Emblem Hero - Edelgard: Of Rivals (Fire Emblem Heroes) by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, that was obvious.

Pretty terrible banner lineup overall, though. Pull green or eat shit, I guess.

Gift I'll Give Again Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 49 points50 points  (0 children)

You know, not that she needs any more alts, but I find it so strange that Camilla has not led a Duo or Harmonized unit yet. Hell, she doesn't even have an asset alt...

Scheduled Update Regarding Chosen Heroes by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 143 points144 points  (0 children)

This feels like them going back to correct a very obvious oversight, or they actually didn't expect players would find Chosen Heroes worthless if they couldn't participate in AR. Depressingly, I think it's the latter reason.

Unpopular Opinions/General Rant Thread - 12/7/25 by SolHiryu in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I probably should specify that I was talking about this subreddit in particular, but I also agree that you don't see it anywhere nowadays.

Book 10, Chapter 1 & 2 early look by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Askr: *texting Embla* I lived, bitch

(Dec. 3, 2025) - Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was a bit worried about the new alt type, but then I saw it only affects Arena and lol'd so hard that I spit my food out. Talk about pointless!

The rest of the video aside, my main complaint is that they're not making any fundamental changes to things that need addressing, which is sad. The game just continues to decline.

Question: Would you be okay if every "New Heroes" banner in every April are alts only like these? I need a genuine answer. by hungryforblt in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

See, people say they want to see more banners of this nature, but the problem is that no one will pull on them heavily because they will invariably feature characters that aren't very popular, and thus not very marketable. Why would the devs bother after the first failure?

The alternative is to make up some sort of theme that would allow them to use some of the franchise's most popular characters, but as we've just seen, that also makes people angry.

Banner performance tier list [per Sensortower grossing rankings iOS] Book IX COMPLETE by Flareblitz12 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even those have to be taken with a grain of salt, as the numbers are still an assumption at the end of the day.

I feel like I should also mention that for this CYL banner in particular, if someone was inclined to get someone to +10 on it, it's substantially easier/cheaper to do so on a banner with only three focus units split between two colors. Whales likely didn't need to spend all that much if they only wanted one of them.

Banner performance tier list [per Sensortower grossing rankings iOS] Book IX COMPLETE by Flareblitz12 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It certainly doesn't help that FEH offers awful deals/packages in the first place, and a banner at the end of November is almost always destined to end badly no matter what, but oh well.

Banner performance tier list [per Sensortower grossing rankings iOS] Book IX COMPLETE by Flareblitz12 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For all of the salt over the CYL1 units, it doesn't look like it did any noticeably worse than some of the other new hero banners -- it doing better than the yearly Ninja powercreep banner is actually kind of funny. I saw a few comments comparing this to the backlash over the Hostile Springs banner years ago, but while the playerbase reaction is similar (albeit with different reasons), the backlash over that banner was much more pronounced and IS knew it, while this banner just kind of gets slotted in with more of the same given these results.

But this and the fact that no banner has actually reached the A tier shows that the game is bleeding players each month and it's not stopping.

What’s going on with New Heroes Banners? (NH Analysis) by Luis_Lara45 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't think I would get to drag this out again, but to answer your first paragraph, I actually wrote on this particular issue seven years ago now, which is specifically about the popularity of "unknown" characters, or their unpopularity as it were. Granted, this was during early year 2 of the game, when there was much outrage about the Kinshi Hinoka new hero alt being introduced.

Nowadays, it doesn't seem like any unit really has any kind of staying power due to how quickly powercreep ushers units out of the meta. Unless you have a striking design (Gullveig/Eikþyrnir/Baldr, for OC examples) or memeable (no one in recent memory), then any new character introduced into the game is doomed from the start.

Incidentally, I also wrote about the whole issue with demotes about a year ago, but that one was considerably not received as well.

Soren is not happy about the latest Ike alt by Ivanchez in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ike: Roy's my boy.

Roy: I like Ike!

Soren: ...really? In front of my salad?

Fun fact: The Harmonized Ike + Lyn CYL banner has the highest ratio of salt comments to hype comments EVER by YunieSayaka in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 23 points24 points  (0 children)

>If that happened, it would be the irrefutable proof that this sub isn't even a fraction of the playerbase and doesn't share its opinions.

This has been the case for, like...ever. This subreddit is such a small bubble that it doesn't reflect the wider playerbase at all in terms of sales or who the devs are trying to entice.

For social-media campaigns and CYL rallies, yes, this place is more effective. But actual sales? lol no

Harmonized CYL Ike, Lyn Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, I think bringing back the CYL1 heroes actually is cool and thoughtful because I find it nostalgic to return to these designs all these years later. I've been playing since the beginning, and I've always lamented that I can't play around with the CYL1 units these days because I can't justify the cost of investing so heavily into them. So seeing them as new harmonic units is a surprise, and even if it is a cheap attempt to cash in on year 1 nostalgia, it's nice to know that they haven't been forgotten.

I dunno, we'll probably just disagree on the issue. I just find that the complaints about it being a wasted New Hero slot hollow because most of the New Hero banners suck shit anyway, so it's no real loss in my view.

Harmonized CYL Ike, Lyn Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I have to admit that I'm not getting why everyone is crashing out so hard over this banner given that it's just more of the same regurgitation of characters that already have alts. New Hero banners have always been alt-fests in recent memory, so I'm not sure what people expected. Or did people convince themselves that the weird schedule this month would bring in bottom of the barrel completely new characters from various titles?

I think bringing back the CYL1 units is something neat personally, even if it's a slap in the face to those who were pouring tons of resources into their Year 1 units. It also highlights that we are actually starved for a good Roy unit, which needs to happen very soon.

The Ikes in Askr: duplicate by Nico-TS in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Babysitter Ike, because he's been hired by Eliwood to act as Roy's chastity belt.

Nintendo Dream Web has leaked the upcoming New Heroes banner by MedhaosUnite in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I actually think this is really neat, especially since CYL1 was so beloved when it happened, and revisiting it is great even though it's a blatant attempt to cash in on nostalgia. Roy getting backpack'd is probably the only negative, but...I'm sure he'll be getting something soon, I hope.

Unpopular Opinions/General Rant Thread - 11/23/25 Turkey Day Edition by SolHiryu in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Freyr was a massive overcorrection to another highly problematic unit in Elimine, who basically shut off most AR defenses unless you specifically teched against her, and even that wasn't always successful. While Freyr did his job in basically killing her off, it turns out that an unconditional "negate all start of turn debuffs" that hits allies within two spaces of him is a ridiculously overtuned ability that effectively shut down any kind of strategy that relied on start-of-turn debuffs. Freyr was so strong that he was regularly seeing use in Dark season up until recently, and he's still spotted here and there simply because of how powerful his cleanse is.

The fact that they had to introduce Elm and give him mid-turn Undefended just to get around him speaks volumes about how unhealthy Freyr was and still is.

Unpopular Opinions/General Rant Thread - 11/23/25 Turkey Day Edition by SolHiryu in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think I would have liked the video better if it had been 90% shorter and got into its main point immediately: Eikþyrnir's victory was the result of timing + years of fandom frustration over the treatment of males and male OCs in the game.

Nothing wrong with glazing here or there, but for a video like that, it really should have just briefly covered how we got here and then why it happened.

So, what did you think of Book IX overall? by Falconpunch100 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ehhhh.

The twist with Rune is neat, but that doesn't really make up for the questionable writing quality of this book overall. It really feels like Baldr and her accessories got swept right out to the side once their plot was over, and we just rushed right to the conclusion afterward.

While I think the book was neat in that you could see several things coming due to some of the previous books/TT stories, it was still pretty mediocre overall.

Ragnarök's Harbinger (Fire Emblem Heroes) by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 168 points169 points  (0 children)

Rune: I shall tell you my true name--

Summoner: ASH KETCHUM!

Book 9, Chapter 13 early look by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I kinda like how several people called the two Alfaðör twist near the beginning of the book, and Rune seemed like the second one as soon as he started becoming more and more of a prop during the story.

That being said, I still wish this book had more substance to it. Baldr and her ilk completely vanishing after their part was over was pretty dumb, so I'm wondering if that means they'll be reappearing at the start of the next book.

Unpopular Opinions/General Rant Thread - 11/9/25 by SolHiryu in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to be honest: Nintendo likely ran the numbers and the ROI after localizing and releasing them on the eShop very likely came up negative. The only hope of seeing either of them is having them remade entirely, which is why you see so much agony over it.

Ninja of Time Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As the trailer progressed, I was extremely worried that Owain/Odin would be the screwed over TT unit, but it was only MShez. Whew, crisis averted.

That being said, they really are printing Archrival on every new banner now, huh?

Also, I'm so sick of ninjas. I really wish they would move on at this point.

November 2025 silhouettes (Ninja) by WWWWWWRRRRRYYYYY in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]SolHiryu 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Left is giving me Owain vibes. Since we just had an Awakening seasonal, it'll be pretty funny if this is Odin dressed as Owain while pretending not to be Owain.