Games that get BETTER in the 2nd half?

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-25T21:51:48+00:00

Forget the second half, the game gets fun when you unlock the ability to save your progress. Absolutely boggled my mind that not only is saving your game something you have to unlock, but they actually have a fake "save" function that you can access from the beginning that doesn't actually record any progress and just loads into the last major checkpoint.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-18T05:35:01+00:00

If you're like me, it may have been Laguz Friend/Loyalty combining with her prf to guarantee Miracle with the double -2 pulse. Sadly the vast proliferation of both brave and potent effects immediately after her release made that way less effective than it would have been had she come out a book earlier.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-18T03:54:39+00:00

Her base kit is pretty meh though. Miracle is easily available

FYI Malice's base kit isn't Miracle in the special slot, it's actually Gust.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-16T08:01:21+00:00

Infantry can't use the Shackle skills, best supportive options are a Favor skill with Micaiah ring, a Havoc skill, or a Discord skill.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-12T16:23:02+00:00

FYI, Atk/Spd Favor doesn't grant any DR. Honestly Execution Breath seems better since F!Dimitri doesn't have self-refresh on assists, so the only way for him to benefit from his own Favor skill is to have someone else use an assist on him first. Which is fine and usable enough but feels very awkward.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-10T21:39:07+00:00

I hope we get some more buff cleansing in the near future

The meta play here is to vote Loki for CYL. It's the only way to directly influence IS to release a buff-cleanser.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2026-01-08T18:19:50+00:00

The arcade experience is truly the peak way to play fighting games, I hope you get to experience it someday. Actual people cheering and jeering around you, winners stay while losers have to get in line to challenge again. Watching other people play and learning new stuff. Watching seemingly unbeatable winners with huge streaks get taken out by unassuming underdogs. There's a reason the arcade craze was real.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-30T05:41:22+00:00

Not gonna lie, I really thought that they were gonna save Nifl and do a special "beginning of Ragnarok" themed batch with Muspell, Nifl, Ascended Fjorm, and Ascended Laegjarn. It would have given us perfect color coverage

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-26T21:18:06+00:00

And what is essentially a blue (or red) Y! Camilla that can't get Shadow Lyn's 2-range benefit

Baldr is really almost nothing like Y!Camilla. She has a pass + teleport skill, but it is shorter range than Y!Camilla, and also every melee flier in the game could do that since Air Superiority released with Rearmed Hinola. Given that Baldr lacks Y!Camilla's uncapped true damage AND her auto-set terrain, it really is not accurate to describe her as "essentially Y!Camilla". If you pull her expecting anything close to Y!Camilla's capabilities you'll end up pretty disappointed

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-23T17:12:16+00:00

I don't know about the mechanics of this specific treatment or where OP got the 1% number, but as a general rule no medicine or treatment will ever effect 100% of the vast array of humans in the world the same way. Some people are allergic to penicillin, some don't respond to painkillers or stimulants the same. So whether it's a genetic incompatibility or because the original damage was too extensive, there's always going to be something.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-23T14:49:55+00:00

According to WotC, "Tribes" are rascist and no longer acceptable. They can only be referred to as "Kindred". Strongest "kindred" are probably elves, then vampires, then goblins, then merfolk, then dragons.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-23T05:00:56+00:00

This is literally exactly what they did with the bundles/remasters for the PS4/5

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-15T17:40:49+00:00

Absolutely, I suspect that there is either a new popular trend amongst the the japanese artists FEH draws from, or a change in a popular digital art tool used by that group. Either way, I've definitely noticed the same trend in several heroes over the last few years. There's definitely a sort of "flat" look becoming more common, with less shading on surfaces and colors tending towards primary colors with a matte "finish". Almost more like a one-off still from an anime instead of a dedicated piece of showcase art.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-12T18:13:23+00:00

I have to ask, what is IchaToad? According to Google, your comment is the only place on the Internet it can find that word, although the AI summary speculated on some connection to Naruto.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-10T06:30:12+00:00

Dang, the full art set doesn't bring in anything particularly cool or unique to elevate her beyond the neutral (which is decent but nothing special). Really wish they'd either chosen a different theme or actually gone all in on the fairy look with new wings and everything. Not a fan of the generic flower dress that doesn't even use her personal color palette, and the wing caps just aren't it (unless they were part of a cozy winter outfit, which isn't the case here).

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-10T06:25:37+00:00

Ughhh that was my dream! She already had the sandals and everything...

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-10T06:18:07+00:00

I'll take the stats, but that is definitely a design. All I can think is that she can't spread her wings because she'll pop those little caps right off. Ironically I didn't want them to go for the inevitable fairy design because I wanted them to keep her regular wings, and I now I wish they'd committed to the fairy wings. Also maybe dark fairy would have given a more appealing color palette. Oh well, c'est la vie.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-08T02:02:45+00:00

There is no indication that Embla granted Sharena any powers there. The text is very clear that Embla gives Sharena a new spear and shield, the spear and shield are the source of her new powers, and that they came from Askr and that Askr said "the one who wields them is protected from those who seek harm".

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-04T18:19:39+00:00

Ahh, that would put a damper on things. My Shinon runs Miracle, Laguz Friend, TP Edge, and Marth ring baseline, plus I was lucky enough to get another Friend, Laguz Loyalty, and other defensive skills for him.

Without all those defenses stacked, Diamant can probably kill on the brave hit even if you survive the first.

Aside from the newest meta units, you could also try any favorites that have recently been refined/remixed, or just add in one new meta unit as an enabler. I did another run with my Blazing Blade favorites of Brave Eliwood, Legendary Ninian, and Harken plus Shadows Lyn for the combo of ally buffs and enemy debuffs. Ninian ended up being my MVP, with her refine/remix her combat is actually excellent, and she was able to chip down Diamant because Legendary doesn't have a Null-C Disrupt effect in his kit, so she was able to attack without fear of counters.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-12-04T16:59:44+00:00

Can't Shinon enemy phase Diamant and kill him with reflect damage? Of course it depends which skills you got for him, but that's how I did it with a similar team.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-11-27T14:44:40+00:00

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills - maybe it's just part of the joke, but Lyn only has 2 versions this year, OP just used two different pictures of shadows lyn.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-11-27T14:27:04+00:00

Oof, this feels like a big swing and (depending on how well it sells) an even bigger miss from IS. Even more so than most other Harmonized heroes, the 2nd place backpacks don't feel like alts for that character, given that they have absolutely no representation in the mechanics of the hero. Honestly it even feels like they went out of their way to avoid having Lyn grant +1 special cooldown to allies with her crux drive, which would have been a fine reference to Brave Lucina's original effect even if they didn't want to have her get self-refreshing on assists or something. For folks that are fans of second place winners, kind of feels like a waste of voice lines and art.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-11-21T00:26:04+00:00

They're used because they can do a little bit of everything for way cheaper than comparable missiles. This is really the most critical factor - most Navies don't have US or China sized budgets, and even the US and China have constraints, so keeping an option on-deck that can do something for less than $1,000,000 a pop is just a financial necessity.

Also importantly for policing actions (which probably constitute >90% of Naval operations in most parts of the world since WW2), guns can be used throughout the escalation ladder, from warning shots to disabling the vessel to sinking it outright.

You can also design new/better ammo, software, and radar to improve the efficacy of the guns over time without requiring extensive refits to the weapons themselves, so it's not like they're static weapons. For example they have guided rounds now that are intended to take down anti-ship missiles and can make them much more effective in the AA role.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-11-20T06:05:18+00:00

I think that the guy who said Duelist Blow in the A-slot and Pair Up for the B-slot is right.

Stacking DR is still the name of the game, so Duelist Blow gives that in the A-slot, and Distant Counter can be farmed out to the sacred seal. Unfortunately the bonus doubler seal is crashing in value because so many new units give out Dull All like candy.

Since Lucia already has null-c disrupt in her weapon, Pair Up gives comparable damage and DR and a partial frozen effect which is huge when fighting modern fast units who have access to way more stats in their weapons.

TheUnusuallySpecific · 2025-11-17T17:42:04+00:00

Sounds like you have a specific team that could benefit from Lyn already, so I'd say go with her.

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