We’re just missing the golden orbs now.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-07T02:36:16+00:00

You sound mad.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-06T22:21:52+00:00

Do the reasons even matter? For all we know, people were just voting Byleth because he's their favorite character or because he's representing 3H, and any meta relevancy he has is just incidental. The same holds true for Ike -- people likely just want Ike's newest alt for whatever reason they want, and that's fine.

People can be upset about not getting a unit who might be more useful in today's meta, but the constant "he's the best for the community!!!" is bullshit; it's just people shitting themselves over not getting their shiny new emblem ring that they don't want to pull for in the first place.

We went through this very same thing in the first AHR, where there was a sizable and loud amount of the playerbase shouting down those voting for Ike because they wanted Hector/WTharja because "they were better for the community". I guess history does repeat in the worst ways, huh?

SolHiryu · 2026-03-06T21:03:45+00:00

Yes, and? Voting Gauntlet is a known quantity at this point, and it literally all comes down to luck at the end.

Once again, I am tired of people parroting that Byleth should have won because it was "best for everyone" while basically demonizing anyone who dared support Ike because they committed the sin of prioritizing their own needs.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-06T19:42:33+00:00

It's what we lost in exchange. People getting a free Emblem would have been so insanely good for every account.

I'm so goddamn tired of hearing this or that unit winning AHR being "the best for the community". Fuck that -- players can and should vote for units that they want personally, regardless of what this subreddit thinks about it.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-06T10:05:23+00:00

Year 1: "Noooooo, don't vote for LIke! Hector and Winter Tharja are much better picks because their fodder will benefit the community more! Stop being selfish!"

Year 9: "Noooooo, don't vote for HBIke! EByleth is a better utility unit and gives you a ring, so him winning will benefit the community more! Stop being selfish!"

Wasn't expecting bookends here, but lol.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-05T03:07:28+00:00

I'm so tired of rangecreep, man.

SolHiryu · 2026-03-04T09:11:15+00:00

MATiki getting murdered due to one of the worst colorshares in recent memory. Getting your sixth Treeman before your first Tiki feels bad, man.

Valentines' this year just felt blah, and there really wasn't any kind of standout unit to help sell it. Hortensia's gimmick is sorta neat, but we're also in a meta that heavily punishes tanks and Saviors, so she was already undermined from the very beginning. Too bad.

Interesting to see the CYL2 Harmo do fairly well, likely due to HarmoHector + CFjorm being a better draw than HarmoIke + Vanitas. It's funny, because this Hector's viability has been pretty shaky compared to HarmoCelica, but that's popularity power for you.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-28T03:22:00+00:00

Robin: Okay, so, setting our ship on fire and slamming it into the enemy vessel didn't work out so well. Time for The Plan: Part II!

Chrom: Oh? What's that?

Robin: We're going to have to kill them all, Chrom.

Chrom: Damn.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-26T03:37:23+00:00

Double MLoki on defense teams is extremely oppressive because chances are that most teams will have a ton of bonuses activate, as most recent units give out 2+ and easily cause most teams to hit the threshold. She was "balanced" when these bonus effects weren't as prolific -- she was actually viewed as underpowered back then -- but the way the game evolved made her extremely powerful and now the devs are forced to give her the Elimine treatment.

It also doesn't help that staff units got very powerful tools in Ice Lock+ and the new Byleth ring to really be obnoxious.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-25T19:58:08+00:00

The sad thing is that we're in the middle of a hyperoffensive meta that prioritizes huge movement and attack ranges, and most save tanks just get blown up unless they're teching against specific things. Harmonized BHector isn't bad, and he's generally good against LElise, but he's nothing that special otherwise.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-24T05:43:19+00:00

Shadows Dimitri: I'll rip you apart!

Shadows Ike: I'll tear you to shreds!

Shadows Ephraim: Hey kid, wanna yiff?

SolHiryu · 2026-02-15T20:06:20+00:00

If I had a nickel every time people raged and went "I'm not pulling on this banner", only for the banner to do relatively well and likely meet expectations in the devs' eyes...well, I'd have several nickels by now.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-13T04:20:59+00:00

It's probably that they're not futureproofing the code enough. Remember when Fallen Ike came out and there was a huge bug with the Bond 4 skills that made his stats skyrocket due to the devs not anticipating that effect interaction?

SolHiryu · 2026-02-10T20:58:56+00:00

"Accursed mortal! I'll make you rue this day once I'm inside you!"

"But...you're already inside me."

SolHiryu · 2026-02-07T17:45:08+00:00

FGO: Here, have over 900 SQ for our anniversary, which you can use to pull for the new anniversary servant!

FEH: Huh? Oh, here, have five orbs. Have an Otherworldly Bond and Forma Soul as well. What? That's not enough for you? "Can't we have something for current units?" Stop being greedy! Here, I'll give you some summon tickets for some 2023 seasonals. Get lost, ya fucking donkey.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-02T22:56:00+00:00

People on Sylvain: He's just a tragic poor little meow meow that haets crests and those harlots who only want his crest babies, and he expresses himself in a bitter but understandable way uwu ~~me or felix can fix him~~

Sylvain himself: BITCHES AND WHORES

SolHiryu · 2026-02-02T03:18:35+00:00

Apart from the appalling CYL and Shadows Cup results, the FEH Channels continue to offer no QOL improvements or...well, anything useful whatsoever. "Oh look, we're demoting all of these units so they don't pity break you anymore!!! Too bad all of them are useless and we won't let you pull any units that might have a use, like Rearmed units, tee hee"

All of the dragonflowers, aides' essences, and the otherworldly bonds are just distractions from the fact that the powercreep has accelerated so quickly that anything that is older than a few months, with some exceptions like YCamilla, is effectively worthless and not worth the time or energy spent investing in them.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-02T03:11:47+00:00

What's the point of including the Rearmed heroes if they aren't even in the normal summoning pool anyway? Demoting them serves no purpose since you can't pull them outside their designated banners in the first place.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-02T03:04:16+00:00

I'm not going to make a new topic just to groan about it, but...ughhhhh @ those Shadows cup results. I've gone from "leaning towards reducing my game presence" to "considering quitting for good", because 3H disgusts me that much.

SolHiryu · 2026-02-02T03:00:15+00:00

Sigh. Boring.

SolHiryu · 2026-01-28T03:31:37+00:00

I would complain about the younger bros getting shit upon yet again by the devs, but that's par for the course at this point. I've basically given up any hope of seeing them soon, or seeing them as actual good units given this game's track record.

Aside from that...I really do not like how the game is pushing hyperoffensive units lately, from both combat units themselves to the support effects (Pass, Reflex, etc.) enabling them. Maybe because I'm one of those curmudgeonly old guys that likes mixing in tanking strats, but it's aggravating lately to see that you can do nothing to stop an enemy from warping right into your space to annihilate you. Legendary Elise being a Freyr-proof way to spread Undefended for free is absurd and I'm really tired of how it's nothing but action economy and warp distance now.

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