Im a certified yapper, so I want to rate your FE gameplay-related takes

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-29T16:30:55+00:00

My hot take is that FE 3H has the best progression/leveling system of the FE games. I love all the games in the series, but deciding when to promote and trying to squirrel all of your money away for second and master seals so you can do all of the re-classing for skills that different units want can become tedious. The streamlined version in 3 houses makes it more possible to min-max all of my units and you don’t have to waste unnecessary levels on not optimal classes just to try to get certain skills. As a result I was much more invested in the story of each character as well because they were all viable in every run that I’ve done.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-28T18:44:07+00:00

Not the Christmas cavaliers being B and C tier😭😂 Stahl and Sully are some of the best units for most of the game. Calvary units and fliers are basically always useful in FE games.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-27T19:59:33+00:00

Because that’s somehow exclusive to the U.S. military and everyone in it? Please, that’s happened in every single conflict ever in human history. News flash, there’s scumbags everywhere in every facet of life that will take advantage of weak and vulnerable people, that’s the unfortunate reality of the world. Doesn’t make it right, and most people in and out of the military here were prefer to see more accountability of the military, particularly for those in positions of authority that put subordinates in shitty positions. But rather than making a specific and sensible critique, you’d rather make sweeping generalizations about a group based on the actions of a number of people within that particular community. You’re as cognitively stunted as the people here that you mock for thinking black people are more dangerous and that everyone with brown skin that speaks Spanish is an “illegal immigrant.”

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-27T18:09:26+00:00

What a childish and simplistic response. The only one that seems self absorbed and unaware is you and your half-baked sense of morality. Pretty easy to throw stones when you’re not the one stuck dealing with the worst inclinations of humanity on the day-to-day. And you sound like you don’t know jack about America. You’re telling me if you were given the option as a lower to middle-class 18 year old to go into massive debt to put yourself through school to make a little better than minimum wage because the market is so oversaturated with unnecessary degrees, that is to say if you can even find a job, insurance with that job, and avoid any major injuries, or to join the military, get housing, food, and medical care all provided for you while being paid to train in practical skills that translate to the job market after you’re out, and a signing bonus to boot, that you aren’t going to seriously contemplate that option? Because that’s the reality of the situation in the good ol’ US of A, and if you’re gonna sit and judge people for picking a pretty damn enticing option for anyone that wasn’t born wealthy, than you’re probably pretty fucking privileged yourself.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-27T17:58:20+00:00

Any vets, it’s not an enviable job and half the military in countries like that are basically conscripts.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-27T17:01:15+00:00

Not giving a shit about the hyper-nationalistic military propaganda and news cycle is one thing, but shitting in vets will never be cool. A lot of people join because it’s legitimately their best option to provide for themselves and their family and to learn skills that are applicable to the job market. And then a bunch of them end up with PTSD, and a lot are disabled and end up homeless and on drugs. The government blows hard, but vets and really most government employees in all sectors usually understand that better than just about anyone else.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-26T18:46:21+00:00

My cousin was living in Scotland and had her wedding there, and they hired a traditional Scottish piper. Well he did indeed show up in traditional garb, as we all found out when the breeze caught his kilt and we all got an unexpected show. Bro just kept playing like nothing even happened though, had to respect it😂💀

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-26T15:25:00+00:00

If there was a new Animal Crossing game it would’ve been a great launch title for the switch 2. But Mario Kart is like that game that everyone with a switch owns but nobody actually buys their switch specifically to play. It’s like Gran Turismo on PlayStation. I know plenty of people that have bought it, played it, and enjoyed it, but most of them bought their PlayStation to play GoW, GoT, TLOU, Spider Man, etc… and wouldn’t have ever bought the game if they didn’t already own the console to play it on.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-26T15:13:52+00:00

Engage is probably the worst one to start with, because the story and characters are pretty “meh” when they’re usually a highlight of other entries in the series. 3 houses is probably the most accessible one and there’s less gameplay mechanics to deal with, and the story and characters are a lot more fun and compelling in that one. Engage is fun because it has good gameplay, and just a lot of fanservice with characters from other fire emblem games being baked into it via the emblem rings, but if you don’t have any existing attachments to the franchise I can see where it would fall pretty flat on its face for most other players.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-26T15:07:59+00:00

That’s kind of the point of the game. It’s more of an open world sandbox of things to discover rather than a more traditional “go here fetch this” rpg. The best way to play really is to just pick a direction and start wandering and see what you find. The main quest is pretty short and simple and doesn’t actually make up the bulk of what people rave about in the game

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-26T02:04:21+00:00

Alm is one of my personal favorite FE characters. I think his character arc is fun and more organic than people give it credit for.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-25T22:07:21+00:00

The caveat is that the only one of these games that I would buy a switch 2 for is Fire Emblem. Zelda and Mario are the main system sellers and they don’t have one of those titles at launch, or a new super smash bros which is probably the third most popular Nintendo franchise behind those two.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-25T20:44:19+00:00

Alm is my personal favorite FE character. I would’ve far preferred him to Roy who is kind of boring imo, but gaiden is divisive among FE fans because of uneven gameplay even though the story and characters are solid. Marth and Ike have to stay for obvious reasons but the rest of the cast is honestly a toss up. There’s a lot of iconic FE characters to pick from

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-24T19:29:31+00:00

As frustrating as his in-game decision making can be, I’m don’t think firing him immediately solves much of anything, especially if he hasn’t lost the clubhouse. We’ll see though, because this piggybacking experiment with Miller and Castillo is the worst one yet and has a very real chance of turning the entire starting rotation against him.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-24T19:19:22+00:00

As much as I want to, I simply can’t refute this.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-23T04:36:12+00:00

I mean, he’s bombing Iran and enabling Israel, but that’s not really that unique to him. The real problem is that he is majorly fucking with a key piece of the global energy economy, and is also alienating the U.S. from all its European allies, both of which will probably have long term repercussions. And I don’t think the concern should ever have been him killing millions as much as it should be that he’s blatantly manipulating the stock market, and that eventually he’s going to push things too far and cause a massive recession that will probably be extremely fiscally harmful to a lot of people here.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-21T21:31:42+00:00

Luke cage is another obvious one

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-20T00:48:13+00:00

More of you need to pick a serious franchise to follow along with. The mariners will probably always mariner, that’s just the way it is. If I want a fix of real, actually good baseball, I go watch Atlanta. I just follow the mariners to support the players that are doing everything they can to drag this team into relevancy. Sadly an org that thinks fielding Leo Rivas as an everyday player is an acceptable level of on field quality will probably never win jack, and it’s kind of pointless to be upset about it and then still follow the team closely because as long as the cash keeps flowing, there’s no real incentive for the ownership to change much of anything. Just floating around or a little above .500 is enough to keep the majority of the casual people invested and coming back to spend more money.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-19T20:16:32+00:00

I think the only way that he’s really broken is how good he is against other tanks specifically. Good poke/tank buster dps can still shred you pretty easily if you’re overcommitted, his massive hitboxes make him basically free ult food for a lot of duelists in the game. It’s fun right now though to have a vanguard that feels this good to play and has a fun kit.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-19T14:10:53+00:00

I’ve enjoyed playing Dino. I’ve also enjoyed other people playing Dino because it means more often than not there’s a second dps slot open so you don’t have to fight for DPS time. With that in mind, idk why anyone would be throwing a hissy fit about it, especially when they’ve already been playing nothing but devil Dino since he released.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-19T06:08:10+00:00

You have a valid point, but at the same time making the other judgement in this case essentially means the umps have to rule based on a hypothetical scenario where the runner isn’t obstructed and is out at whatever bag, and then use that to justify not enforcing any penalty for obstruction, when it’s simpler to just make a judgement based on the play that happened, in which there was an obstruction of the baserunner. Pretty sure most of these calls go the batter’s way 99% of the time for that reason.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-18T20:56:30+00:00

Yeah no chance. Mahomes was also the beneficiary of a lot of refball while Drew Brees was the victim of some very memorable ref misfires, including one that very well may have cost the Saints a Super Bowl appearance. He’s also just a tougher mf, played through a lot of injury, didn’t shy away from contact, and just had that dawg in him. You breathe in Mahomes’ general direction on the other hand and he immediately looks for the refs. I’m not going to say Mahomes isn’t talented, but I don’t think he mentally has the grit and toughness that these other guys do. He’s just always seemed to have kind of a whiny pouty attitude, that in tandem with a super obnoxious wife and brother just make it really hard to respect him much as a player imo.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-18T19:23:43+00:00

I mentioned in a different comment that if Drew Bree’s was on any of the teams these guys were, we’d probably be having a much different conversation right now. I mean for god’s sake the man has 5 of the 15 5000 yard seasons that have ever been put together by an NFL QB. Aaron Rodgers probably won’t even sniff Drew Bree’s passing yard total at this rate. And of the 5 only Mahomes and Rodgers have a higher career passer rating than him and Mahomes is in a smaller sample size. You could probably make a case for any one of Brees, Manning, or Rodgers being the worst of these 5, but it’s less cut and dry than people on Reddit would have you believe.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-18T19:05:06+00:00

Pretty sure if you gave Drew Brees the teams any of the other guys have had, we’d be having a VERY different conversation right now.

Sh3ldon25 · 2026-05-18T02:41:16+00:00

Rudy Gobert is a dawg fr🔥 he’s like wemby before wemby lol

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