claude is my favorite of the 3 heirs, but I chose black eagles because i like the other characters in that house the best
not sure which house I'll do on my second playthrough
not sure which house I'll do on my second playthrough
The Black Eagles is the most popular house in Fire Emblem
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I think it having the only female lord and the bulk of the marketing helps
But she is against nobility what isn't to love /s
I am playing her route, and I still don't agree with some of her choices
Like lying for the rest of the Strike Force to make the church look more evil
Also Claude is incredible no matter the route
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My problem is that I don't think she is that complex or even unique.
She is basically the red emperor of this game, but playable. She is morally grey yes, but her motivations are easy to understand and done before in the series
She's not part of a house, you can recruit her once you reach a certain level (13 I think).
Golden Deer have Claude, but thats about it
Black Eagles get Caspar, the cutest boy, and then also the far and away best female designs in Dorothea, Petra, and Edelgard
so good
Black Eagles get Caspar, the cutest boy, and then also the far and away best female designs in Dorothea, Petra, and Edelgard
so good
says the nerds
How many of these bad takes are we going to get in this thread?
Some think people only like BE because "waifus". Its annoying, but I just ignore it
Edelgard is the only true path. Better a God Empress than an incel, a schemy boy, or
literal lizard people.
From my perspective playing through she seems almost sociopathic, not sure if its the localization or what.
Golden Deer also has Lysithea and Marianne who has one of my favorite designs.
Overall, went with Black Eagles, but I plan to do Golden Deer when I replay. Blue Lion is the house I'm least interested in, but I feel guilty since Edelgard and Dimitri are completely screwed up without your avatar to guide them, while Claude can live and be stable without your help.
It's called the truth. You can accept it or defy it, but you cannot deny it. :P
Black Eagles feels like the middle of the trio, the canon / intended choice to me, if that makes sense.
Kinda like how Awakening was really pushing the Chrom - Sumia ship.
Which is why I'm least interested in playing them, lol.
After I finished my initial Golden Deer playthrough I'll probably play Blue Lions, then call it quits. The only students I recruit are red house ones for that reason, that way I don't feel like I'm missing out that much!
Kinda like how Awakening was really pushing the Chrom - Sumia ship.
Which is why I'm least interested in playing them, lol.
After I finished my initial Golden Deer playthrough I'll probably play Blue Lions, then call it quits. The only students I recruit are red house ones for that reason, that way I don't feel like I'm missing out that much!
There's a fourth route. Even if you're adamant about not going with Edelgard 9which is really dumb), you should still at least do the other route.
Basically my thoughts. BE was my first playthrough and whilst I ended up liking the characters I personally found Edel's reasoning for
starting a fucking war that lasts at least half a decade (seriously I feel this is taken too lightly when people discuss this, not to mention aligning with and aiding terrible people to accomplish good things doesn't magically make it morally ok)
I'm guessing that's the perfect true ending route? Despite Fates I didn't figure that was gonna be an option here too, ha
I feel like I only have enough energy in me to do two playthroughs in a row so I gotta make choices. I'll likely pick red house when I do yet another replay years later.
Nah not a true ending, it's basically a copy of one of the other routes with some character changes, the final battle changed and a different ending.
Edit: I do think it's the most "canon" route though and the one that makes the most sense to continue on from if they make a direct sequel.
A lot of the problem with understanding motivations is that each route only gives you certain information, and both Rhea and Edelgard outright lie, omit or mislead about the greater amount of info and culpability they have than both Byleth and the player themselves. I’ve almost finished both BE routes now, and, following Edelgard:
However, follow the church and:
Whichever BE path you choose, and you have so little info to go on, the game salves your conscience by making it clear the other leader is an absolute monster hell-bent on either destruction or eternal manipulation in the guise of freedom. It’s determined to make the player feel justified in hating the opposition as they cross moral threshold after moral threshold, happily
to try and stop you. Only by playing multiple routes can you cross-check stuff and see how much you’ve either not been told or been misled over.
It’s clear that Rhea is a totalitarian mad god with a centuries-long grudge that demands worship or death. She torched a previous civilisation that wouldn’t worship her mother, and is now keeping humanity chained by both social control/a noble caste system through the crests and a military deadlock she manipulates. Ironically (considering the whole ‘noble/crest’ obsession), only the Emperor’s bloodline has the info that she’s lying about Nemesis and the entire mythology. Rhea even demands you murder your student in front of her, and is about to tear your heart out if you refuse.
However, follow the church and:
Rhea omits to mention her past genocidal acts, while the mid-game cut scene shows her as a heroic, benevolent dragon-warrior bravely fighting against the odds. Edelgard is obviously depicted as an evil aggressor, and at no point do either her or Hubert even try to tell their classmates what they believe is the truth. Which is that they think it’s worth plunging the continent into a war over just to rid Fodlan of Rhea’s schemes to control humanity forever through the importance of a noble caste system. Rhea’s actions are a far more insidious form of evil over centuries, but it’s a stable one by design. Whether that’s worth fighting against at a cost of massive destabilisation is left up to the player to decide, but one playthrough deliberately doesn’t really give enough context.
Whichever BE path you choose, and you have so little info to go on, the game salves your conscience by making it clear the other leader is an absolute monster hell-bent on either destruction or eternal manipulation in the guise of freedom. It’s determined to make the player feel justified in hating the opposition as they cross moral threshold after moral threshold, happily
torching cities and turning their own people into monsters
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Fucking THIS
Blue lions is like a comfy family. I love these dummies.
Even if things get real dark and brutal towards the Timeskip.
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This basically.
There is no 'canon' route, just What Ifs with each story giving you new insight and a more complete view of what is happening. No side have the full story and no one is really sitting pretty. Your character curve some of the worst aspects of your Lord outside of Claude since without you to guide them, several characters go off the rails.
Yeah everyone wants to paint a "canon route" which none of them are. They want you to play all of them to get the full picture of the lore. And I doubt they gonna say "this house is the canon one" knowing what it would cause. The only "canon" thing I could see is them making a DLC route where everyone works together ala Fates' 3rd path. Which I can't see them doing
Its really up to the player to pick their favorite route.
Personally I am doing Black Eagles last because
Other than that the reason the Black Eagles are popular is due to marketing. However my boy Claude is clearly superior.
It is the only route with a split.
Other than that the reason the Black Eagles are popular is due to marketing. However my boy Claude is clearly superior.
I can see them doing a Golden Ending route as a final DLC, while not presenting is the 'true ending'. Just another What If if the Lords got their act together and stop trying to kill one another.
Not to mention the early missions pre timeskip have you and your students act as hitman for the central church in its power struggle. I get a sense that most people in power in this game are lying.
He wouldnt be dissed so much if he didnt have such a bulliable haircut.
It's a terrible idea to have players choose a house that early on, with only 1 dialogue opportunity with every student.
Among the trope-y characters (some are redeemed later with support), Sylvain and Lorenz were the most obnoxious to me. So I ended up choosing Black Eagle. And I heard Petra was a well-written character for a foreigner learning a new language (it was ok, I guess?)
Among the trope-y characters (some are redeemed later with support), Sylvain and Lorenz were the most obnoxious to me. So I ended up choosing Black Eagle. And I heard Petra was a well-written character for a foreigner learning a new language (it was ok, I guess?)
It was really hard for me to pick the Golden Deer over them but I thought people would go for the Blue lions. Especially after people saw the time skip characters in previews.
It truly is. BE and GD both have great characters, but neither is a class where every character is a great one to some capacity.
