I typically pick the Def or Res refines to accentuate their best defensive stat if one far outshines the other - think Lukas, or NY!Corrin - or the opposite if their stats are closer (though Res is only really useful if they can attack at range tbh). I'd pick Spd over both if they're fast - think pushing the late 30s. And I've never picked Atk because the increase is small, but that's just me!

I refined Celica with her special earlier - so low on dews but she's seems worth it! Cherche did well, too. Mine had a Brave Axd+ already but I don't regret it, she's made good use of it until now. Odin is Odin but kinda the best we could hope for him haha.

I joined team Ephraim! I decided... VG is probs my least favourite event. It's just really boring tbh. But whoo go Eph.

The Combat Manuals have predictably saved my life. Got rid of all my GHB and TT dupes and already have almost 100 slots free. The others will take a little more care and attention as I wanna keep at least one copy of everything!

-looks at my 5* Odin- Yeh I'm with you as I want a 5* of everything, even the bottem tier units.

I'll think those over but I look at the fact I have alot of bad IVed units ( especally ones that I've kept for memory reasons or because they were a silver lining in a otherwise bad pull) so I was wondering if the refinery could cover some of the lackluster growth by adding stats to a weapon that the unit as a bane in -looks as my Res boon/speed bane Takumi as a extreme example-. However it sounds that the increase would be too little to make a difference.

i gleefully sorted by origin and turned all my duplicate ghb/bhb units into combat manuals last night. once i get a moment to figure out which one is the one i want to build, i'm going to do the same thing to my merge projects. i'm gonna be under 450 units!

okay yeah, if they do hone emblem+ then we will have issues. No Thank You, IntSys

[edit] so i finally 5* anna, and her convo -- "[...] as the commander here, i should know to never judge a book by its cover. the person who was once my superior drilled that into my head." the WHO?! ANNA, TELL ME THE LORE

I think... it's best to work with what you're given than trying to compensate, per se. Takumi's spread is pretty mediocre compared to other archers nowadays, so I'd probs just settle with his movement refine even if it is a little meme-y. It's his only niche, really.

Haha yeah I sorted by Origin too. It's kinda annoying that it's the only one that groups characters together (how is there no alphabetical ugh) but now I've played most of the titles I actually have an idea of how they're arranged.

Honestly I feel like the Tactics and Waves are kinda a response to how broken Hone etc Emblems were to begin with. Even the Distant Def C L!Lucina has is, ultimately, a worse ward. That's why I'm okay with Dual Rally+, for now.

(Also I made a general discussion topic! I was kinda nervous that it'd divert discussion and both threads would just die as a result but it does make sense with a new game coming, and also for fans who don't play Heroes!)

Whew! Team Ephraim put up a good fight against Team Roy. Guess I'm done in, so I'm joining the Renais prince in his fight to victory.

(I hope someone likes my Prince Overdrive Marth. He's been a helpful boy so far)

How are youse guyses luck on the new Genealogy banner? I got a Kana on the free pull, but I didn't know what to do with her, and her IV wasn't the best, so I sent her home. That's the first 5* I've ever pulled that I sent home...

- I would have joined Ephriam if he had come home! I have a 5% pity rate on the Brave banner, and my summoning circle had 3 green orbs... no Ephraim. I'm on Lyn instead. seems like we'll be getting a lot of bonuses. I'm not summoning on this banner. I figure Lewyn will pity break me on my ever-quest for OG Hector eventually.

- Yeah, I'm pretty sure that is exactly why tactics got introduced, but I'm not talking about the movement type hones, just your run of the mill hone attack, which only gives +4, is beans compared to all the other skills now, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it get a +. At least the +spd/def + doesn't perfectly stack with Cav buffs.

The new chapter was... predictable. I feel pretty bad for Helbindi though.

Kia, mein freund, you have pinged me twice.

Also, sorry to hear that. I couldn't get Ephraim myself, and Veronica didn't come home either. I hope that I will get them both someday, and I wish you good luck on the quest for OG Hector.

I will admit, this new chapter was fairly... predictable and somewhat confusing. Admittedly though, Helbindi hearing the news about his sister and being let go from his post kinda salvaged it for me, as he took it real hard, but didn't say much on the matter to ruin the mood. Overall, it was rather lackluster, although that is to be expected from how fairly infrequent the story updates are and how lackluster some of the characters are (Surtr, especially. His villainy is so obnoxious, it borders on the parody of the omnicidal, god-like jerkass, but even worse).

- So I did, opps! I still have hope for Ephraim/Veronica, still need my free one, but I'm hoping one of those two will come to me before the banner ends. There's still 6 days left. OG Hector though, I'm just cursed.

Sorry on the dely with the reply, may as well get to work refining those other units later with the advice so I can not only get them the upgrade they have probably needed for awhile but get the dews for everyone else -looks at Eliwood who still needs their Blazing Durandal-

edit: x_x actually it's more normal Hector needing his berzerk Armads, Eliwood doesn't have enough sp yet for his upgrade.

i did a full roll on the new banner just 'cause (not gonna do more than that), and i got... silvia and brave lucina! desire sensor knew silvia was the one i wanted least i guess, she's even -atk/+def.

i'll user her during the tempest, but i have no idea what i'm going to do with her after. barrier blade seems kind of niche (esp since i trend toward -res melee units), so i guess she's mirror stance fodder... i wish healers could take it, i'd like to give veronica or elise something nice for their A skill.

yeah, i'm not a huge fan of our sorting options. i guess sorting by hero merit could work too, but it's not perfect -- it makes the barracks super busy-looking and it doesn't always group duplicates together (my 3* julius was separated from his 4* doubles, for some reason).

what i want as an option is the way they're sorted on the merge allies page, but i don't know how to word that as a suggestion so i've held off on sending feedback p;

- Even at -att she'd still be a fun dancer to run with ploy skills cus her res is pretty high (dancer's don't attack anyway, right?). +def is kind of a drag though, cus she still can't take a hit with that, but I always like having more dancer options cus they tend to fill up on HM pretty fast. Elincia's already halfway to 5k. I got 3* Henri for my free pull, and I ain't going to pull more on that banner, so congrats on getting 2 5* units.

I'll be using Sigurd for the TT, I don't have any of the others except Jamke.

I... got Lewyn on my free pull and then on the same circle I got Quan! I think that’s the luckiest first circle I’ve ever had and that’s the two units I wanted in 12 orbs :O I can live without Silvia, I think. I still have flying Olivia the train and a Lene so I have lots of dancing options.

( I guess the universe is trying to tell me to go get on with FE4?!)

I went for Roy in the first round and now I’ve joined Veronica... have bumped in to Jensen’s Frederick and Jessi’s Mathilda. (Fred looks great with his snazzy helmet and cake slice)

will try that next time GC rolls around... gotta get them orbs! Hector was last for me too on forging bonds, for me Veronica was by far the most chatty followed by Ephraim and Celica.

i definitely can't complain about my roll but in this case, i also have lene, and she's +spd/-hp. that makes them super close with speed / def / res (lene's 38 - 23 - 28 and silvia's 36 - 20 - 30) so i'm very eh about keeping them both, especially since i still haven't promoted a normal olivia. (and since silvia's going to be a bonus unit, she's going to get to as close to 5k HM as i can get during the tempest, so that part of the problem is a moot point for me.)

!!! congrats on the rolls! i hope the boys are as fun to use as their skills make them seem o:

I have a dilemma! Do I take my phone to work and play vg between patients, or do I send my phone with my sister to catch moltresses in pokemon go, but get less points for vg. Blah, why do phone apps always have their events ar the same time.

- congrats on those pulls!

I struggled way too much for the last 2 levels of the last chapter! Haha I hate levels with dancers. xD Helbindi was the only "surprise" of this chapter, we already figured like 5 chapters ago who the traitor was! (':

Only pulled a circle of the new banner and didn't get something better than Hinata (still a nice pull, yay Fury!). But I already have enough bonus units for the next TT anyway (probably going to use Deirdre and Sigurd, maybe I could try a mixed team with some Tactics skills!) and don't care that much about the characters since I don't know the game, even if Lewyn seems to be really nice!

i thought relay defense was going to be fun

it is not fun for me

i miss rival domains already

also i got my first eldigan on my free roll but... he is also -atk ripperoni (three of my last five 5* have been -atk i have been cursed)

e/ and now that i have sigurd and eldigan i am reminded of that comic where leif sees seliph and ares being reunited with their fathers, and asks kiran if they'll summon his father when the time comes .............. i'm sorry leif but that's... not happening...............

- It's about as awful as I expected it to be. I miss Rival Domains. Also, Abyssal Mode. Worst. pls kill me.

I feel your -att curse. Not recently, thankflly, but in january/february they were all - att.

it's dumb. i know either the 6th or the 7th map has another orb as the reward but honestly, i don't know if i want one single orb badly enough to suffer through three more maps.

and ugh, i really hope i don't end up with -atk september. any other bane i can live with, but -atk is just such a bummer p;

- Yeah, I hate dancers. I ended up using Horse Emblem for the new maps, just so that I could race in and take her out before she could dance for anyone.

- Yeah, I really need orbs right now, i'm down to three, but I'm really not enjoying this game anymore with all these stupidly hard modes they've added. And all the power creep is real a drag. I've invested in a +10 Nino with Fury and desperation, and an unmerged neutral Lewyn on initiation has more speed than her, and can get desperation effect ALL THE TIME. I feel as if they are almost intentionally pushing away the people who don't spend money on the app. But as long as it's 100% luck base, they aren't getting my money (I may buy the starter pack with BK if I still need orbs before the Brave banner ends, but only because you are actually guaranteed to get a 5* that way!)

powercreep is a separate issue, i think -- that happens with like every gacha. they're kind of responding to that by giving units prf weapons, but you're right, it doesn't fix the bst issue. the difference between day 1 units and year 2 units is grating no matter what.

with the new difficulties it's the stat inflation that gets me -- i think i'd be ok with the maps + relay mechanic if everything wasn't scaled to all hell. it's like, i know people have been asking for harder content, but... this is not enjoyable p: i'm just glad they're not locking seals or units behind abyssal modes.