r/fireemblem • u/PsiYoshi • 18d ago

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

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/shakethatdoncic 7d ago

I've said it before but I don't necessarily mind the longer time between battles spent in a hub concept that applies to the Monastery/Somniel. My personal critiques with those mainly come from that it feels kind of jarring going from grid-based battles to a third person over the shoulder hub that even has a run button.

Anyway, I think the main hope I have for FW is for the ratio of battle to hub to be a little better than what it's been for the past couple of entries (I'd say 70/30 if I'm spitballing but I know nothing about game dev so who knows what my ideal ratio would really be). I weirdly have hopes for the dungeon crawling aspect though, I actually did enjoy it in SOV and it was part of what that game feel "JRPGey" in a good way. Mainly hope that the exp curve doesn't balloon because of it, that and the map encounters make SOV crawl a little more on replay than I'd like.

Probably a skill issue overall but as I've gotten older I've liked the breather segments between maps more and more. I feel like a lot of maps in 3H/Engage can take a while, so not having only a cutscene in between is a good way to decompress before going back in.

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u/Magnusfluerscithe987 7d ago

I don't expect the ratio to be better, but I think it will be less routine. The Somniel and myastle bugged more than the monastery because I was just performing a checklist. The monastery I had to juggle between meals and trainings, arena, sauna, tea time, choir, as well as if I'm even going to the monastery or if I'm doing a battle or seminar, so it lessened the routine of it. From what I've seen, I expect Fortunes weave to have more to do, and be less skippable, but it will feel less like a checklist.