So new FEH banner
I’m curious why they aren’t plugging Engage as much as they were plugging 3H. Is it a selling thing? Did Engage not sell well enough to warrant more banners? Or did the large amount of 3H content on launch just turn people off from the idea of more than one game banner a year?
I mean don’t get me wrong, I like more FEHOC content (I’m super hype for book 4 remix), but at the same time I would like to see actual Fire Emblem characters. And Engage fans feel like they got 1 broken sword unit, a very strange arcane unit choice, canto control, and then a demote archer (in which we already had a demote archer in kiragi in the same book) and only now do they get something else and it’s... one unit on a mixed banner featuring units that either should’ve been in by now (tharja and fjorm), Ivy, and a FEHOC duo which. I like the idea for a duo, but summer?
it’s a choice and I’m mixed on it.
also i dislike summer fjorm like why do we need more broken infantry sword units there’s like 5 of them now IS please give us more variety I beg you.
Bruh this is just a fuckin’ boob-fest (banner thoughts)
1. Ivy. Well, guess we were right on that. Also this is my first time hearing Reba’s Ivy voice, it sounds good!
2. Fjorm. Aaauughhhh... another Fjorm alt. Oh well, she looks adorable at least.
3. Tharja... fuck off.
4. AWWWWW YMIR AND EIR! EIR FINALLY GETS ANOTHER ALT THAT ISN’T OBLIGATORY NEW YEARS OR THE ASCENDED! I’m so happy for her! And their swimsuit designs look lovely.
5. Donnel. Aaaaaaghhhh Donnel you deserve your alt but holy shitttt I wanted someone beefier.
Overall, this is a mostly disappointing banner for me, but I hope everyone else is happy!
I think I usually count to the top 25 but I forgot about that until the last moment this year, whops
anyway, here's this year's best voted within their own continuities -- for Ylisse, TMS#FE, Hoshido & Nohr, Fódlan, Elyos and Zenith. the remainder are up on a previous post!
my summons from this year's brave banner!!! i've been so so so SO EXCITED for this banner all year and to finally be able to summon it felt like unwrapping a long-awaited christmas gift!!!
starting with my free summon, i got my most favorite girl EVER in her new stunning alt, corrin!!!!!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
she's my favorite fe character and i have every single alt of both corrins and i've merged a bunch of them up pretty high, so i was hopeful i'd be able to the banner free summon on a merge for this one (that i do plan to hopefully +10 eventually), but unfortunately i didn't get all the units i wanted beforehand and don't have enough orbs to go for the next spark
now for the banner pulls!!!
THIS!!! WAS!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! literally all of these units (outside of rhajat and a!fjorm who i've already gotten) were ones i didn't have and really really REALLY wanted, so i couldn't be more pleased with the outcome!!! also super happy to get rhajat back since i foddered her off a while back 😭 i also got a 3 star lapis, who i adore to death!!!
for my spark, i chose soren!! he was the last one i wanted off the banner and although i would've loved to get another corrin to merge, i love soren a TON so i couldn't miss out on getting him here!!!
im thrilled with the outcome of my summons, the year of waiting was absolutely worth it and i can't believe how many units i got that i wanted!!! can't wait to play with them all :D
Disclaimer: I am going off of my memory, so I will probably miss or misremember several things. This time we're going through the characters introduced in Book 2 (and a little more).
Fjorm: I think she's alright, she apparently has a burning hatred for Sutr, but I never got that vibe from her. Also, it took like 3 years for Nifl to claim her life as she did the rite of ice. Which is weird, but at least it got addressed.
Gunnthra: Fjorm's big sis and she's dead. I think a lot of people forget that part, just like I forgot a lot of her character. Girl deserves to be in some forging bonds, she hasn't been in one since the event dedicated to the Nifl Royal family.
Hrid: Same as Gunnthra, except he's not dead and is ruling Nifl. I feel he could use some more alts or forging bonds events. Also, he tried 1v1 Sutr, but it didn't work out. A for effort though.
Ylgr: I like the kid, she's thrilled to be a hero and go on adventures with her siblings. I also like her relationship with Helbindi, it's the typical tough guy and wide-eyed kid, but it's cute. Also, her weapon is called Sylgr and I find that amusing.
Laegjarn: Caught my attention with her relationship with Laevatain. Gotta enjoy sisterly bonds and all that stuff. Although, I don't understand why she and Fjorm are friends. They barely knew each other and were on opposite sides, then she died and was forced to fight for Muspell. Not a lot of opportunities for meaningful conversation unless it's off-screen.
Laevatain: Imagine being named after the sword you wield, Sutr is a shitty parent, but that's not news. She's reliant on Laegjarn for strategy and planning, but her sister is dead and she is in charge of Muspell. I worry for her.
Helbindi: I feel bad for the dude, he lost his village and sister, and then dies protecting Veronica and Ylgr. One of his castle lines mentions that he doesn't feel he belongs here. Anyways, Duo hero with either Ylgr or Mustafa for him.
Sutr: Generic evil fire guy, and that's fine. He has a kickass design and that one speech where he talks about burning people alive. Kinda disappointed he's not in Book 3 considering there was a xenologue where we got to see Sutr in Hel.
Loki: How are you not a Legendary/Mythic Hero? YOUR SISTER IS ONE. Not crazy about her design though. Also, I'm expecting her to kill the Summoner (Norse mythology is the basis for that claim).
Nifl: I don't like her design, it doesn't feel wintery enough to me. Although, I would like to know more about her first love and see her pre-muspellruinedmylife.
Muspell: Not crazy about his design either, his Flame Tribe alt is great though. He doesn't feel as intimidating as Sutr, which is a bit sad. I would like to see him and Nifl singing Snow Miser vs Heat Miser.
Kjelle finally gets her weapon refine! It looks the same... if not better than another armoured lance hero.
Bonus Stuffs: I do tend to make fun of Heroes weapon refine, like years ago when Effie get her PRF announced, it looked oddly similar.
And I may have mentioned before, but I started posting all my FEH content in Reddit many years ago and from time to time, I add cameos from the community, like in todays Souper Comic, Death Knight is based on this funny redditor, WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY, who on top of posting memes, he also usually posts latest FEH news too.
You can also spot Fjorm yelling Yosha as a reference to YoshaTime (Fjorm Guy).
YoshaTime I have reference quite a few times. Other works include making fun of Fjorm's potential weapon refine.
and lastly Mareeta is referencing Mina_7756, her head is always hurty.
It kinda makes me think a lot of the incompetence of the fodlan series can be attributed to kt, from what i keep hearing…
Not only from KT, I'm afraid.
Remember Book 1 Veronica?
She was brainwashed (an evil voice told her to do it, later revealed to be Embla!!!), is often damsel in distress'd, we brought future!Vero in jell-o to feel bad about her, and now we have an entire book centered on Embla shenanigans about how she is apparently very popular with the masses for, uh, some reason, and had her evil big sis Leti who ultimately just wanted to be her "fwend".
And did I mention the brainwashing? And now uwu her bro died bcs she was more important than everything else to him and the evil bat who wants to take her body cannot anymore and did I type uwu already?
Vero had agency, until she didn't, then was pushed as Alfonse's love interest, and lost even more agency, but somehow became likeable to the world - and akshually everything bad happened because Embla told her to do those evil things uwu
The devs were more subtle with their Fjorming, but the Vero'ing? Gods. No, please.
Granted, with Heroes and Vero, it's more like all of her past actions and dubious choices and, well, part 1 Vero was put under Embla’s brainwashing, instead of having Henriette randomly spout some "maybe she has her reasons :'( I agree with her goals but not her methods" and Sharena being all "I am so sad to fight against the forces who are invading our home are we really the ones starting a war?".
The seeds are here, but they didn't sprout (yet?).
FE Heroes’s story is honestly one of the worst thing I’ve gotten to see/play in the last years, and thanks god it’s free and more like something to waste/spend time than something I’m really engaged in.
I’ve always been more interested in the legacy characters than in the OC fest they gave us, but if the Heroes devs are really the ones around making new games, I’m really worried about the franchise.
Like for fucks’s sake, in the latest twist, Vero ate some fruit that “cured” her of her Embla blood, so Embla can’t possess her anymore?
If those people are trying to pull the same shit in a Jugdral remake, I won’t buy it.
FE’s story has always been “actions are more important than nature”, or something like it’s not because you are X that you are evil, it’s what you choose to do that makes you evil or not. But FEH getting rid of the “evil blood” is like, a slap in Jugdral’s face, because the issue, in Jugdral, has never been about who has or hasn’t Loptry Blood, the solution wasn’t to eradicate every possible carrier, people already tried it and it failed.
No, the solution Seliph’n’co strive for is to make a world where no one will never suffer as much as thinking Loptry might actually bring them salvation. It can’t be done with a McGuffin.
We will see with Engage, but I don’t have a lot of hopes right now. Maybe after Engage someone will remake Elibe without changing the plot that much, but bar that? I don’t think we’re in an era where FE Tellius can sell anymore, and it makes me sad.
- I got F!Chrom on my 15th summon. I thought about stopping there, but decided to go for the full 40 given how strong these units are. I sparked for Anankos, but didn’t get any other focus Heroes along the way. The only other 5 stars I got were A!Elincia and A!Mareeta - the former of which was my first one, and the latter of which is my second one so I now have Vital Astra fodder.
- My Soleil after inheriting the Arcane Devourer has become a monster - she can tank hits from things like B!Eirika and Medeus back-to-back, win, and stay above half health the entire time. I think she’s my best unit now, which she hasn’t been for a few years.
- Fjorm’s appearances in Forging Bonds have clearly been mandated by someone for some reason. I’ve noticed for a few months how “forced” a lot of her appearances have felt. I haven’t seen anyone else mention something along these lines though.
Here’s my new Soleil build:
She has the option of running Godlike Reflexes as well - I prefer Glimmer at the moment for triggering more consistently.