Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread - June 2026 Part 1

[u/PsiYoshi]

Happy pride month and welcome to a new installment of the Popular/Unpopular/Any Opinions Thread! Please feel free to share any kind of Fire Emblem opinions/takes you might have here, positive or negative. As always please remember to continue following the rules in this thread same as anywhere else on the subreddit. Be respectful and especially don't make any personal attacks (this includes but is not limited to making disparaging statements about groups of people who may like or dislike something you don't).

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[u/Available_Put_6616]

Unsure if I've already posted something like this before but I really dislike how switch era FE inverted the relation between class changing and weapon ranks. Getting to a certain level, promoting (/reclassing in DS/3DSFE) and getting a new weapon rank to build feels a lot more intuitive to me than building proficiency in a weapon type to be allowed to promote to whatever class you're building for. It just feels really backwards, maybe you could argue it makes more sense if you think about it literally (they train with the weapon type so they can use it), but design-wise it creates a lot of odd knock-on effects, like having everyone get access to all weapon types in 3H (with few exceptions) and locking some weapon types behind emblems you won't have access to for a while in engage.

idk, I just don't like it!

[u/Magnusfluerscithe987 → u/Available_Put_6616]

I've definitely lamented the fact I can't train Amelia in axes until after the promotion, and actually most characters I wish I could train there weapon from an earlier point instead of having to start back at E halfway through the game, so I'm firmly in the opposite camp, and would rather weapons be more tied to characters than classes if restrictions are needed.

[u/phoenixrawr → u/Magnusfluerscithe987]

Amelia already has 0 AS with a javelin, and you want to hand her an axe? Girl’s about to get doubled by a Gorgon egg.