Fire Emblem Stuff

Well, made it through the secret desert map in FE12, and killed every thief. I also promoted all my fliers, so I have a platoon of dragoknights ready to slaughter the enemy. Now is the bridge chapter, which I’m not excited about.

I’m rather tempted to buy the Boo Camp DLC, should i pull the trigger on it?

@The Equestrian Zodiac
 
Go for it

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
It isn’t a bad choice. Though I definitely recommend getting at least one of the DLC maps, especially if you’re on Conquest.

@Silent_Witness  
I’m currently going through Conquest (I’m up to chapter 10) and which map do you recommend?

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
I have Boo Camp and Ghostly Gold (I think that’s what it’s called anyway). Of the two, I lean towards Boo Camp a bit more.

@Silent_Witness  
I’m planning on pairing up Mozu with Kaze, so I don’t think I need the latter, in that regard.

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
That’s fine. If you’re looking to level up your characters or build supports, Boo Camp is the better choice. It gives you more enemies to fight.

@Meanlucario
 
Is the secret desert map exclusive to the remake?

@Jarkes  
Nope. It’s not a “secret” desert map, just a desert map disguised as a forest map.

@Jarkes  
Here’s a map to help give you an idea of what I’m talking about:  

@Meanlucario
 
Interesting.

@Jarkes  
Moreso annoying. It’s a map where fliers are a must.

I like how experimental TH is, kind of like how the pre-GBA games were. Just wish that they removed the avatar system and made Byleth a half-way decent teacher.

@Meanlucario  
Honestly, you could probably have removed Byleth from the game completely, replaced them with Edelgard, Dimitri, or Claude depending on your route, and nothing would’ve been lost.

@Silent_Witness  
I disagree, since he is the thing that swings the favor for his chosen house. Helps that the building blocks are there for him to be a lead character, they’re just suppressed by the “need” to make him an avatar.

@Meanlucario  
Unfortunately, that’s probably going to be an issue with every game from now on that isn’t a direct remake.

@Silent_Witness  
I very much hope not.

@Meanlucario  
Every new game since Awakening has had an Avatar. That isn’t inherently a problem, but I won’t lie and say that Byleth isn’t the weakest character in the game. The problem is their personality, or rather, their complete lack of one. I know the idea behind an Avatar is so that the player can kind of step into the story, but they definitely went too far here.

@Silent_Witness  
Yep. I do hope that they leave the avatar comfort zone in future games.

@Meanlucario  
It might not be a bad idea for the next game to have a more traditional lead, and for the avatar, of present at all, to be confined more to the background, like they are in Heroes and FE6.

@Silent_Witness  
You’re thinking of FE7, since 6 is the one with Roy. And I rather they just remove the avatar, since you know that people will hate it even more if the self-insert does nothing and is meaningless.

@Meanlucario  
Apologies. I always forget about Thracia 776.  
And unfortunately, it’s very unlikely they’ll drop the avatar role. Awakening’s runaway success guarantees that.

@Silent_Witness  
It was the worst selling game in the franchise.
 
And a man can dream.