To this day I believe chapter 10(you initially get Camilla there iirc) was the hardest chapter on Conquest out of all chapters I had to do I believe.

Camilla had to work overtime there and I barely made it without losing anyone.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 12 2017 17:07 GMT

#1402

I'd disagree that Ch. 10 is the hardest chapter in Conquest. Subsequent chapters just do a good job of building up the skillset for the lategame, so lategame chapters that were actually harder don't feel as difficult since you got used to the game.

This becomes most apparent on subsequent playthroughs where Ch. 10 becomes relatively easy and is more or less used as a farming chapter to level up whoever you want.

chocorush

694 Posts

January 12 2017 18:44 GMT

#1403

The fox chapter always comes to mind as far as really difficult chapters go because it's a route chapter with the pass ability. Fuuga's map is also quite difficult if you aren't fly skipping everything.

The final chapters are also quite difficult if you didn't save the really powerful staves and had the right skills farmed. Given how draw and rescue staves make pretty much every chapter significantly easier, I would consider rank them harder by the virtue that many strategies require you to have saved them up due to how much bullshit is actually present.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 13 2017 10:07 GMT

#1404

Fox chapter is overly punishing if you didn't prepare someone to trivialize it, and disappointingly easy if you did.

Even if you didn't raise a general or Wyvern Lord, you actually always have the fallback of Heart Sealing Xander to Wyvern Lord and then sealing him back to Paladin 2 chapters later. While Camilla would have to be raised to D lances to use the Beast Killer, Xander start's with D lances, and has much more physical bulk--so it's basically impossible for him to die.

Just checked because I was curious, Wyvern Lord Xander with Corrin pairup can comfortably reach the point where even Lunatic Nine-Tails with Life and Death can't damage him. So no matter what, that chapter always has the fall-back plan of "class Xander to Wyvern Lord, let him solo everything".

Laurens

Belgium4549 Posts

January 14 2017 09:59 GMT

#1405

Completed Conquest, for me the Endgame was actually by far the hardest chapter.

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I only had 6 units, 1 healer, Azura, and my 4 damage dealers. All supported of course. The nature of reinforcements in this chapter made it near impossible to keep Elise/Azura in safe spots, they always ended up dying.

Corrin was maxed but only had 20 defense, he died a lot too. I reached the boss with the other heroes in one run, but they couldn't kill him. Need Corrin's special sword for that xD.

In hindsight I definitely should've kept Niles/Selena instead of just turning them into support fodder.

Thankfully I played on casual so I could abuse battle saves (A)

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 14 2017 10:14 GMT

#1406

Endgame isn't "hard" in that there's a very simple, reasonably reliable strategy to clear it in a very small number of turns. But it's kind of bullshit in that setting up that strategy affects your resource management over all of the rest of the game (you basically need to save specific staves and have characters perform specific functions, potentially reclassing multiple times to be able to do so). It's most egregious on Lunatic where the difficulty of brute forcing the map is so high that the 1-3 turn skip just becomes the dominant strategy.

Not the worst chapter in Conquest, but definitely one of its weaker ones. Though from what I recall, very few games in the series actually have a decent endgame map. FE sucks at boss fights.

Frudgey

Canada3367 Posts

January 14 2017 17:21 GMT

#1407

I miss the conversation, but for my first run through I'd say chapter 10 was the hardest. It was only after I started listening to Street Fighter music I was able to clear it.

I think there are other chapters that have a higher potential to be more difficult, but I think for the average bear chapter 10 would be the most difficult. Well, maybe chapter 19. I had Effie smash everything in that chapter so it was, as Yangers said, "disappointingly easy".

FE boss fights would probably be objectively better if they all took place in space.

Faruko

Chile34171 Posts

January 17 2017 13:40 GMT

#1408

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/01/17/nintendo-website-seems-to-indicate-fire-emblem-fates-for-switch

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

January 17 2017 16:06 GMT

#1409

Im still waiting until I get jap voices

but I think I can wait until the next Fire Emblem series and hope they do it then.

jandar

3 Posts

January 17 2017 18:55 GMT

#1410

Two Nintendo games are still expected on smartphones, Fire Emblem, and Animal Crossing

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 18 2017 03:53 GMT

#1411

We'll find out tomorrow with the FE Direct.

Though it'll probably just be more info about Warriors and Mobile.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 18 2017 23:08 GMT

#1412

Fire Emblem Gaiden remake for 3ds + FE mobile is a gacha game (kind of expected)

Get hype for boat maps.

Duka08

3391 Posts

January 18 2017 23:22 GMT

#1413

FE Warriors haha, unsurprising but a little exciting. Those games aren't that special or gripping really but that didn't stop me from pumping a couple hundred mindless hours into unlocking stuff in Hyrule Warriors while I watched TV shows and other content on my laptop. Neat.

Cricketer12

United States13988 Posts

January 19 2017 00:12 GMT

#1414

dude this remake is everything I could have wanted and more. fucking gaiden holy shit man

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 19 2017 00:14 GMT

#1415

Gaiden is basically the worst game in the series. It does a lot of innovative things but most of them don't work all that well. IS has their work cut out for them turning this:

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Into an actual map.

On the other hand, 1-5 range archers.

Cricketer12

United States13988 Posts

January 19 2017 00:23 GMT

#1416

On January 19 2017 09:14 TheYango wrote:
Gaiden is basically the worst game in the series so IS has their work cut out for them turning this:

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Into an actual map.

On the other hand, 1-5 range archers.

dudeman, it's all about that last map theme, and the remix we are about to experience

Faruko

Chile34171 Posts

January 19 2017 00:31 GMT

#1417

And a main FE game coming to Switch in 2018

Kinda impressive how big FE has become, its now one of Nintendo hot properties.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

January 19 2017 00:38 GMT

#1418

Metroid on the other hand...

BlueBird.

United States3889 Posts

January 19 2017 01:01 GMT

#1419

I guess that is a good reason to get the switch

yrba1

United States325 Posts

January 19 2017 01:46 GMT

#1420

On January 19 2017 09:38 TheYango wrote:
Metroid on the other hand...

Doesn't have much appeal in Japan, which is why it was in purgatory during the Wii U era. Metroid would sell in Japan like hotcakes if it had more of that anime, waifu-bait tropes like Fire Emblem did since Awakening; nothing wrong with that per se but kinda wish Nintendo would look into developing games based on popular demand by Western audiences.