@BigKlingy

2 weeks ago

Huh. I knew the Parthia doubled exp gain in Engage but didn't realized that was a reference to FE3. Guess it shows how long it's been since I played that. I agree that there isn't much competition for the Manual in FE3. Weapon Level was always a weird stat to me, because anyone you train is eventually going to end up with way more than they need, and there's some units who have awful growths/bases aside from Weapon Level (Matthis and I think Vyland). They're probably SUPPOSED to have a "bad stats but make up for that with good weapons" gimmick but in practice with WLV benchmarks so low anyone can use whatever they can soon enough. Orion's Bolt is really funny in FE8 because Neimi is the only one who needs it, so it might as well be sell fodder if you don't plan on training her. I used to prefer them ditching unique promo items for Master Seals, but you have a point that it now means there's more competition for them. "A pre-promote the game took out of the oven a little early" is how I see Farina in FE7 too, especially given there's an Elysian Whip in her join map. I appreciate discussions of units with non-obvious uses like this, reminds me of when people used to think Knoll was bad until they realized he could insta-promote into Summoner for sweet utility. And I still swear by Jean in Engage having uses even untrained due to giving you a Chain Guarder without needing a Second Seal and staff utility.

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