffers from PTSD induced psychosis, still has survivor guilt and still loathes himself to the point that he found it cathartic to kill his doppelganger in the darkness of Zaharas. The difference is that the Warrior King had the constant support of his friends.

I think there is lesson to be learnt here because Dimitri getting the loving support is the real power friendship. Also, I feel that it is something we can do for our friends, family and loved ones in RL where an increase number of people are in danger of radicalisation. 

Dimitri became the Savage Boar because he had no one else to listen to except the echo chamber created by the voices in his head. When he had counters, he could stop himself from falling into the dark hole of savagery. I am glad that’s the direction Koei decided to go. Instead of forcing a plotline where he artificially isolates himself and embraces the darkness!

An aside, I feel that Byleth is getting a short end of the stick as people make their way through Three Hopes since some people are commenting that Shez is better at preventing problems. While Byleth fixed problems. But the Byleth had to fix because she disappeared for five years.

Had she not tried to save Rhea in AM, she would have been in a position rally the Knights of Serios and most likely follow Dimitri back to Faerghus and similar to CF, I think he would have been crowned king and start to fight back immediately but with Byleth by his side. Similar to CF and AG, Dimitri would never have slid into darkness and I am guessing the war would be over pretty quickly.

Especially since I think a Claude who spent a year at the Academy would have pretty much joined forces with Byleth and Dimitri from the start! But its a ‘what if’ and we’ll never know the truth. Because while I am half expecting a DLC for Three Hopes, I don’t think Houses is getting anything more.

[raxistaicho]

Woobiehea my nemesis.

@butwhatifidothis​ had some things to say about what they liked about Rhea. There was some... interesting projection to be had.

Actually morally gray character that brings up genuinely interesting moral hypotheticals (“Do you allow for the advancement of technology after witnessing firsthand the horrors that came from allowing such a thing to happen in the past?” “Do you morph history in order to protect a persecuted minority from being further attacked and killed?” “If you were to have an extremely long life, should you use it to be a long-standing guiding figure for those who don’t share your long lifespan?”) as well as performing actions that are understandable but still extremely morally questionable (creating homunculi in order to revive Sothis).

Okay, so she thinks she’s the one who knows best how to guide Fodlan and does morally questionable things to do it, gotcha.

The voice acting for her, both JPN and even the butchered ENG direction one, are so good and really let you get a feel for her deeply she feels emotions. More so in the JPN version, but her Fallen!Rhea alt in FEH provides some quality Sad Sounding Rhea content for her ENG version to catch up on lol (even though hot take yes her ENG version has way less range than her JPN version but I don’t mind Angrhea cuz her being Blood Sweatin’ Pissed always made sense to me given her circumstances. Definitely needs more range tho, fuck the voice direction she got lmao)

Uhm, “why is this character who is often either calm or angry voice acted as being so often calm or angry, why was the voice direction so bad?”

Also what, Rhea does show sad voice acting in late VW and SS... I thought her voice acting was great. What, do you want Rhea saying she’s at the top of her game?

I like that she’s actually fairly shy? Like she wants to interact with people more but she’s so worried that she’d just make things awkward for them - woman’s so worried about it she’s anonymously asking this piece of wood mercenary advice about how to politely tell someone hosting a tea party that she prefers her tea cold 😭 Like yes she can be very stern and decisive when it comes to big matters but damn how can that not tickle your heart some lmao

She’s socially awkward and BWIIDT likes that, sounds good. It is a pretty cute bit of character rounding to her, I like that myself.

I really like that she does eventually come to see Byleth as their own person and not just an amnesiac Sothis 

She never thought Byleth was an amnesiac Sothis, she thought of Byleth as a vessel. Like she literally says this in the exact scene people use as the source of the “amnesiac Sothis” defense.

She even says to Seteth that Byleth is not quite Sothis, but a vessel for her power.

That said, she does come to see Byleth as their own person, but only after her plans have blown up in her face and she was fed a five-year serving of humble pie.

and that, even after realizing that Byleth =/= Sothis, she still wants them to lead Fodlan because she genuinely trusts them to use Sothis’ power for the betterment of the people. 

Because she was dead or dying in 2/3 routes where this decision was made. The exception is Azure Moon, which doesn’t play nice with the lore of the rest of the game.

Because she could always see that Byleth isn’t Sothis and then come to resent Byleth for it, or otherwise not trust them with Sothis’ power that she knows they have now, but she doesn’t. 

Rhea has no capacity to decide whether or not Byleth gets Sothis’s power by the time she’s forced to admit that Byleth will never be the vessel of Sothis; by then Byleth had inherited Sothis’s power over five years ago and Rhea was dying and in no state to continue performing her duties. This isn’t a sacrifice, this is her having to accept the circumstances she arranged for.

Okay, now to Rhea Headcannons!

It takes a while for her to put on her ornate Church robes, but not really because of the clothes themselves; not anymore anyway, a few hundred years down the line and it becomes simple enough to put on fairly quickly. No, it’s because everyday she has to very meticulously rub off all of the cat/dog hair that sticks to her after letting in like a dozen stray cats and dogs into her room when Seteth’s not looking. She can’t afford to get caught by Seteth look unprofessional or anything silly like that! It’s a big hassle (especially sneaking in the dogs), but the fuzzy lil’ furballs are just too cute to not let in <3

Hangs out with stray animals, very wholesome.

Auntie Rhea teaching Flayn about the stars is one of her favorite past times - she was so happy when Byleth returned her star chart to her after she’d lost it, cuz she planned on giving it to Flayn once she learned the constellations properly so that she can spot them on the chart.

Her relationship with Macuil is rather strained - she knows he isn’t fond of her staying with humans, and she can’t ever seem to build up the courage to talk to him knowing that. But she visits Indech once every few decades, when she can get away with it. Looking at the landscape painting of Lake Teutates always brings a smile to her face, knowing that closed-off Indech is safe and content enough as he is.

Takes others of her group under her wing and wants to protect them, okay.

She and Seteth are super super omega mature always no matter what… except when Rhea calls him a moldy-oldy and kicks off an hour long insult-a-thon between the two of them. It brings levity to the both of them, rare as they are to happen. 

Acts mature most of the time but she can be rather childish in private, gotcha.

So uhm... BWIIDT, why did you go and make a pejorative (Woobiegard) to sum up the qualities Edelgard’s fans like in Edelgard and then make an entire Tumblr post for which the tl;dr is: “I wish Rhea was more like Edelgard”?

[fantasyinvader]

The gap moe in Houses feels like it's not just intentional, but purposeful. When I think about it, my mind goes to the scene in Verdant Wind where Claude unites the Alliance and Almyran forces. He talks about getting to know people rather than clinging to inital impressions of them, since that can lead to misunderstands (and in the case of Hopes, Claude going genocidal). With that in mind, Houses uses it's gap moe as a means to give the characters depth, that only by dedicating time to them that we can actually get to know the real them. To see them for who they are.

With Edelgard, it all plays into the twist of her being the red emperor seeking conquest, whereas Rhea and the Church turn out to be the good guys. But with Edelgard, it's especially important since her character has attraction baked into her core character through her being identified as a hegemonic ruler. She attracts people to her side through whatever promises she makes in order to use them rather than using her power to force them to fight for her, though she does have a with me or against me mindset and has no problem using force on subjects who oppose her. It would tie into Aymr having the Crest of the Beast, linking it to the Devil Arcana suggesting those following her are doing so of their own free will while becoming more like her in the process, as well as her route being named Safflower, a flower that symbolizes attraction. And with the Buddhist symbolism of the Nabateans, she's the one who can potentially tempt Byleth away from Nirvana into joining her.

Edelgard is always meant to be attractive, even at the end of White Clouds there's still the possibility she's the lesser of two evils. The only time she's not attractive is at the end of Azure Moon, where the ideals she started a war for are actually explained and called out and as a result the game morphs her into the grotesque Hegemon Husk form. It's the one moment where the game stops treating her with kids' gloves.

But... fucking hell, this just means that the game can't otherwise engage with her actions or claims because if they were to do so, the attraction would be lost. So characters can say things or have elements to their backstory that should disqualify them from joining her, or we can gleam all we can from NPC dialogue to form a picture of the reality of what's going on under her with character endings giving hints that her ending isn't sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. It's not like we see her soldiers kill the commoners who resist being conscripted, we are just told that it happens and that's probably where 99% of the discourse comes from. We are supposed to pick up that her rule is a bad thing from what people tell us, but on the other hand Edelgard is telling us her own narrative. It left people in a situation where they could just dismiss the claims against Edelgard as false, citing unreliable narrators and them choosing to believe Edelgard over all the accusations. Likewise, they can't call Edelgard's claims out despite how divorced they are from the reality of Fodlan.

It's just another example of how Fodlan can have good ideas but flub the actual execution of them. If, as the devs say, we were only expected to play one route... after the Flame Emperor reveal where Edelgard is rejected why in the holy fuck does the game still cling to the attraction crap? If it's clear we aren't joining her and doing so is presented as the path of truth, that by fighting her we see her for who she really is, why not have people react like actual people concerning her?

Oh, right. FEH.

On the other hand, the fact that Edelgard's attraction to Byleth being the result of their Crests resonating with each other? Nice way to reveal that her feelings aren't her being in love with Byleth.

Basically, Bernie plays into the whole "moe" aesthetic ?

I had to run and look up exactly what that means since I basically understand moe to be something like cutesy when of course it's more involved than that, but - sounds about right.

@ezralahm also made the point that gacha predation doesn't necessarily need to take the form of sexual fanservice, and that it can also be about instilling some other type of parasocial desire in the (presumed straight male) player, like wanting to protect a cute, innocent girl.

Pairing Bernadetta with Goldmary allows them to trigger both types of responses on a single unit, so it's very efficient in that way.

[faroreswinds]

A few Thoughts™ from chinese side of fandom (granted i’m not saying it’s all of it):

Everyone hated claude’s arc everywhere. They’re baffled by how insignificant shahid turned out to be and there are lots of jokes of “this is like a good tv series that turned to crap after they killed its villain too early and don’t know what to do so they just brainstorm ways to jump the shark”

Many people loved azure gleam’s story but are really sad that sensei isn’t around to share that story with the lions

Well they loved the “becoming a king” side of azure gleam but are absolutely taking the piss out of its ending

Soooo many “WHERE IS SENSEI” comments

A prominent chinese fanartist posted their disappointment and then deleted it but haven’t posted anything at all afterwards. It’s been like three days and more casual fans/fans who haven’t played and aren’t spoiled are taking this as the bad sign it is

NTR memes

Memes saying “wow i found the sequel guys it looks so cool!!!” and it’s mocking screenshots of feh

Everyone extremely pissed that sensei’s biggest appearance out of the incredibly crap arval rivalry plot thread is that apparently claude recruits them independently on scarlet blaze, and byleth catching on to edelgard’s bad intentions means they tip claude off and it’s what prompts him to backstab the kingdom army at aillel. Both then die after that chapter

Shez is fine. They’re just fine.

Arval is not.

They don’t like monica and find her simpering annoying and unpleasant, like the stereotype of the scheming court advisor who constantly kisses the emperor’s ass (and hubert is RIGHT there lol)

A lot of players, even more casual ones, are unnerved and feel like the game is mocking them for liking three houses (they cite leonie/jeralt/byleth’s paralogue, jeralt/byleth’s a support, sylvain’s retcon, miklan’s inclusion which pissed off soooo many people, azure gleam having a happier story for the lions compared to azure moon, the characters who can die if jeralt is killed, and how the game still doesn’t answer questions about the agarthans. Also that hubert and leonie are quite nice to shez but were/are hostile to byleth, byleth and jeralt dying)

I can’t find the comment but someone wrote like “i kinda feel like i paid a dealer to get me good drugs and this mfer had the audacity to take my money and spit in my eye”

Chinese fandom is also way more unrestrained than japanese fandom and insanely toxic in many regards. I’ve already seen a lot of comments saying they want to lynch the developers and other really extreme sentiments

Thanks for sharing, anon! I'm always curious about what other countries have to say about Foldan and the games!

Everyone hated claude’s arc everywhere. They’re baffled by how insignificant shahid turned out to be and there are lots of jokes of “this is like a good tv series that turned to crap after they killed its villain too early and don’t know what to do so they just brainstorm ways to jump the shark”

That's what it seems like to me. They wanted Claude to be part of Foldan's war but also wanted him to have an Almyran thing. They really should have just gone all in on the Almyra part, and only brush upon the Foldan war part.

Many people loved azure gleam’s story but are really sad that sensei isn’t around to share that story with the lions Soooo many “WHERE IS SENSEI” comments NTR memes Memes saying “wow i found the sequel guys it looks so cool!!!” and it’s mocking screenshots of feh Everyone extremely pissed that sensei’s biggest appearance out of the incredibly crap arval rivalry plot thread is that apparently claude recruits them independently on scarlet blaze, and byleth catching on to edelgard’s bad intentions means they tip claude off and it’s what prompts him to backstab the kingdom army at aillel. Both then die after that chapter

I can understand their sentiment, even though I personally feel no love loss overall. Kinda funny, though.

Although I do agree that Byleth's role in the end... was disappointing here. Especially since their appearances on a map are honestly kinda hype, with the music and the dread.

Well they loved the “becoming a king” side of azure gleam but are absolutely taking the piss out of its ending

What in particular are they unhappy about? That it doesn't really "end" or that Edelgard is... you know...?

A prominent chinese fanartist posted their disappointment and then deleted it but haven’t posted anything at all afterwards. It’s been like three days and more casual fans/fans who haven’t played and aren’t spoiled are taking this as the bad sign it is

I'm not sure I am following. Are you saying that because a super fan who is well known hasn't said much, that other fans are taking it as a bad sign

Shez is fine. They’re just fine Arval is not.

These are mostly my sentiments, although I've grown to like Arval. Just a little bit. Maybe I will like him more as time goes on. Or less.

But Shez is just "ok."

They don’t like monica and find her simpering annoying and unpleasant, like the stereotype of the scheming court advisor who constantly kisses the emperor’s ass (and hubert is RIGHT there lol)

I really don't see much love for Monica anywhere except like... on Reddit or twitter. And I agree with them. She is annoying, and unpleasant. I liked her better when she was dead.

I don't know how anyone could have thought Kroyna was acting out of character in Houses. She was practically perfect as Monica.

A lot of players, even more casual ones, are unnerved and feel like the game is mocking them for liking three houses (they cite leonie/jeralt/byleth’s paralogue, jeralt/byleth’s a support, sylvain’s retcon, miklan’s inclusion which pissed off soooo many people, azure gleam having a happier story for the lions compared to azure moon, the characters who can die if jeralt is killed, and how the game still doesn’t answer questions about the agarthans. Also that hubert and leonie are quite nice to shez but were/are hostile to byleth, byleth and jeralt dying)

Is... Sylvain a retcon? I haven't gotten that impression yet to be honest.

Hmmm. I can see why people might be complaining but... Well, some of these I'm not sure if I agree with. The Miklan thing is a little... off, yeah. But the game is supposed to not be the "best ending of all time" so characters dying isn't an issue.

But AG having a happier ending than AM I suppose I can understand... Still, an interesting point of view. I might agree more as I continue my gameplay.

I can’t find the comment but someone wrote like “i kinda feel like i paid a dealer to get me good drugs and this mfer had the audacity to take my money and spit in my eye”

Pffffffft.

Chinese fandom is also way more unrestrained than japanese fandom and insanely toxic in many regards. I’ve already seen a lot of comments saying they want to lynch the developers and other really extreme sentiments

Not surprised, really. But we shouldn't go after the devs. This is a solid game. It's the story that is eh.

[lochnessies]

It always surprises me when Edelstans who only play CF still try to give Dimitri shit for torturing soldiers or make him out to be completely mad whe he just isn't. It's the same thing with the old FEH forging bond, Edelgard shouldn't have been that surprised to see Dimitri in his right mind because in her timeline he never completely lost it.

I just find it funny how they have to pull from another route to demonize Dimitri on CF when Edelgard does so much worse than him on it. I dont think the devs remembered that he wasn't the same person as he was on the other three routes.

like… you can criticize him on am for his violent actions. that’s fine. but on cf? the fuck does he do? lmao he’s just hanging in his palace trying to keep the empire out and he’s very calm and rational. quite the difference from his manic ravings on azure moon

honestly a game from the pov of dimitri and rhea on cf would have been more fun than playing as the empire. you spend the game doing your best to secure the kingdom but you can’t stop the empire’s advancements and you start to feel the same panic and desperation the characters feel knowing the inevitable end is near

[tokai-teio]

I am here to cause problems on purpose. Give us the hot takes! Who are the most overrated girls in the gachas you play?

oho.

uhhhhhhh let's see... i find it hard to find ones i consider overrated, mostly because i like pretty much everyone on an average basis

FGO: definitely Scathach-Skadi, personality-wise

FEH: Fallen Edelgard? idk if she's overrated or honestly just broken lmao

Arknights: Nightingale

Blue Archive: i guess Shiroko? i just don't get why she's the mascot of the game despite not being a unit the game gives you, but then again Saber is the mascot of FGO's icon (but at the same time, she's SABER)

Priconne: Miyako?

GFL: probably Gr G41

Azur Lane: Prinz Eugen. kancolle's was better

UmaMusu: Biwa Hayahide

Granblue: uhhhh Charlotta? idk

Genshin: Raiden Shogun

[fairyblue-alchemist]

this is one of the funniest matchups i have ever seen happen in this game. it's just the pointing spiderman meme. it's the same guy but they're to the left of each other. this is a bisexual loss for chrom specifically

[rubywolf0201]

Oh definitely. I’m not big on Byleth either because of how a lot of their dialogues requires player to choose for them and even without it, they weren’t very interesting in the long run. (Speaking of, I’m playing Azure Moon in FE3H but I’m hardly having time to complete it due to schoolwork and stuff)

I also kind of share something but I remember having a on and off thirsting phase for Linus and Lloyd back when I played FEH a few years back (it’s just a damn shame he got an alt just recently whereas Ursula got a swimsuit alt a few years ago and a desert alt just this year) but oh well Linus got an alt and I think it’s nigh time that Brogie improves his voice as Linus.

And yeah I remember people on Twitter begging for FEH to get a Fallen alt for Chrom like how Ike got one despite his Fallen alt existing in Cipher and when Fallen Chrom is released, everyone is rejoicing it as we are speaking.

Oh and I also realized that Mayo’s art for Fallen Maria is amazing. I don’t know when was the last time we saw Mayo’s art but it seems like they’ve improved at some point because of the scary energy they channeled through Maria. Voice-work wise, Wendee Lee is improving her voice for Maria and congrats on Maria getting a second alt.

EDIT: I also want to add how nuts it is that one month after doing base Sylvain, the voice directors called Brogie back to do Fallen Linus and now we see two characters done by him just within the span of 1 month (and said characters deserved their alt as well)

As much as I don’t care about Byleth, I will say that Hidari’s art of her slaps and it’s also crazy that’s it’s been 4 years since Hidari did anything for FEH.

Also while I’m not familiar with FE7, you’re right on Linus gaining another alt since it’s been already 5-6 years since he’s released and while it sucked that he is a Grail unit, at least Joe Brogie is given more work to improve on Linus so no hard feelings.

Fallen Chrom is kind of the same as Fallen Ike and I’m liking it because of how amazing those concepts are and the fact that Fujisaki Kimihiko drew them is also a plus. (Also it seems like they’re going back to their old art style after their last one at Brave F!Byleth)

Yeah, I'm not really a Byleth fan either. And with F!Byleth, it's pretty clear that it's not her personality that makes her popular, more like two really big reasons for that.

But yeah, I was SHOCKED to see Hidari getting to do more art. They should get some more FEH art more often! I adored their style in Echoes, it was very... I'm gonna say quaint, in a positive way. Something about the style really invoked the medieval aspect of FEH that most of the more recent games haven't been able to really do.

Linus absolutely deserves that alt, and honestly that "Not like this!" is more of a teasing than anything. I just wonder what his art is gonna look like, because Morphs have dark hair and yellow eyes. So are they gonna go the Morph route (that the games never actually got to do probably due to time/graphical restraints) or just give him an aura? I'm curious to see how it'll look. And I think it's funny we were just talking about Linus with Joe Brogie, I'm psyched to hear his performance for FALLEN Linus. And no worries, I'm not familiar with FE7 either, sadly.

I remember hearing people begging for Fell King Chrom and thinking it probably wouldn't come to fruition, but I'm honestly glad it did. It gives us more opportunities for FEH content. And honestly Chrom looks AMAZING! I like to think that Fujisaki Kimihiko doesn't like F!Byleth that much either, lmao. Maybe that's why their art looks so awesome again.

[ka-za-ri]

Obey Me wants to do Too Much and in an attempt to please the fans, it’s failing them instead.

Based on the post @1abbie7​ made regarding the common complaints players seem to have with OM and its choices as a game. I just wanted to put my two (very long) cents in while looking at OM as if it is the gacha game it truly wishes it was.

MAJOR DISCLAIMER: this post is based on my experiences and is not a reflection of the community as a whole. These are observations and personal thoughts and should be taken with a grain of salt. Also, please feel free to discuss or correct me if I have any of the information wrong. For reference, I’ve reached 5-3 in OM!, 9-2 in AL, and 6-17 in AK.

Now that we have that out of the way… ON TO WHAT I WANT TO SAY. Buckle in folks, I’m rambly and I have a lot to say. Obey Me! Has a lot of potential, and it’s a shame that a lot of things Solmare does are not helping it grow in a way that it could.

So this post is MOSTLY going to be comparing Obey Me!’s (OM) gacha and gaming experience with Azur Lane (AL)  and Arknights (AK) since I feel like both those games have a very good f2p model and don’t really have any PvP/Ranking system that affects the main gameplay. I will have other examples from other games that I’ve played before as well.

Ignoring any issues with storytelling and plot holes, since I feel like there are people who are much more qualified to speak upon that than I am, I’m just going to look at the more game and gacha experience.

EVENT SPACING, GAMEPLAY, STAMINA REFRESHES:

OM! As far as I know, is marketed as an Otome game with gacha and … Rhythm??? Game??? Elements? (I’m not quite sure how to even describe the ‘battle’ stages tbh) to break up the story stages. With the battle stages being the main way you can farm for materials to power up your cards, the bottlenecks that are built into the game are surprisingly super frustrating.

OM! Does not have an auto battle option, but it does make up for it by allowing you to sweep the stage once you’ve received 3 stars. This does make resource farming much quicker, but this also means that your stamina will disappear faster than ice in a desert. Coupled with the fact that the battle stages don’t really have much interaction or strategy for a good portion of the beginning of the game, there’s no real replay value in trying for older stages unless they have the resource you want to farm.

I guess I can let this pass since interaction isn’t what’s really marketed, but it IS important to keep your audience logging in and eager to play. At Level 40-ish, my current stamina cap is around 70. WIth the average stamina cost of a regular stage being 5 AP, and the hard stages being 8. This means you’ve got 14 normal stages and less than 10 hard stages in a full bar of stamina. Assuming I log in twice a day to get the bonus AP, that’s really not a lot of stamina to work with and just enough to maybe get through my dailies. 

Having that little stamina makes farming resources exceptionally difficult especially for the high requirements needed once you get about half-way through a devil tree. Add that to dealing with farming event points almost constantly, with your limited stamina pool, you’re pretty much forced to purchase extra stamina to meet the requirements to finish said events to get the rewards. Assuming you spend all of your daily Devil Point reward on Stamina, that’s only 180 stamina a day which makes for a really tight run IF you’re aiming to get everything in an event. 

ADDITIONALLY, this is also the fact that events and new lessons don’t seem to be announced prior to them dropping. Almost every gacha  game I’ve played before will give you a few days notice before an event drops whether it be via Social media or through in-game mail. This is to mainly generate excitement and allows players some time to prepare, whether it be hoarding what stamina refreshes they have or saving premium currency for gachas to hopefully get the chase card/unit that they’re looking for. Not being able to prepare makes it difficult to stay engaged considering you CONSTANTLY have to have resources/stamina to partake in all the events and you can’t plan accordingly.

AK announcing the current event two days prior to it starting in game and on twitter:

AL’s announcement on the 12th, almost a week prior to it starting. Maintenance was on the 17th when the game reset.. (In game notices update regularly and I don’t have a screenshot of what it would look like since maintenance has already passed.)

OM! basically giving people on twitter about 24 hours notice of a new event dropping followed by announcing that the new lessons are available on the day it drops:

I understand that OM! Devs may want to keep the new cards a surprise to players. If stats and skills played a more prominent role in the game, maybe there would be a better way to tease these events to build up hype. As of right now though, it feels like a surprise slap in the face to force players to purchase currency in order to maintain that stamina requirement. IF Solmare is adamant about having back-to-back events, at least provide players with a roadmap or a calendar so they can pick and choose what’s important to them.

Just… Don’t let it become like the FEH calendar…

Please, do not let it become like this.

In my opinion, it feels like OM! Has a bit of an identity crisis. It sorely wants to bank on the money making powers of a gacha game while also clinging to the claim that they’re an otome game revolving around the plot. It’s hard to really promote the plot when it’s locked behind a power requirement that a majority of players will not be able to reach.

With how difficult it is at the end game, players are most likely going to look for transcripts or screenshots of new lessons instead of playing the main storyline in order to save what little they have for the constant limited events. Either give the players time to recoup resources to prepare for your events so they can pull for all your new cards or lower the difficulty cap to give players the story you’re emphasizing so much. 

Tl;dr: back-to-back events will burn out players and not announcing them prior does not allow players to prepare resources, forcing them to drop money on the game. The amount of stamina it takes to complete an event AND level your cards does not make it f2p friendly.

GACHA RATES AND PITY SYSTEM:

Call me spoiled, but I feel like OM! ‘S banner rates are too low. Consider the following image for the current banner pool:

That’s a combined 1% to get your UR and that’s still not going to be guaranteed to get what you want. Consider the following rates from other games:

Azur Lane:

(Ultra Rare was a new rarity that was added with this new banner. Before that the highest rarity you could pull is a Super Rare)

Arknights: 

Fire Emblem Heroes: 

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions

For a game that’s always introducing new cards, you’d think that OM! Would maybe consider raising those rates so people won’t be so heartbroken when they don’t have enough currency for a 10 pull. (Especially if they have been spending what Devil Points they have on stamina to complete event stages) Yes, a majority of banners have bigger pools and  the chance for a specific 6*/UR/SSR is ultimately lower; but considering in OM!, you have stories and characterization locked behind devilgrams connected to these cards, the rates are pitifully low. At least in the other games listed, the units/cards/operators/ships aren’t tied to stories. 

I will say, the pity system isn’t absolutely abysmal. Keep in mind though, this is based on the assumption that you’ve saved up for 100 pulls. Considering how difficult it is to save that much currency while being f2p 100 pulls per banner is a tall order and impossible without the help of goldie or somethin. The frequency of new cards along with the difficulty obtaining gacha currency creates an extremely predatory model of currency purchase. With no guarantee of when event banners will be rerun, you’re pretty SOL if you make it half way through this pity system and you’re sitting on shards you can’t use. 

Players will get tired of this model mega fast. Especially with these kinds of rates. Assuming that your luck is the worst on earth, you need 2,700 Devil Points to reach the pity breaker. That’s more than two packs worth of Devil Points. So we’re looking at over $160.00 USD to get a guaranteed UR. Seeing as new banners come what feels like every two weeks or so, you’re looking at over $300.00 USD a month JUST for the gacha. If OM! Was purely a gacha game without such a heavy emphasis on the characters and the stories/scenarios they unlock, I might be able to overlook it. However, since the cards themselves unlock cheats for events and outfits and devilgram scenarios, that’s a steep price to pay, so I kinda just have to say… Yikes.

Tl;Dr: For a game that has so much content tied to limited cards and events, gacha rates for OM! Feel too low. Pity system is average as long as you have the currency to complete all 100 pulls. The reason to purchase premium currency is predatory and likely will not be sustainable in the long run. 

MONTHLY PACKS AND PREMIUM CURRENCY

So, we can agree that if you don’t have some cash on hand, it’s not going to be a real fun time to play OM! So, where do you spend your money? Let’s take a look at what they offer in terms of premium currency and how far that will get you. It’s also almost 3AM here and I’m losing my patience and filter, so excuse me if I sound more angry here than in the rest of the post.

So, here’s the basic Devil Point Shop for reference: 

If we equate Devil Points to stamina, you’re looking at about 100 stamina per dollar you spend. But let’s be real, Solmare makes their money off of gacha and them pretty pngs ‘cause y’all want those spicy devilgrams and sweet outfits for your secretary.

To even get a 10 pull, you’re looking at $22.00 USD worth of premium currency. (Why they didn’t make the $19.99 pack a full 10 pull is BEYOND me tbh.) Now most gacha players that I know who are willing to go all in on a specific banner will want to spend a pack, which means they’ll go for the most expensive option as it is the most bang for your buck. That’s an $80.00 pack for approximately 4 10 pulls and some change. Let’s compare that to the price of some Originite Prime from AK: 

It takes approximately 33 OP for one 10 pull in AK. 1 OP = 180 Orundum (currency used for gacha) Keeping this in mind,  if you don’t count the first time purchase bonus, at first glance, it’s overall more expensive to purchase this currency SOLELY for gacha purposes.

Here are the packs offered for AL: 

If you’re using gems to purchase the cubes needed for the gacha, it takes about 600 gems for 1 10 pull. One pack will net you about 8 10 pulls. Out of all the models we’ve looked at, this is honestly the most value for your dollar specifically for gacha purposes.

Take into consideration what the premium currency is used for. As stated above, 1 DP = 10 stamina. 1 OP = 1 Full stamina refresh in AK, so that’s a pretty equivalent exchange rate. (I won’t go into the AL stamina and gacha system since it differs too much from OM! To really make a good comparison.)

But, what else can DP do? A quick glance under the “Items” tab in the shop, you’ll see that it can also purchase Keys to read your devilgram stories (integral to your gaming experience), Demon Vouchers for summoning, Glow Sticks to help you in battle (Integral to gameplay), and consumables for your Surprise Guests to raise intimacy (arguably connected to gameplay). Compare this to what you can purchase with your OP outside of summoning currency in AK: Furniture (cosmetic) and Skins (Cosmetic). That’s it. 

What I’m trying to say here is that Solmare has made DP the currency for so many things that affect the game itself. This subtly pressures the players to purchase DP in order to maintain the same quality of life that they might have experienced at the beginning of their gaming experience when the level ups came fast and when the rewards were plentiful for completing all the beginners quests.

“But wait!” you say. There’s ways to earn DP passively through dailies! You’re right! You’re given 18 DP per day for completing your dailies. That equates to 1 10 pull per 2 weeks if you’re diligent in keeping up with all your quests and log in daily. Comparatively, AK will give you 2,800 orundum per week for completing all your quests and the weekly annihilation runs, so just short of 1 full 10 pull in the game. However, AK gives you the specific currency used exclusively for gacha. This leaves your OP relatively free to be used for stamina refreshes, or you can hoard them for when new skins come out, or you can use a few to supplement your missing orundum for a banner pull.

Without knowing what could be coming up next in terms of events and banners, OM! Makes it very difficult for you to hold onto your DP due to the sheer stamina sink that events can be. Unless you’re really good at optimizing your resources, you’re likely going to be spending DP on things outside of gacha, making it difficult to save those 20 pulls in a month.

Tl:dr: DP is used for too many things that aid in gameplay which leaves less for gacha, forcing players to make a choice between moving forward in harder story stages or unlocking card specific stories.

Alright, but let’s say you don’t have enough for packs, but you still want to support a game. You don’t wanna whale ‘cause you got bills to pay, but maybe you’ve got enough to be a minnow or a very sad and small dolphin. For this, most people turn to those delicious monthly packs. Usually, the monthly packs or subscriptions are really a good bang for your buck. Usually, the bonuses that these packs provide will add up to a value that is much more than your initial investment in them. So, let’s look at what OM!, AK and AL offer, shall we? 

Let’s break down what the VIP gives you since there’s quite a bit and it’s presented in a less condensed format. So, at first glance, I have to ask… “VIP login bonus?” What does that even mean? When you look at the details the description is as follows:

I’m sorry, what? This vagueness will not help sell this pack to me. Most monthly packs will give you premium currency right away that is equivalent to the amount that you paid. You can see that both AK and AL list this and also let you know exactly what else you get for the next 30 days. There’s no vagueness in what these packs provide. 

Next thing to look at:

I’m sorry. What? I don’t understand why a max AP increase is the choice for a VIP perk here. This is banking on the fact that you’re going to be playing at max efficiency and will be under max stamina in order to take advantage of the refill timer giving you the extra AP. Why OM! Doesn’t just give you the stamina in your mail is beyond my comprehension. This is just saying “yeah, you could have more stamina if you’re playing this game and making sure you’re below your cap. I … no. Just why.

NEXT PERK: 

No. This is useless for higher level players. Perks should benefit all players, not just your new players that you’ve tricked into spending money ‘cause this pack is only $9.99 a month. I’m so angry at this I don’t want to look at this anymore. NEXT.

This is a fine perk. Paying for easier passive resources is fine. I don’t have anything to say.. Next.

Oh thank fuck. An actual good perk. Passively getting the harder to get resources which cuts down on your already limited farming? Hell yeah.  Also fine in my book. NEXT. 

“Spend money to spend more money! Because we know this monthly deal ain’t shit!” is all I’m getting out of this.

Finally, I need to talk about this: 

So… you’re telling me that for $10.00, I’m going to get $6.00 worth of DP and I won’t get the full value unless I STAY subscribed? If I cancel and then resubscribe, will that go back to 60 DP when I subscribe later? Why would you do this other than to give your players less than what they deserve? These packs are supposed to be designed to give you the value of your purchase and some extras as incentive to keep playing and coming back to pay. This just… as a first impression leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

Also, let’s talk about the fact that you’re BILLED MONTHLY? Listen, I get that they’re trying to be ‘convenient’ so you can set this up and forget about it and reap the benefits, right? It’s about the same cost as a Netflix subscription, no big deal. But listen, that means they’re also banking on you to forget you even have this subscription if you’re a casual player and you’re going to continue to give them money Stop that Solmare. Bad.

I’m too tired to look at sales. Just as a quick glance. the discounts and deal are meh at best.

Tl:dr: Monthly pack is underwhelming and likely not worth it. Automatically being billed monthly is the worst thing I’ve seen all week and this was written in 2020. 

SOME SUGGESTIONS? IT’S NOT ALL BAD, I PROMISE.

So, how can Solmare improve? OM! Is honestly one of the most stylish otome games I’ve seen and has a lot of potential to continue growing its player base if the devs directed their energies in the right direction. Right now, OM! Suffers due to the fact that it’s trying to do too much in too little time. For a game that’s less than a year old, it’s pushed out enough content in the last three months to last six. Dialing back the gacha and collecting elements to focus on the story and a slower pace would really help, if you ask me. 

OM! Really needs to slow its roll. Events are losing their impact from being rolled out at such a quick pace on top of current pop quizzes, new lessons and banners. Every week I feel like I’m watching the more hardcore players yell at having too much to do when everything is layered on top of one another. This is not inherently a bad thing. Having a lot to do keeps the player base engaged and excited for your game.

The problem arises when you’re not giving your players any time to recover from events and just throw things at them all the time. Finding a good balance between events and downtime is difficult and it likely won’t happen overnight, but it would be nice to see them maybe give a week or two to really let the impact of events sink in and let players really find time to nurture or use the new cards/rewards they just got.

First step in the right direction would be giving more notice prior to events and lessons. Just something more than 24 hours before, or the day of. Not providing a notice makes it feel like these things are being rushed. 

If Solmare is adamant about keeping the pace it’s set up, then give us a roadmap or event calendar of when new lessons or pop quizzes are coming. They can keep the details of the lessons and quizzes limited until closer to the actual dates, but at least this will let players prioritize where they want to put their resources.

Gacha rates for URs being raised to 2% would likely make a reasonable difference. When so much story and cosmetic content is tied to a UR or SSR cards along with their frequency, it serves to likely benefit them to make it more accessible to players. Locking so much behind luck and a paywall makes it more obvious that they only care about the money that they can get from the diehard collectors in the game.

Make skins obtainable by DP. Stop locking them behind event cards. Allow players to have easier access to cosmetic features. It’s a less predatory model than what they’ve got right now. Granted, Lonely Devil has sort of helped this issue considering they’ve grouped event reruns all in one place to play at your leisure, and if I remember some of the event cards have skins tied to them. Still, just… idk sell the skin on its own. It makes more sense than to pray that you roll that UR with the one 10 pull you have. 

Make resources easier to obtain passively. I’m sure I sound like a broken record, but limited resources make this game difficult to enjoy. You’re barely through doing one thing to level up a card and you’re met with a giant wall of requirements for the next step. AL has commissions and the dorm, AK has the base. OM! Has Jobs, which gets you grimm and some items if you’re lucky, but it definitely needs expansion considering the power checkpoints late game.

Hell, just making some of those DP purchasable items actually farmable might help.

Get a publisher to work with you. I know Solmare has been around the block and this isn’t the first otome game they’ve made, but I definitely think working with a publisher who’s familiar with the ins and outs of a proper gacha helping them will benefit them. Having a publisher will help ensure that there’s adequate funding for the game to be as good as it can be. Not only that, you’re looking at a better social media presence which the player base can interact with and get more attached to.

 Literally, having a publisher could solve so many pacing and announcement issues since they would be in charge of when events come out and likely has a better eye on how players react. This way, Solmare can concentrate on making the content as quality as they can and not inundate people with a new lesson or event as soon as it’s done.

Tl:dr: Solmare, please get a proper publisher so they can help with quality control and balancing your game. Please. I’m begging you. You have so much going for you please don’t let this game die before it turns a year old.

Ok. it’s 4 AM and I spent most of the day writing this post. If you’ve made it this far, congrats and I’m sorry for being so rambly. I’m so sorry if none of this made any sense in the end.  I’m sure there are points that I’ve missed out on like stage replayability and a more engaging battle mode, and the lack of any sort of meta which makes the lower rarity cards you pull feel completely useless…  but uh… I can’t think anymore and I haven’t had time to farm in my horny ship girl game. Feel free to let me know your thoughts or discuss! 

Thanks for your time and I hope y’all have a good day. Happy romancing some demon boys!

[funfactory-moved]

i've spent like 200+ hours playing feh and i'm still just as obsessed with it as i was when i first got it 💀 i have to ask - which route did you take/which characters are you focusing on???

NO SAME LITERALLY LIKE.. i’ll disclose my hours in the tags but i haven’t taken a break from this game since i bought it two months ago 😭 the second i finish a route i start a new one

nd i’ve played all of them!! i’ve done silver snow and azure moon once each, and crimson flower and verdant wind twice each w/ the difficulty level changing for my second time playing thru.

rn i’m playing azure moon again on hard casual mode and i’m focusing more on getting supports for both dimitri and dedue bc like.. when i first played i kinda didn’t know tht u could pair characters together at the end so i kinda half assed getting supports between characters. nd while i’ve been able to see supports between the other blue lions, dimitri and dedue r the two tht still have very few supports unlocked for them w/ everyone else

[mille-marteaux]

What do you think of Lost Word so far? I just started playing the other day, myself

it’s a cute little grinder. i’ve wanted a timesink rpg to just kind of chill with again ever since feh has kept shitting the bed and magia record na went down. (i’m too stupid for arknights.)

i like that each character has three voice actors + can just be muted so you can find a voice that matches your headcanon voice.

they also are copying all the good design choices from azur lane while putting in the decent choices from fgo-like clones as well.

i’m also intrigued by the story and i want to see more.

[costofwar-a]

@luck-crowned​ || Salty Ask List

11, 12, and 16 for the Salty Meme?

11.) Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Corrin from Fates/FE14 is a character I love that most people seem to dislike. I also lean more towards male Corrin as well (but that could just be me identifying myself more in that direction). Anyways, I get why people don’t like him. He is kind of a dumbass. He wants what’s best but a lot of his supports are questionable with how he reacts in my opinion at least. Not to mention all of the other picky details people have about him. But I just adore him?

Granted Fates was my first FE game. In game though I just constantly wonder why is Corrin the way he is. But outside in like FEH and Warriors and such? He’s such a gem and a sweetheart. I adore him to bits and pieces because even though he’s written very oddly in Fates he still has good intentions and a pure heart. I feel like I can relate to him a little bit so he’s one of my favorites.

12.) Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Azure Moon is my favorite route in 3H. Don’t get me wrong there is a lot that is wrong with it. The whole Rodrigue thing, how they dealt with Dimitri’s mental health, and how they handled Dedue are just the biggest points. But again I’m a sentimental piece of garbage and that was my first route in 3H. I just adore the characters and aside from the strange transitions and terrible decisions I like the story it presents.

Also, another arc I love that I think is unpopular is the Conquest/Nohr route in Fates. Again, it was my first FE route ever, but I prefer that story far above the other two routes the game has. I love how deep and complicated is. I think it just presents a dark yet rich take to the story. Yeah there are some moments that I don’t understand like why Lilith was sacrificed, but other than that it just hit me really hard and I enjoyed it the most.

16.) If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

If I could change anything it would be the blaring mistakes that Intsys made. Especially that Dedue thing in Azure Moon. I don’t know who thought that was a good decision to make but it was the worst one to have in that game. It took him out of half of the war phase and honestly it was just a dirty move. If they wanted it to be more fair there should have been similar acts in play for other characters in different routes. But even then I don’t think it’s all that justified that it played out that way. Dedue deserves far better.