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Fire Emblem: Three Houses DLC Wave 4 - Cindered Shadows Trailer (New Story, 4 New Characters, New Classes, New Activities)
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I don't know where else to write this but I repent. I talked plenty of shit about the monastery and all that, about how I'm DONE with this series. But I just restarted it after putting it down for months... This game is really good. I musta been burned out on it or something because I've come around.
It's personal taste obviously but I would suggest doing another CF run to experience Jeritza and the Ashen Wolves supports in that route. I just really didn't like Silver Snow, plus you already played Verdant Wind so you played the better version of that run.
Very interesting, I hope we can get more lore on the Dagdan/Brigid failed invasion of the Empire which destroyed her house. Also really can't wait to watch her supports with the Black Eagles.
Balthus' Bio.
Ashen Wolves
Balthus (CV: Kimura Subaru)
A rowdy man from the Alliance. The self-proclaimed "Leicester's King of Melee". His hearty and careless personality are what lead to him becoming a fugitive, so he hides out in the Abyss. He follows his desire to protect the people of Abyss who sheltered him, as well as his fighting instincts, thoroughly thrashing any intruders.
Second pic:
"A guy like me used to be a noble too, but well, who knows where life will take you!"
Convo:
Balthus: "Haha! This is quite the stroke of luck! Alright you guys, pick between lining up your asses for a beating, or getting tied up quietly!"
Claude: "Sorry, everyone. I'm not sure what I did wrong... But it seems we'll regrettably have to fight. As the Eastern Hermit says, when someone throws a stone at you, retaliate with a rain of stones, or something like that."
Balthus: "So you've finally gotten in the mood for a fight. Have a taste of the fists of "Leicester's King of Melee"!
Ashen Wolves
Balthus (CV: Kimura Subaru)
A rowdy man from the Alliance. The self-proclaimed "Leicester's King of Melee". His hearty and careless personality are what lead to him becoming a fugitive, so he hides out in the Abyss. He follows his desire to protect the people of Abyss who sheltered him, as well as his fighting instincts, thoroughly thrashing any intruders.
Second pic:
"A guy like me used to be a noble too, but well, who knows where life will take you!"
Convo:
Balthus: "Haha! This is quite the stroke of luck! Alright you guys, pick between lining up your asses for a beating, or getting tied up quietly!"
Claude: "Sorry, everyone. I'm not sure what I did wrong... But it seems we'll regrettably have to fight. As the Eastern Hermit says, when someone throws a stone at you, retaliate with a rain of stones, or something like that."
Balthus: "So you've finally gotten in the mood for a fight. Have a taste of the fists of "Leicester's King of Melee"!
Doing the exact same as you, even down to the order. And definitely doing a final CF run to try Jeritza and just get to experience my favorite route one last time.
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has anything been said about the length of this DLC campaign? don't really wanna drop £26 on the pass if its not that big.
As expected, there's no cert exams or the like in Cindered Shadows - all the units will come with a set of classes and skills they can change in and out of. It does say new classes will appear as well, but it's not clear if that's referring to just the new units or if they mean the existing characters will also get the new classes in the DLC.
crossing my fingers for the campaign to be of decent length cause it's gotta carry the weight of this so far insanely lackluster season pass for me to care to get it. Which is a shame cause fuck I'm someone that got dlc for awakening(class dlc and apotheosis) and fates(class dlc) and the price/value ratio for those were trash as well so the fact they haven't enticed me at all so far for my goty of 2019 is a testament to how god awful this season pass has been so far to me.
The new classes are available after you clear episode 1 of Cindered Shadows, but they require an "Underground Seal" to take the exams. Trickster and War Monk "can use some magic" like the noble/commoner class, i.e. their magic uses are halved. (I always wondered why that was the only class with that property...)
Also looks like you need to certify in Thief before you can certify in Trickster.
Yeah, looks like they updated to new official art of her as a Trickster. (IIRC datamining showed that that's supposed to be her "canon" class.)
There shouldn't be any gender-locked classes period, stupid as hell.
If at least the motive was balancing units, but they give us dark flier Lys so everything is permitted.
Whoa, Tricksters can swap places with any ally within 5 spaces. That means they can essentially use a weak cast of Warp every turn by advancing forward and then swapping back with your wyverns or whoever else. That's pretty strong if it doesn't have any weird restrictions.
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Christ, so Valkyrie is genderlocked?
Who's stupid decision was that?
I thought we moved past this shit with fates. Maybe it's koei tecmos fault.
Who's stupid decision was that?
I thought we moved past this shit with fates. Maybe it's koei tecmos fault.
These new classes are straight up using the default Awakening class designs, just with no hats.
Fates had the same issue though. Most DLC classes were gender locked even though the ones in the base game were universal.
Fates had the same issue though. Most DLC classes were gender locked even though the ones in the base game were universal.
Trickster
A mage-swordsman who confuses opponents with quick movements. Can use some magic. Something worth looking at is their unique Art "Trick", which allows them to switch places with an ally within 5 tiles. Create chaos on the battlefield worthy of the name Trickster.
Also, when talking about Tricksters, you definitely think of this person. After clearing Cindered Shadows Ep. 1 and recruiting Anna, she can change into a personal outfit called "Combat Merchant's Clothes". Her portrait in conversations will also change.
Just like all other outfits, you can swap between them in your room.
Just an idea but they could just start it differently using dialogue options.
for example, Claude is sitting under a tree and your character approaches him to ask what he's thinking about. Your choices could be something like "are you thinking about the Empire?", "are you thinking about your time in Fodlan?", "are you thinking about the Kingdom?", and "are you thinking about your old friends?"
Depending on your choice, the rest of the game could play out differently based on who Almyra's allies are, which old characters from Fodlan he'd interact with, etc.
Depending on your choice, the rest of the game could play out differently based on who Almyra's allies are, which old characters from Fodlan he'd interact with, etc.
So, the best way to insert the DLC into a playthrough will be something like:
- Play the base game up until a certain point, say Chapter 2.
- Play through the DLC.
- Continue the base game playthrough, now with unlocked content from the DLC.
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- Play the base game up until a certain point, say Chapter 2.
- Play through the DLC.
- Continue the base game playthrough, now with unlocked content from the DLC.
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That's what it sounds like. So if you're like me and already beat the game four times you need to make another profile to set up the fifth in preparation for this dlc.
Classical Japanese art might have something to say about this take.
Is there something I'm missing? Why would you need a second profile for a fifth playthrough?
At least the number of genderlocked classes were the same in the dlc, now we have 4 for one gender and 2 for other. Dark flier was genderless too
And wyvern are still the only flying male classes
The dlc unlocks new classes in the main game. So if you want to try tgem out with other non-dlc units you need to start a new playthrough
I know that. But unless you already used up all your save slots, I see no reason to create a new profile.
One thing in particular that annoyed me about gender locking:
In the advice box, one of the messages talks about how they wanted to be a pegasus knight looking down from the sky...it's Hubert.
Save slot is what I meant by profile. Not a separate switch account profile.
Yeah, it just seemed kind of annoying that they had something like that but don't let you actually do it. I would have legitimately wanted to make him a pegasus knight.
Alright, thanks! Just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something.
trickster has stealth too doesn't it? if so that makes it an excellent unit to put next to your tank characters in order to have really good control over the battlefield
edit: or you could send one of your squishies to the front line have them take something out and trick them back to safety
edit: or you could send one of your squishies to the front line have them take something out and trick them back to safety
Could somebody explain the first part of this to me (that it's recommended to piggyback Cindered Shadows on a file you've already started)? I haven't been following this closely: is the idea here that Cindered Shadows is a better integrated if you've already picked a main house?
Also, has there been any word on whether there will be anything coming in the patch for non-DLC owners?
I'm curious about both of these because I don't currently own the DLC pass, but was thinking about cramming in my third route (Golden Deer) over the next week or two, then—if the expansion looks like it's good value—picking up the pass for Cindered Shadows and my last route (Church).
Cindered Shadows is a separate campaign from the main menu. Upon completion of it / certain amounts of it, its new characters, jobs, and the necessary job seals will be unlocked in your main game(s).
I think what they were getting at is, if you're planning on starting a new run after/with the new Cindered Shadows content, it'd be best to get that file to ~CH2 beforehand, to be at the point where you can recruit the students. (But it doesn't really matter—this is just hypothetical prep.)
Don't think there's any word on non-DLC free content yet, but there should be some.