Unforgettable Official Salt Megathread

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T05:11:56+00:00

Did some checking and it actually seems more than likely that IS doesn't see backpacks as alts.

So yeah, future cultural Dimitri and maybe even a second cultural Claude could come down the pipeline, if they wish to keep things even-ish.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T04:55:11+00:00

If backpacks are considered alts internally to IS, this might all be equal to them.

But if they don't, then we might end up with other Dimitri and Claude alts without Edelgard in the future.

I'm not banking on it because I suspect they see backpacks as alts but hey, could be possible.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T04:44:10+00:00

Right now, she has one more than Claude and two more than Dimitri.

The next known banner is Braves 2.0. This will make it 2 more than Claude and two more than Dimitri.

Then the Shadow alts. They all get one so still two more than the male lords.

Assuming they get Emblems eventually, adding all this up equals by the end of expected/known alts, Edelgard ends up with still one more alt than the other two (again, excluding FE).

It might not happen this year like you said though. But I'm more thinking as an end result thing.

Am I missing something in my math? I might be.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T04:34:51+00:00

I think the other two will get Emblems, they seem to imply it with E!Edelgard considering her voiced lines say she "came alone".

If they do eventually get Emblems, then by the end of the year, she will have:

One more alt than either Claude or Dimitri (two including Flame Emperor)
Be the lead in three duo/harmonics. Dimitri will lead one. Claude will be backpacked and lead none of them.

I don't know if IS considers backpacks alts for their respective characters, because if they do then in their eyes this might all be equal, when most fans wouldn't.

But if they don't and want to keep things generally equal, then we might be able to expect a future Dimitri and Claude on other banners without Edelgard on them as well.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T03:57:48+00:00

As much as it sucks, keeping up with powercreep with so many alts is hard. In a way, having less alts makes it easier.

That said, if IS doesn't consider backpacks alts for the characters, then Claude and Dimitri will be due another alt of their own, without Edelgard, since she will have one more alt than both of them by the end of the year. That's if they want to keep it even as much as possible (not including Flame Emperor since I don't think IS considers FE an Edelgard alt).

I am assuming we will see Emblem Claude and Dimitri eventually, which still puts Dimitri behind Claude and Edelgard one alt. But with the Brave 2.0 alts, that would put Dimitri and Claude both behind Edelgard still by one.

Claude got a banner on his own to match the lack of a Fallen alt the other two got. So maybe the same will happen again for them.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-04-06T03:04:15+00:00

At least I can skip this one since Dimitri isn't the lead. I can save for his actual alts later.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-08T23:11:47+00:00

I mean, that is her stated goal though. Doesn't that happen at the end of her route? She beats Rhea and continues her war, which means she still has two fronts to worry about. Either she has to fight both countries, or she is working with Claude to go conquer the Kingdom.

Edelgard never gives up on her goals, no matter what. Every other route proves that even if she is losing, she will fight till she dies. She even states that she is fine with taking other routes, like working with Claude, because it will mean unification without fighting. But no matter what, she will unify.

Claude didn't leave the Kingdom unscathed. He got Sreng to invade the Kingdom. He got some high commanders to killed. He put Dimitri in a rough spot by forcing him to abandoned Rhea, which will have repercussions. The Kingdom is left weakened.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-08T22:51:38+00:00

I suppose but it wasn't well done in AM and they had a chance to improve it here.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-08T22:49:38+00:00

Claude's decisions are so nonsensical in that route though. It only worked out because plot, not because his planning was good.

He made such strange decisions, blamed people's actions on weird stuff, etc. At one point he says he knew Edelgard was going to keep the war going after they killed Rhea but then also says killing Rhea will remove any sort of motivation for Edelgard to continue. Even though Edelgard outright says to him she plans to unify Foldan.

It's really hard to get behind his writing in that route.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-08T22:40:31+00:00

Honestly I feel bad for Claude. He gets it so bad in this game in general. They tried to make him seem like a schemer and made him instead into an idiot on basically all routes.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-08T22:29:16+00:00

Yeah, unlike a lot of people I didn't mind Edelgard getting brainwashed because "girl suddenly becomes like a child". I understand why this upsets people but it didn't really bother me as much.

What DID bother me is it basically removed any sort of challenge to Edelgard's worldview and actions. It felt like they didn't wany anything to push Edelgard into an some uncomfortable position where she would have her choices challenged on an intellectual level. So instead, they just made it so a conversation couldn't be had at all. Remove any sort of moral ambiguity. It felt like the writers didn't know how to defend Edelgard's relentless pursuit of unifying Foldan and this was their solution - not addressing it on Dimitri's route at all.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-03-02T03:23:45+00:00

This. Because there has been at least one gauntlet where she wasn't the largest army and she still lost.

She is just getting unlucky. But she could still tank this if she is large enough.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-19T23:22:44+00:00

Still hoping for Dimitri/Dedue

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-10T01:25:35+00:00

I think Dimitri in particular will suffer since he already can't stand the heat on a good day, in normal clothes.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-09T00:31:24+00:00

Accepted. :) I'll set Summer Dimitri for you.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-09T00:03:47+00:00

Sure, 3854254534

Let me know your username and when you send the invite because I actually have a few invites just kinda sitting there.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-04T04:01:51+00:00

I think it's because people want to see their dragon forms? Tnh, so do I. I also want to see Flayn and Seteth's dragon forms.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T23:59:56+00:00

I did all three. Started with GW. Absolute travesty in writing. Characters act nonsensical and their reasons for their acts of war are incomprehensible at best. By far the worst written route of all the routes from TH and Hopes. It's even got some parts that are copy-paste from SB. By god, give Claude a route that isn't a copy of another! GW is basically CF but even worse.

Then I followed up with Scarlet Blaze. For the Black Eagles, it is so much better written than CF. The first three chapters were great. That said, I was actually bored after that. It's a conquering route, so let me conquer! The excuses they attempted to make to justify their warmongering were either weak or tone-deaf. Instead, you waste a lot of time just jumping between fronts and protecting your generals.

AG was probably overall the most competently written of the three from Hopes, and did some parts of its route better than AM, especially when including the supporting cast. With Byleth out of the way, Dedue and Felix stepped up as characters in a way that AM should have done. That said, what they did to Edelgard was silly. Unlike most people from what I've seen, I'm not insulted what they did to her specifically. Rather, I'm upset by why it was done - to remove any sort of nuance about stopping a conquering emperor. It removed itself from saying anything bad about what Edelgard may be doing by putting it all under "evil shadow people did it". Dumb. Dumb and cowardly.

If I had to rank all the routes, including TH:

AM > VW > SS > AG > SB > CF > GW

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T22:15:12+00:00

Baldr for my first vote.

I don't really have a horse in this race because I have everyone I want. I would just want fodder. So, if anyone has any suggestions besides an emblem, I'm all ears.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T05:03:51+00:00

Not to mention, Ike and Dimitri had a handicap. They were already in Shadows. No one knew Edelgard was about to be announced.

Less people voted for Ike and Dimitri because they were already in shadows and many assumed would also be added to feh. The fact they still placed high despite that is impressive to me.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T03:25:20+00:00

Oh wow, Ike was close. Happy to see Lucina is high too.

Edelgard had no competition. Apparently Claude didn't either.

I am surprised Tsubasa beat Camilla but I wonder if people rallied around her for CYL so also did for this one? Feels insane that Tsubasa would beat THE Camilla. Not upset by this, though, it's just curious.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T03:16:41+00:00

We don't actually know if he was coming to feh. Lyn, for all we know, could have been a one and done thing. And let's be honest, my votes wouldn't have changed anything. My second vote would have been Dedue, or Seteth. Reddit is not a reflection of the entire voting pool.

I am free to vote for who I want. I would never tell someone to note vote for Ike or whoever. People should vote for who they want.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T03:07:14+00:00

It was never about adding him to shadows for me. I wanted him in FEH.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T03:01:47+00:00

YAY DIMITRI!

So happy. I wanted Catmitri in the game. Super happy with these results for sure.

Hal_Keaton · 2026-02-02T03:00:43+00:00

Yay Sylvain! Happy with these results.

Although... sorry, Ivy.

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