I Made a Fire Emblem 7 Balance Patch

[@Mangs1337]

There are some changes I forgot to mention in this video, like the fact that Farina is a pre-promoted falcoknight now. Also some small changes here and there which you'll need to discover for yourself. I have playtested the game a few times, but should there be any bugs, do feel free to tell me in the comments. Also, feel free to upload videos of you playing this game and send me the link at [e-mail], and I'll give you a comment :D

[@zenronez1158]

Will you rebalance fates revelations and birthright

[@franmero1659]

Did you do anything to Pent?

[@zenfreak7241]

Pre promoted Farina? Cringe

[@Mangs1337]

@@franmero1659 No

[@drstevens21]

No changes to Bosswin? I see Sain has a sword now. Serra has a mend staff. Mangs you genius.

[@d.b.1871]

So he buffed Nino, and made 2 broken bosses and a joke brigand recruitable? 11/10, would recommend.

[@dinterdos]

He made the game even more based

[@windmage0168]

You mean one broken boss and two joke assassins?

[@d.b.1871]

@@windmage0168 Oh right, I forgot. Batta's superior

[@Pokemaniak180]

The "joke" brigand so far is one of my best units

[@jacka7275]

To balance Fire Emblem 7 I would give Hector access to every weapon in the game. Second I would give Hector the ability to move anywhere on the map and give him a movement of 10000000. Furthermore, as controversial as it is, I would give Hector a killer axe at the start, My last change is increase (sm)Eliwood's starting strength by 2.

[@scottgrasser9475]

bet a lot of players would then get there hector killed mid game when he starts to be weak cause he cant promote yet

[@shyguykingandco1304]

Woah bubba, 2 extra strength? Sounds a little unbalanced.

[@topshelf0267]

Nobody can defeat the great hectorcopter

[@zBobb1118z]

youve gone too far with the smellywood buff

[@dustin202]

@@scottgrasser9475my hector capped defence so meh

[@sielklavar]

"You can recruit Lloyd o-" it was at this point I pressed like and downloaded. I spent so much time back when this game came out trying to find a way to recruit Lloyd.

[@monikatheanalyst1194]

Same. I talked to him with Nino too and wondered why she couldn't persuade him.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

Shame that you can only recruit one or the other though.

[@sielklavar]

@@ShadowdaHedgie11 while I would love to he able to recruit both, without doing a story overhaul it wouldn't really make sense to be able to to recruit both of them

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

@@sielklavar I mean, I know that, and you know that, and we all know that, but still. As I've shown in another comment on this video, I hate it when you can only get one of two characters.

[@emillerner6362]

Hi, i cant find a stealable knight crest in lyn tale does anyone know where it is?

[@windmage0168]

Since the Unit Changes are all in one big timestamp, I'll make some timestamps here: Lyn: 9:54 Eliwood: 10:36 Hector: 11:00 Kent, Sain, and Lowen: 11:41 Dorcas and Bartre: 12:16 Will and Rebecca: 13:00 Serra: 13:32 Erk: 14:06 Florina: 14:34 Dart: 15:06 Fiora: 15:32 Legault: 16:34 Isadora: 17:09 Heath: 18:12 Rath: 18:45 -Mangs- Wallace: 19:11 Louise: 20:21 Karel: 21:13 Nino: 21:56 Vaida: 22:34 Karla: 23:15 Renault: 24:44 Oh yeah, there are new units too. I guess I'll timestamp those: Batta THE BEAST: 25:30 Leila: 26:14 Fargus: 27:50 Lloyd and Linus: 28:25

[@IamHattman]

Leila has 20 Speed and a 0% Speed Growth so you'll have to give her Speedwings.. I now consider it cannon that Leila was for some reason really slow to start with, couldn't get faster, and has just been eating Speedwings for breakfast her whole life to make up for it xD

[@lostanimeworld11]

Meanwhile, Matthew focused on Speed just in case one of his snarks crosses the line and prompt Leila to slap Matthew with her mighty Strength.

[@whichDude]

So Slouise?

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@whichDude SloLa.

[@yourenutz6840]

I gave my Leila athos drops(whatever they’re called) and she now has 26 speed lol. Let’s go 5% growth

[@phoenixgemini42]

Looks really good. The only thing I was suggest is setting the hard mode deployment slots equal to the normal mode deployment. It's always bugged me that they are different and just made the game feel more tediously hard than strategically hard. This will help players with ranked runs for experience, and give them the space to test all the new buffed units as well as the new ones.

[@Lord_Niru]

A buff that would have universally increased enjoyment I feel is increased deployment slots for Hector Hard mode. The very limited deployment slots is one of the biggest reason so many units don't get used and with you increasing the amount of enemies I feel it should be well within reason.

[@NotRealAkira]

Definitely was hoping for this and was disappointed it wasn't mentioned

[@flclnoodles]

Yeah I totally agree. I love so many of the chars and I challenged myself to do HHM for the first time and I couldn't use like, half my units

[@coreydanni4485]

It may not have crossed his mind

[@TyphloRanitar]

The "extra" challenge with HHM is indeed the limited deployment slots. Sure, they hurt a bit, but that was the intention to make the exp ranking slightly more difficult and to not steamroll the maps with a player army. (The fact that you can still steamroll most of the game as it is doesn't mean a 5 star HHM ranking will be achieved). I personally liked it. Makes you really think of which units are necessary rather than take the same army with you on every map.

[@Crouton-]

@@TyphloRanitar I guess? It just feels like more of a pain in the ass cause I want to use someone cool but can't because they're not very good but I like them because it's fun

[@thomasnguyen4427]

Before I begin watching, Mangs, please don't disappoint me. Please give me that sweet, sultry seductve "so I gave them +3 SPD/STR so they would double/would not get doubled by and kill the enemies on their join map" ASMR.

[@MrRaui]

I don’t think the world is ready for Mangs ASMR

[@NicoTheCinderace]

7:35 Hector: "What's happening?!" Athos: "It's uh... It's nothing. Pay no attention to the universe breaking."

[@alexandrelabrie7790]

Some stream of consciousness thoughts. Enhanced Lyn mode: Good idea, I like the idea of getting a few extra levels on some Lyn characters, but now I'm worried some of the Hector-mode characters start to fall behind. Like the changes to bosses and making it more like JP version. Like the enemy changes Like the promotion changes, including the lords Like the weight changes for the heavy af weapons from the Scouring. Wondering if Nergal's Ereshkigal tome got its weight reduced so Nergal is less of a joke. Kent feels like the best cav now with that +2 speed. I will never complain about Axe bros getting buffed. Effectiveness buffs are good, so archers are less trash. Serra and Erk getting more magic and Lyn mode availability makes them more appealing, especially Erk now. AND I WILL RECRUIT BATTA. And feed him every booster. Makes me wish you could include Glass too so we can get that classic GhebFE experience. Recruitable Lloyd or Linus just makes sense, I have never been a fan of the Camus archetype since most of the time the characters feel less tragic and more like obstinate morons.

[@whichDude]

If you're worried about Lyn mode units being to good in Hector HM then you can just not use that save file. Lyn mode units typically always had advantages over their other class mates if you trained them so this isn't a new problem exclusive to this hack.

[@DNLSS-nl4lb]

Actuallu sain was way better in my run he had more speed than kent! Fricking awesome.

[@TheRazormoon]

Glass AND Batta would make the game too easy, c'mon now.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@TheRazormoon Do the gods fear his name?

[@emillerner6362]

Hi, i cant find a stealable knight crest in lyn tale does anyone know where it is?

[@Nitosa]

I feel that giving Renault more magic kinda invalidates his story of being a fighter turned bishop. Since he shows in his supports that he is isn't a bishop to help people but himself. But balance requires sacrifice.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

Let's just say mangs didn't know. Like you said for balance..

[@warburner87]

i think it wouldve been better to give him more def and hp, maybe speed instead of magic to reflect this. he would be the "easy to use" bishop. still supports the team with staves and it would make it safer for him to advance further forward than the other healers while keeping his lore intact. not every unit needs to be a combat god to be good.

[@DrkStmpunkr]

i feel like better survivability stats and S rank staff would fit better

[@MormonDude]

Honestly Renault was already good enough since recruiting him is the only way to get the Fortify staff.

[@M4x_P0w3r]

@@MormonDude Yeah, but no unit should be only good enough for taking his stuff and making him sit in the bench

[@peterstorm8089]

As Leila is alive in this canon I just imagine the Matthew/Jaffar support has Matthew get angry at Jaffar for some ridiculously petty reason like kill-stealing or something.

[@Mangs1337]

lmao yeah this is a bit of an oversight from me, I didn't think about that support

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

Or harming Leila.

[@Elyseon]

Or eating the last cookie (which he actually took to give to Nino).

[@DrunkDudley]

Ocean seal is free on the desert map living Legend where you find Hawkeye and Pent, should be abel to level dart to 15+ by then

[@SHlNRlKlARU]

Personally I love the changes, but would have liked double the exp for healing so that healers can actually level up more often

[@jojodelacroix]

This. Any GBA balance patch that doesnt fix what was already an atrocious design decision is a bit questionable imo. lol

[@silas3839]

I think buffing Renaults Magic is destroying his Character a little bit. I always thought that it is a really cool Detail for him to have really low Magic because he was a Mercenary. (Bartre and Wallace Supports) (Thats not really an issue because everyone who plays a Balance Patch has played the Original, but its just a really cool Detail)

[@flextape467]

If I wanted to balance him I would've made it so that you get him earlier (maybe cog of destiny?)

[@ninenineninenine407]

Absolute perfect timing man. Just was thinking of replaying this game. Thanks for this! Thoughts after completing Lyn Hard Mode: The overall difficulty was great, really made lyn mode enjoyable to play. Lyn has turned into an absolute monster of a glass cannon, love what you did to her. Cavaliers feel mostly the same, maybe a little weaker because of all the halberds. Florina still has doubling issues with an iron lance and is worse than her previous incarnation because of the difficulty (still useful as a flier but this utility in lyn mode is limited) Wil is slightly more useful and pretty good in his joining chapter but is still heavily outclassed by Rath. Dorcas is now the bulky, hard hitting fighter he always wanted to be. Very great unit now, though using him in Lyn mode makes Bartre an absolute joke in comparison. Erk and Serra feel the same as they used to, which is a good thing considering the overall difficulty. Lucius just feels like a weaker Erk that's better against dark mages (to be fair, those nosferatu shamans are frightening, and he's good to deal with them) Rath feels the same as he used to, though more useful considering how scary it can be to fight enemies at close range. Wallace makes the final two chapters in lyn mode kind of a joke, but he also does in vanilla. The final map's enhancement was awesome, no spoilers but it is a treat. Also some thoughts on Eliwood Hard Mode (first impressions since only the first map was completed) Eliwood still feels pretty weak, but I'm not sure what more you could have done with him. Maybe a bit more speed? Rebecca is now pretty great, doubles everything like she should have in vanilla. Marcus's steel blade is welcome to help set up kills, but he still one shots some of the axe fighters on the map. Should have adjusted them slightly. Still broken as ever. Lowen feels the same. Bartre still sucks (but he would probably feel more even without Lyn Mode Dorcas) Overall it's a huge improvement to base FE7 and I look forward to continue playing it. Highly reccomend. Final Edit: Just got to the uhai map, and he no longer drops the Orion's bolt, it's a stealable. Hope this is unintended since even at level 10 Matthew didn't have the speed to steal it, making my archer's promotion delayed for many more chapters.

[@brainbarz]

rebecca always doubles shit for me in vanilla. i’ve never used speedwjngs on her ever and she dodges it all (always my luckiest unit alongside florina) while doubling the entire time

[@ericamborsky3230]

I would say that the low attack speed on steel lance pegasus knights is part of their strength. Due to their decent skill they have a feasible chance to hit even with a steel lance and they deal a sizable chunk of damage due to the steel lance. The steel lance making their attack speed plumet and their weak defense ensures that they almost always get doubled and one rounded in return, freeing up a spot for the next attacker. A formation of steel lance pegasus knights can really gang up on a unit and bring them down even if they can only attack from one space.

[@ShrimpRice]

It's cool Louise has high luck like her daughter, and oh yeah i noticed the taller portraits. Very cool.

[@doomguysshotgun4348]

Buffed lyn mode is by far the most exciting part for me, thank you!

[@nightshade6997]

@@rosheafan I learned this the hard way 😂

[@seld2040]

I hope someone can help you rounding up the edges (like the "soft-lock" when force-promoting Hector and the glitch text) and add some conversation for the new units' supports! I know it can be cheesy but some conversations are easy to guess. Overall, great work mangs, hope to see the updates to the patch :D

[@NandolfBlockbuster]

And new Jaffar/Mathew support conversation, because now they don't make much sense.

[@Macer84]

Ah yes, giving Rebecca "3 extra points of base speed" in order to bring her base speed from 6 to 11, that's definitely how numbers work.

[@hiokiryuuhei4714]

Victory or Death has quite a strange glitch. Strangely, another Lyndis popped in the same time than Fargus, with her Mani Katti and an Heaven Seal, and those stats : Lvl : 20 - HP : 30 - Atk : 15 - Skl : 15 - Spd : 20 - Luck : 15 - Def : 03 - Res : 03 - Sword Level D No supports Because of this I have currently 2 Lyn on the same map. I can't figure why, tho I guess that if that frail Lyndis dies, it's a game over as well XD

[@ninjaexperto7217]

Hey i was just about to comment about this, i also saw this bug. I don´t know witch lyn is the real one. Which lyn do you keep when you finish the map? I don´t want to have all my items on one lyn, and lose them because maybe she dissapears after finishing the map.

[@hiokiryuuhei4714]

@@ninjaexperto7217 the fake one can die, it doesn't matter apparently 😅

[@JustAJosuke]

13:23 "3 extra points of speed" -Rebecca's speed goes from 6 to 11

[@jessepatten6502]

Mangs math

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@jessepatten6502 Isn't it beautiful?

[@holschermarc]

Honestly it made Rebecca really bonkers. Supporting her with Lowen made those two a really good Frontline Clean Up Crew. I think there was almost nothing Rebecca didnt double.

[@MileyMoniqueDove1989]

I think I'm a tad bit late for seeing your channel. I love that there are still people like you who are very much fascinated to retro-original games like the Fire Emblem series. Just subscribed. Hoping for more of this rebalances/balanced patches. I would DEFINITELY play your hacks. SHEEEESH! Love it!

[@icemythic6076]

The FE game I started with so many years ago. It will always be special to me. Glad to see you give it some love. Thanks Mangs!

[@TeeIeh]

Holy crap is this a tough patch! I'm currently on chapter 13 (HM Lyn/HM Hector) with no casualties, but I'm consistently having to reinvent my map strategies. I'm really enjoying the challenge, and I hope I have what it takes to complete it. I'm kind of dreading the Merlinus chapter coming up...what did you do to it, Mangs? Oh God, what did you do to my boy Merlinus.

[@franciscodetonne4797]

FE8 Mangs' Balance Patch coming up next? :o New recruitables are not something I expected, but I like it. Who the hell plays FE7 and doesn't want to recruit Linus or Lloyd? PS. I've been playing around with GBA FEbuilder and it's quite fun. I'm bad at balancing so I want many rounds of testing to make it work.

[@ninjavanish2361]

Could be possible, if we played the rebalance patch to get a Balance Patch for FE8.

[@kelly_times]

massively buffed fomortiis incoming

[@aneeshsrinivas9088]

yeah, and please nerf seth in that balance path.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I agreed to nerf Seth in balance fe8. Reason is two First, i played Ironman in fe8 and it was so easy by making Seth as meat Shield while grinding with him (i never going to tower or what, so it's basically story' mode all the way!) Second, leave Seth fighting everything alone is somewhat odd but he can! Just leave him alone with 20 brigand with Axe while using sword or lance i bet he survive with 20 hp left in player turn. If mangs want to balance fe8 is whether he nerf Seth to be decent paladin or just make the game like hell.🤔

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

Thinks that I think that a FE8 balance patch needs. Eliminate stupid nerfs in the international version like Colm base speed and maybe L'arachel growths. Great knights with 7 move instead of 6 like in others FE. Those leaders that help you should be units. Hayden joins you with Freila legendary weapons at the end of chapter 17, Mansel joins you if you talk with him in chapter 19 and Dara joins you at chapter 20, Caer Pelyn is near the dark forest and it make doesn't sense that the elder wouldn't help to stop a ritual to revive Fomortiis. And now 1 thing that I would like. Now you can recruit Selena in chapter 13 with Myrth (she joins earlier and how she obtains her dragon stone at the end of this chapter it is basically an escort mission now). In Eirika route you can now obtain Ismaire if you complete chapter 14 before a turn limit so you can obtain a wind sword before postgame without having luck against random monsters.

[@horribleatthings4520]

Love the changes overall, though I will say that Matthew not getting buffed when Legault got buffed and Leila got added means he's prob gonna be pretty mid, even if he has massive availability over them both. I'm probably going to use Matthew and Leila, so I guess I'm going to have to feed him power rings. On an unrelated note, Raven not getting buffed when there are so many contenders for hero crests seems a bit off, though i guess you added more promotional items, so I'll see.

[@robintorstengrabski6879]

Raven should get Hard mode bonues to make him better

[@husk_of_yusuke]

After playing around a bit ive realised battas support bonuses are fucking insanity, i have no idea what they actually are but it feels like ive just given bartre and guy a constant triangle attack lol

[@husk_of_yusuke]

Ok ive been told this is something that can often happen when units with no affinities have supports, lol

[@someonecommentingonyoutube2596]

On a bit of a technical level, I believe Leila's Spd growth is 0% due to the fact that FE6 had no promotions and Assassins are largely an invention for Jaffar? I mean, come on. The map sprite and animation are basically his and his alone, and Legault gets special anim rights because of his long hair and even then he still has a unique anim for his Thief appearance so whatever. FE8 kept them to stay on brand and offer new promotion options to Joshua and Marisa. Add this to the fact that she comes with capped Spd by default and she really has no real reason to level her speed more. Think about it the same way Jaffar has a 15% Strength growth despite the fact that his Atk is some of the highest in the game. She wasn't expected to need to level it more because she wasn't even gonna promote. Then Assassin got added and they didn't bother to change her because she didn't even become playable. I'm kind of sad Geitz wasn't mentioned in the video but I presume he's unchanged because he's actually really good? I just feel like he could've gotten a bump now that Dorcas and Bartre are also pretty usable, and so is Wallace, but that's me being nitpicky. The only other thing that bothers me is that Batta has no growths and like... that's it. And I don't care because having playable Batta is by default extremely funny and based.

[@zander2758]

Geitz is actually very good, his offensive stats are better than hawkeyes by quite a margin thanks to hard mode bonuses, just as an example since hawkeye is already considered a good combat unit, geitz has less bulk than hawkeye but he can still enemy phase quite effectively + comes with a B in bows so geitz can use the brave bow at base, bows aren't great by any means but it's still a situational option geitz has that hawkeye doesn't, the reason as to why geitz doean't get much praise is because you have to train your lords extensively to get him which not everyone is going to do, i mean you need a level 16 lord and the other two need to be at 17 by genesis, which is harder than it sounds thanks to hhm exp cut, though since the lords have been buffed in the hack getting geitz in the hard modes doesn't sound like a tedious procedure at least.

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

Like a lot of other people, I've been having an issue with Cog of Destiny softlocking upon the throne being seized. (Playing Hector Hard Mode, but it seems to also happen in Eliwood mode.) I recruited Lloyd, and Vaida never spawned, nor did any reinforcements. I loaded a save state after the softlock and reduced the turn count to 1, but this didn't fix the reinforcement issue, so I think it might be some kind of bug. Another comment mentioned a "load-bearing Wyvern Lord," which I think is referring to the guy with the Spear in the top-right corner of the map, and I...don't really know how that works, but I'm gonna try replaying the chapter and leaving him alive. Either way, it's a pretty big issue, especially since it apparently hinges on the player leaving a rather dangerous enemy alive.

[@HanakkoLove]

Is Lyn actually good now?! No? Well I'm sure people will still make her hecking cute and valid...

[@xdelta6964]

Nah she's still awful 😬

[@ilmischino3255]

Bruh when I played it I remember her being strong, do I remember wrong?

[@herofox12]

@@ilmischino3255same

[@kamdenmadan3289]

@@ilmischino3255 In mangs Successful FE7 Iron man, he did use Lyn for the Fire dragon. So she isn't a Sophia type of unit, she mainly just isn't as good as some other units.

[@fumi4263]

Okay, so he gave a Hero Crest to a thief Spawning in chapter H17/E16, but like he's practically unreachable, he runs away as soon as he spawns, and even if you rush like crazy, it's impossible to steal his item, maybe it's a bit too much

[@LordOfReb3ls]

I managed to grab it using Marcus, Sain, and Kent rush drop matthew. I was lucky I tanked them out in Lyn hard mode so they were Level 10 (Sain) and 11 (Kent) and Marcus was just his OP self. Admittedly I abused quicksave to optimize the route. Was one of the more stressful accomplishments though to be sure.

[@ckrow123]

I got it too using marcus on hhm

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Marcus running full steam ahead with a Javelin and a Vulnerary makes it just in time, and thieves don’t attack for some reason; you can get there, keep trying!

[@codygraver2516]

When does the thief spawn cause I never had one spawn for me

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

@@codygraver2516 the thief should spawn after the first one, it's impossible to get to the spawn before they arrive

[@ElkaPME]

Playable characters that aren't buffed in his hack (by chapter order): Matthew Lucius Nils Marcus Oswin Guy Merlinus Priscilla Raven Canas Ninian Hawkeye Geitz Pent Jaffar Hope you guys have fun with the hack

[@dashack4951]

What about Harken?

[@Zamamikol]

Lucius is buffed by +1 might on light magic though

[@TheOriginalSolicious]

Lyn being called bad at any point surprises me, she was the embodiment of death against enemies for me regardless of the triangle system

[@lenlimbo]

I love Lyn, she's always been a great unit for me and an army killer... but she is inconsistent. When she manages to grow well and have some decent str level ups, she is death incarnate, at least against mooks and cavalry (armored enemies... not always, although the Mani Katti helps), but she IS fragile, so while she will usually evade, the times she doesn't she risks death. Also, technically she is a mix of a sniper and swordmaster, but she lacks the extra crit of a true swordmaster (and even then she manages to be a crit monster), unlike Eliwood, who gets his pony, and Hector, who already had the def of an armor and gets their armor weakness when promoted. So she is weaker than she should be for someone who promises to be your strongest unit in the very first chapter. More base strenght and hp and even more speed makes her more consistent at taking hits, dealing damage and both doubling and avoiding hits, and the extra crit makes her the ultimate mook killer, specially coupled with her already strong Mani Katti. She may even be able to destroy armored units with some consistency. A pity the loss of Sol Katti, instead of fixing it, but looking at IS, they are already making her more of an archer anyway, and I don't doubt even for a moment that, when they release the remake of FE 7, she WILL get the Mulagir. At this point it is almost officially one of her personal weapons, along the Mani Katti and the Sol Katti.

[@ghislainlarocque4415]

If you dont play lyn mode she is bad

[@dcomet7]

that rebecca buff makes her INSANE, she can even double with ballistas sometimes

[@LavaCaptain-yf6iu]

13:23 I’ve given Rebecca 3 extra Points of base speed *Rebecca Speed goes from 6 to 11* *Rebecca gets +2 Strength* Me: O_o

[@scorch1250]

and +2 to strength definitely mangs math

[@Mangs1337]

I was never good at math.

[@anrandomlenna]

@@Mangs1337 mangs mathematic

[@NicoTheCinderace]

@@Mangs1337 Mangs Math strikes again.

[@professorpantherhardraad3921]

No weather?! Unplayable! How are my Nomads supposed to prove their mounted superiority now?!

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

*Nomad. This ain't Fe6, lol.

[@andrewhodson4836]

Through better forest movement

[@XO_Hikari]

I actually love the changes you made to this. I haven't played FE7 in about a year, but I'm actually excited to play this.

[@YuryVVV]

Huh, so no buffs on Matthew? His strength stat could use a couple extra points, if nothing else. (Also, the Silver Sword Hero from CoD is not recruitable, 0/10 bad patch).

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

...I find it amusing that Erk's height is buffed in his Unit Avatar. The Egg made Erk taller. 10/10, the buffs we need. EDIT-- Okay, he mentioned that he raised a bunch of them. Nice, nice.

[@biscuit8138]

Playing EHM, Cog of Destiny freezes after killing all enemies, and I can't progress further.

[@Kohchu]

While it does make sense that Lloyd is recruit able, since he always felt like a character who was on the fence about his side; I can't say the same for Linus. From a gameplay stand point, it makes sense to have both so no matter which mission you pick, you can recruit the other. But from a logic standpoint, it kinda destroys their character's character. Lloyd is a loyal Swordmaster, who fights for justice and believes the Black Fang is in the right. If spoken to by Nino in that chapter, he will apologize to her that he can't change his course, and then make a beeline for your forces... but will ignore Nino. Linus on the other hand has no sense of justice. He kills because he's good at it, and he wants too. And he despises Eliwood and Hector for defeating Lloyd in the event you fight him first. Even if Nino speaks to him, his rage has overtaken him, and unlike Lloyd, he will openly attack her after the conversation. Technically speaking, I feel that it would've made more sense to have Lloyd and Linus both appear in Cog of Destiny, and to recruit them; you need Nino to recruit Lloyd, and then Lloyd to recruit Linus. I know this technically makes it feel like you didn't kill whichever brother you faced before, but that could be handwaved by adjusting the cutscene to imply they retreated before being killed... it implies you only wounded them, and they went to warn the other brother so they could properly prepare for a large battle. Plus, having to fight 2 Super Strong bosses if you didn't bring Nino would make this chapter really hard. If you wanted to make the fight harder; you could have Lloyd in the tower where the brothers originally waited, and have Linus out on the field, and programmed to attack any enemy unit in sight. So you'll have to escort Nino to Lloyd and then escort Lloyd to Linus... but, I imagine this would be difficult to add to the game.

[@nightshade6997]

Good idea actually

[@AntiFreeze202]

In the base game, the player never kills them in Four Fanged Offense, though. Lloyd/Linus DOES retreat at the end of the chapter, then Limstella kills them. But that cutscene could be removed/moved to later in the game IF you do not recruit them.

[@Kohchu]

@@AntiFreeze202 I must've missed that. Still, I wouldn't expect you to recruit them in Four Fanged Offense, because it would make no sense to recruit Linus there either, and that would force the player to want to get the Lloyd version as a chance to recruit him; which punishes them for not doing that. I do think it would make most sense in a modded version, to have them give the brother who lost a second chance, and thats why they show up together in Cog of Destiny to make amends, in theory. This way, it's clear they are even more on the fence, since if they fail again; they are likely to be killed.

[@JetblackJay]

fe5 balance patch so Leif has horses or at least other weapons

[@thomaskitsune4726]

Exactly.

[@Treasure_hunter_21]

Horse and bow would be nice. Or a spear as well. Bows still be better cause indoor maps unless Mangs will allow horses in this maps. But then whole mechanic of mounting would be useless.

[@ninenineninenine407]

Unnecessary. Leif is already great.

[@gamermanzeake]

I truly believe Leif should be a Master Knight upon promotion in FE5. Missed opportunity, and one I hope they fix in a potential remake!

[@mauricesteel4995]

Leif in Fe5 goes from Lord > Prince, and then in FE4 goes from Prince> Master Knight.

[@portalguy2246]

I kinda wished you didn’t give Renault as much magic as you did, I like how they purposely made him bad with magic considering he hasn’t been a priest for very long

[@autonomousalt6461]

Little disappointed that there's no Matthew buff since I always felt there was no incentive to use him after recruiting a better Thief, but this rebalance looks pretty fun overall! I'll definitely give it a try.

[@NicoTheCinderace]

Lelia has no speed growth, so you actually have an incentive to use Matthew.

[@autonomousalt6461]

@@NicoTheCinderace Legault and Jaffar exist, too. Leila isn't the only competition for that thief slot.

[@brenogoda388]

@@autonomousalt6461 honestly with Leila being playable, she’s probably the only one I’d use. Those stats and growth rates are amazing.

[@adalvarthepeaceful]

@@brenogoda388 Except that her biggest growth rate is in strength (70%), which stays at 20 max even after promoting, so it's kinda wasted. The only caps that grow when promoting thieves to assassins is Skill and Speed ones, but since Leila has 0% Speed growth, she'll effectively be gimped in long run once you start reaching the final chapters. Victory or Death had umpromoted Monks that have capped stats matching her in Strength/Speed/Res. Fergus is another case...he's decently strong, has high HP, and he's a Berserker, but come on a level 18 Zerker with stats that low? Atleast give him a + 3 in Strength/Skill/Speed, so he actually look and feel like an endgame Zerker.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Legault isn’t nearly cool or charismatic as Matthew

[@Thunder_Mage]

I know Lucius & Canas are solid units but I'm not sure if they're so incredible at base that they warrant no buffs at all.

[@justinmorrell3446]

He did buff light magic, and with athos not using dark magic, Canas is the only Luna user against 3 dragons. So they still get some use.

[@OriginalRaisins]

Canas at base or at base + promotion practically onerounds everything in the game on hhm. He's pretty strong. Lucius is kind of weak but not the worst character in the game by a long shot.

[@aetherius6221]

@@OriginalRaisins he did my waifu Lucy so dirty bro

[@catman9222]

@@OriginalRaisins Canas at base > Dragon. Seems legit.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

My Lucius has become a solid monster, he’s fine lol

[@Uzaho2]

Bruhhhhhh. I went to speed past a "certain" part of the game (leaving it unknown for others to discover) and the text that I read was just so wildly written by a 12 year old but it was actually hilarious. I came back a few times to this video so I'll just leave a few details that I had to read the comments for: Do not kill the Wyvern Lord in Cog of Fate in the top right corner of the map. Arenas do not grant exp to make the game more challenging (no save scumming to level up your units, defeating the hard mode) If you steal majority/all the extra promo items, you won't be able to use them all so you can sell them for funds.

[@soulhoney1227]

Honestly serra need +1 con she get's weight down by lighting

[@ploppman7524]

My best guess for Leila's speed, or lack thereof, is that growths and bases are made by different people. The growth person saw her capped speed and was under the impression thieves can't promote like in FE6 and left it at that. Maybe some guilt about a shoddy job was dealt with when they realised that she wasn't going to be recruitable anyway.

[@Kralex121]

I know Heroes made the Mulagir Lyn's unofficial main weapon, but am I the only one that's sad about no buffed Sol Katti?

[@crimsonghost1840]

I have been bored out of my mind these days, you have just saved me from my boredom

[@thegrandtemslayr1384]

Just completed Lyn hard mode of this patch. Prologue and Chapter 1: So... First of all, screw you Mangs and the free use of effective weaponry on enemies. Which gets me to the point that it doesn't make a lot of sense that on the second chapter we get a guy with a halberd even though the boss of the chapter and his lackeys weren't expecting to go up against knights. Chapter 2: With Glass, the longsword really punished me for my usual strategy of cheesing stuff with Sain, had to mano a mano with Lyn, who in this run only got +2 strength out out 9 levels throughout the entire run. Not a single point gained up to this point though. Chapter 3: On the topic of archers, against the soldiers and of the slower bandits, Wil was a pretty good and Farina's Slim lance had a lot of potential that was put to the test. I will admit that the boss moving caught me by surprise and almost got me killed. Chapter 4: ok, this time I can say that halberd was well placed and by God did I pay the price of it being there. Took a couple of resets, but I managed to power though thanks to Sain being the MVP he always is during my playthroughs, also the droppable steel sword was pretty nice, Kent really needed something to be able to damage consistently. Wil is still pretty good and Farina put that 20 crit slim lance of hers in the service of slaughtering the mercenaries that kept popping up from the ground or something, I always skipped the reinforcement animation so Idk. Maní Katti was pretty neat and was the sole reason I landed the killing blow on the boss of that chapter. Chapter 5:Nothing special about the chapter that followed, bit harder and the enemy archers are way more annoying but bearable. Boss was bitch to kill though. Serra heals more and feels more reliable, Erk is still Erk though. Chapter 6: Effective damage is truly OP and Rath with 25 crit is even more so. Had to resist the urge of just using Rath and killing all those stupid enemies. Matthew is still Matthew. Chapter 7: Lucius MVP of this chapter, there are a few enemies that I imagine were there to counter him, but the AI has been kind of wonky since the beginning and they all just move to the higher concentration of enemies. The Nosferatu tome is a dick move that can't beat the power of a crit clutch, side quest ensued. Nils is a good lad. Chapter 7x: You win Mangs, you win. You made use a pure water in a strategic way for the first time ever, during fucking Lyn mode. Also poison deals a scary amount of damage, found out the hard way. Rath is still OP and Wil carried me against enemies. I didn't mention it before, but Dorcas with Hard mode bonuses has made him into a beast. Stole the enemy thieve's lockpick and had to stall for a it because I forgot to take the hammer from the chest with Matthew. Thankfully, the only enemy left at that point was the dark mage. Who attacked Kent (who had 4 base res at this point) that had pure water's effect on him. Yeah, fun. For me. Chapter 8: These hit rates are wonky as fuck too! Not to mention my luck sucked and I somehow managed to miss a 80's and 70's in a few occasions, Rath is still pretty OP and Wil just deals a ton of damage but no doubles. Effective damage is stupid fun when on your side. Chapter 9: Killed everything on the map, Torch was unused. Dorcas, Rath, Wil and Sain were best Bois so far. The boss died to Lyn's Mani Katti due to him starting the chapter with the hand axe equipped. Chapter 10: I did not miss the weather in the slightest. Was the music changed? The theme for Lyndis's Legion is different than before. The Promoted Units scared the life out of me, and 50% hit rate was the best I could get against the Sniper. The Hero's AI may be faulty though, he just stood there as Sain chipped away at his HP with a javelin. Lungdren was terrifying and had it not been for a crit and the usage of stat boosters on Lyn, I would have gotten my ass handed to me by Lungdren himself. Overall: the early parts are the hardest since there's a lot of effective weapons going around, but afterwards... They kinda just start disappearing I guess? One or 3 reaver weapons just makes things easier in my opinion. The AI looks scary on paper, but they are kinda stupid on practice; they'll go for the weakest guy on the team and then not attack the character that is the lowest on HP, or at least that's what it looked like to me. I got pretty damn lucky and unlucky with the RnG, so my party is kind of stat screwed with the exception of Sain who I'm planning to give a support with whoever gets the best level ups this time around. Played a bit of chapter 11 of Eliwood hard mode too. Har-Har Mangs, the boss exactly on shots Rebecca with hand axe, very funny, 100% laughed when I she dodged and killed him. So much for anti turtling. Hope the Arena I'm planning to abuse isn't ready to screw me either. Update: 18/11/2021, I have managed to get through a bunch chapters in Eliwood Hard Mode. Chapter 12: Lowen is getting benched cause even defense can't make him good in my eyes. Rebecca is getting paired up with Sain cause those level ups don't lie. Chapter 13: Huh, Guy is farther away than before, so it's easier to recruit him now, and the enemies are all just fodder to kill, Guy was pretty neat to use. 3x effective damage ended the boss and Rebecca bow is about to break. Met Merlinus, times save his butt. Chapter 13x: HOLY SAINT ELIMINE, MERLINUS _MOVED_?! I did not expect that, pretty neat of him, had to rescue his butt either way. Lowen saved the village from the bandits, and again the AI is smart for objectives but pretty damn dumb at picking targets or having priorities. Dorcas hits a lot of sword users, somehow, Rebecca's broke and Marcus almost died to Super Puzon, like the f were those stats. Also, all snags got broken by the bandits, for some reason. Chapter 14: Erk is good now? He's one rounding the caveliers, so I guess that's good. Hector finally shined for a bit. You can also recruit Priscilla without Erk now? The duck? Convenient but weird. Pris was MVP with her healing, Serra's getting benched. Taking the boss Silver Lance from him kind of made him a pushover Mangs, that horseslayer is just more trouble for him than its worth. Chapter 15: Batta is free hand axe, Sain and Kents are back on the fray and Lyn is here to bring pain with her Mani Katti. Support time too! Batta just got dumped for his hand axe though, don't wanna make any crackship around these parts. Grinded on the boss till Rebecca and Sain had the same level of 13. Felt right. Priscilla got a bunch of levels out of it too. Wil is till pretty neat. Chapter 16: A stealable Knight's Crest? Really? Choked the reinforcements with the Dorcas and Hector, it was good idea. Raven started as red unit though, so it was only the cuts ene that ensued that prevented him from killing everything on that cell. Raven is cool too with them hard mode bonuses. Broke the wall with Lucius and got his magic rank to C. Grinded on the general by making Sain into a flesh wall and healed with Pris, Grinded a bunch of supports too: Kent x Lyn, Mathew and Hector, Priscilla and Raven, Priscilla x Lucius and Rebecca and Sain are on chapter away from having an A support with each other. Rebecca got a C support with Raven cause Hypocrisy is kind of effective for war efforts. Arena tome next! Chapter 16x: Is the RnG tampered or something? I've survived some pretty stupid odds by now but this chapter was bullshit, Eliwood was hanging by a thread yet he managed to survive. Got canas, h ain't doing much for now though. Cleared the map, didn't bring a Healer so I just played int arena for a few rounds and then cleared the chapter. Chapter 17: Ah, stealeble Earth Seal, I was hoping to becnh Matthew this time but oh well. Support effects won the day and the devil axe that I obtained in the previous chapter helped me demolish the boss on the last turn. Felt like there were one too many reinforcements at the end though, they just clogged up the screen. Got some throwing weapons while I was at it, and a the other droppables too, I think yer mocking me for falling into the lvl 20 pitfall, but I'm willing to go down on that one. Chapter 18: Sain, Kent and Lyn were the MVPs, everyone else just Grinded exp on the reinforcements from the sea. A droppables lightning tome was generous and Uhai held a nice item which dexterous thieves took from his poach while he got dunked on by the power of Lyn with crit juice known as "having an affair". Did it all quickly so we are off to pluck the silver wings off a Black Owl.

[@d1sciple123]

Mangs: no support convo between Leila and Matthew Me: why? Why? Why must Matthew suffer so? All jokes aside beautiful work Mangs, loved the fe6 rebalance so far and I can already tell ill love this too. Looking forward to using Leila. I’m curious, did you not change Harken and Pent? (Not that they need it)

[@jpragata017]

Batta. Yes you can recruit him now. Yay. And finally Fargus is usable. The changes are great. 3x effective damage is making archers great or decent. And yay it didnt make sense why lloyd and Linus were not recruitable. Now they can be playable yay. Thanks Mangs.

[@sarasaland4709]

A couple enemies are completely useless. A pirate in Chapter 8x has a Killer Axe that he can’t use. He has D Rank and the Killer Axe requires C. And in Chapter 11xx, two Sages have Steel Lances. Which they obviously can’t use.

[@Danielsyulyukov]

Bro when i played this patch i did. Ot expect will to double a brigand and do 16 damage each time. 10/10 you just made my few favorite characters even more awesome.

[@DiogoJ1]

On the matter of Lyn mode giving more experience due to higher density of enemies. You can decrease enemy level while at the same time increase their stats. This reduces experience gained, so that's hardly an issue.

[@Tenkuuha-xh4kp]

You had me at 'Recruit Leila, Lloyd, or Linus'.

[@GenoGar]

I'd love to watch a casual LP (or Ironman) of this balance patch, with or without a co-commentator.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I also think to make video about it when i finish my university but who know...

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

"A taste of his own medicine", as they say.

[@ethandorrian8779]

This was a solid Hack, "cog of destiny" was much improved along with "sands of time "and "victory or death" however, something must of went wrong and I ended up being given an extra Lyn on victory or death. using her on this chapter and the gaiden chapter befor the final chapter meant that it's possible to have 6 units that can use legendary weapons to take down nergal and the D's which resulted in cheesing the last chapter. all in all a solid balance patch with a great end game

[@NK-bh3ns]

Which emulator did you use. My cog of destiny is chapter is stuck after defeating all enemies. Did yours too?

[@cleverfool2720]

​@@NK-bh3nsglad to see I'm not the only one ;(

[@peterdeter6343]

There is a mistake in Chapter 19xx: The two Wyvernriders near Teodor were changed to Sages, but they still have an steel lance and a javelin as equipment, so they can´t do anything. Maybe this should be changed. Plus, two thieves in the northern corridor dont have lockpicks or keys and dont do anything, even if they could escape, attack or steal something.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

S h h h h h It’s hard enough

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

I just landed on the Dread Isle in Eliwood Mode (with Lyn Mode) on Normal. For some reason, the Badon arena(and presumably all arenas), they don't give exp.

[@SamB4Sanity]

Yeah, arenas don't give exp. I used them to grind some gold and a little weapon rank on a unit or 2.

[@sdj8413]

Does anyone know why the arenas don't give exp? It's bugging me

[@franbh94]

I know Karel is worse than Harken, his bonuses and his goddamn Hero Sword. But still, I will choose my edgy boi every day of the week.

[@chriswalter5204]

Aw, I guess I’m the only one who kinda liked the sol katti. You could have just buffed it like the other two but the bow seems cool too

[@proudherouser4069]

Sol Katti was never bad. The reason why people don’t like it or say it sucks is because Lyn has a terrible constitution, causing the Sol Katti to slow her down a lot.

[@akaneriyun4774]

@@proudherouser4069 uhh a weapon that has 14 weight? The Steel Blade has 14 weight too man and it even has one less might than the Sol Katti. It's also more available than Lyn's personal weapon soo... Lyn's boob bounce compensates for its terrible stats I guess?

[@Mangs1337]

@@akaneriyun4774 I've actually added her boob bounce to the mani katti now (only when she's promoted though)

[@akaneriyun4774]

@@Mangs1337 oh wow the Egg thought ahead! Thanks! 😀

[@proudherouser4069]

@@akaneriyun4774 the Sol Katti is just for killing the dragon, which is does. you can compare it to Iron or Steel Blades as much as you want, but at the end of the day: the Sol Katti can *reasonably* kill the Dragon and Steel Blades cannot, or at least, not without much difficulty.

[@IAARPOTI]

Giving lyn a buff makes her super fun to play. I reached her level 16 on her main campaign. She is so fun to use with matti with x3 damage effective.

[@ShiroiKiba]

As excited as I was to see a character sharing my name, Heath has definitely always been underwhelming. Wyvern Riders generally being weak against magic always made Pegasi strictly the better Delphi candidate. Glad to see him get some more viability. Don't really know that Lowen needed a DEF buff; a slight RES buff would turn that dude into a wall. Enemies must be particularly devilish for Nino to get such gnarly buffs; I always saw her as a frail little girl that needed protection at the beginning. Her journey to self-sufficience (overnight in Night of Farewells lol) was always one of my favorite narratives. It sucks a little that Matthew didn't get much in the way of buffs; he could desperately use some STR, especially when you put his stats side-by-side with the titan that is Leila. HOWEVER, Matthew and Leila both having Wind Affinity is going to be hilarious. Matthew/Leila A Rank Support Assassins is the new meta, calling it now lol. Super excited for Lloyd/Linus recruitment! Only problem is it comes down to Wallace/Linus or Geitz/Lloyd. The latter is better overall, but the former gives you another Hero with Hard Mode bonuses (before you even consider Raven with his bonuses). And I'm taking the Hero every time. Any buffs to Karla will always be purely cosmetic to me, the most valuable part of her was, is, and always will be her sword. Although, it is nice that it's easier to get said sword now lol. Speaking of swords, hopefully there's 1 or 2 more Light Brands to be found; it's not really a necessity, but going to the far end of Nabata sands or making sure you get the Jerme version of Pale Flower of Darkness are fairly tedious. I have small nitpicks here and there (Lyn getting Muraglis is certainly not one of them, great call and creative solution to the Sol Katti problem), but overall, great job Mangs! I might run Raven/Harken/Lloyd/Matthew/Leila/Jaffar (and possibly Legault, pending the number of Hero Crests) strictly for the Light Brand, the memes, and most importantly the chaos. Probably throw Nino in there for all of the Black Fang connections. Would love to see you Ironman your own creation, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Whatever you do, I hope you continue to be well!

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

Glad I share a name with what most regard as one of the best in Magvel. Joshua.

[@IccPokemon]

Can't wait to Play this and upload it ! Going to have to train Lyn Once again This shouldn't be too bad . Lyn is a good unit just give her all the stat boosters lol.

[@javxion6576]

You added a finale for Matthew and Leila 🥺❤

[@studs9796]

I think it would be cool if sword users had good 1-2 range on a similar level to hand axes/javelins since there still seems that there will be a lot of action on enemy phase

[@dalequincy7634]

I got to victory or death on Eliwood hard mode and the game deployed a second Lyn. said lyn was level 20 with a 4th heaven seal.

[@Elyseon]

So she cleaved through reality to even the odds?

[@Zamamikol]

So I just beat this and here are my thougts: •Hector hard mode, all gaiden chapters done (I did need to cheese the first kushina kill with savestates bc f that), DID NOT DO AN IRONMAN •Overall, pretty solid, many chapters pose a real challenge and make you think on what weapons to use a LOT. I've never had to use so many reaver weapons out of necessity and really manage their uses. The use of enemies with reaver weapons everywhere also ups the difficulty by a lot, especially on Heath's recruit chapter. •The difficulty is there and I had to use out of the box strategies with the Light Runes and Rescue staff, things I never needed to use just to clear a chapter casually. This really tests you imo. Solid. •The early promoted enemies, especially warriors that hit insanely hard, is a good addition for challenge, although a lot of the times the random paladin has little to no extra stats over cavaliers, mainly some extra hp making them not really scary. •There were some instances of enemies that were clearly changed in class, but not their inventory, having enemies with unusable weapons. This made one chapter easier (can't recall which one but there was a swordmaster with no weapon) and chapter 19xx was also made a tiny bit easier bc of this. •In terms of unit changes, the Serra magic buff is extremely good and makes her viable. At the point I recruited Priscilla, my Serra was able to get promoted and had good overall stats, which before would had been mediocre magic, as well as benefiting from Light magic extra attack. As such, an early promotion for Serra makes her extremely strong for early to mid game, and falls off a bit for endgame. •Farina being prepromoted is nice, but there is so much more experience available in HHM and with the promoted extra enemies that by this point her stats felt really weak and was just usable for supports, as enemies were starting to get strong and she was very outclassed by the rest of my units. I think not promoting her and having her have an easier time leveling up might be better imo. •Lyn changes made her highly consistent and the crit bonus makes her actually good. Lyn good, Lyn strong. •Eliwood still sucks. •Hector is still good, the hit is needed for HHM, but overall he can still get stat screwed easily and is balanced. His extra move was just great quality of life overall. •My Lowen and Sain got stat screwed, while my Kent was insanely good, getting 22+ stats overall even though a promotion at around lvl 14. •Erk still kinda sucked not gonna lie, could not be bothered •Florina amazing, Florina good, Florina carries a LOT. •I went with Bartre as my axe user bc I wanted Karla, and damn he is good, that speed just helps him not get doubled and with full supports that give him avoid he is a monster. •Fiora was good and in par with Florina, but I misplayed and killed her, to which I accepted her death In Dragon's Gate, but she seemed really good. •Legault was really really good, I always wanted to use him and this just made him good (plus chapter 32x just netted him lvl 20 assassin) •Isadora's buffs just makes her usable to kill something in her joining chapter, but overall still not good. •I found Heath to be a bit low on stats at the point (speed) but he is definitely usable, I just didn't bother. •Rath is a monster with the buffed bows and definitely must be used. He single handedly dealed with Nergal with Reinfleche. SHORT BOWS SHOULD BE NERFED. •Extra promotion items makes it so you can actually afford all the weapons you will need (trust me you want a lot of reaver weapons). •Pent is really really good. •I got Harken, and he is a beast, but opted to still use Raven because of Bartre supports. Dunno about Karel. •Nino was easy to level up and the buffs made her a monster, to the point I didn't need to dump extra extra experience into her to have her be really good and she is definitely the best anima mage together with Athos. •Karla was fun to use in Berserker Hell (32x) and I'm happy with her. Also devil axes are very very very scary and powerful that super high hit is spooky. •Renault is a nice unit to use if you are low on magic users/healers. BUT HE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH ON VICTORY OR DEATH. ALL ENEMIES ARE SWOLE AF AND WILL KILL YOU. I had to replay that chapter a ton to recruit him, then not use, sacrificicing Kent in the process. But to be fair, Kent's sacrifice was more due to the chapter being insanely hard. •Leila is funny to use and is very strong her joining chapter. •My Raven sucked even after a level 18 promotion, even with HHM bonuses, go figure. I also killed Vaida as an enemy the first chapter, as I forgot that makes her not recruitable, thus having no opinion on her. On the other hand, Linus kinda sucks and Lloyd is who you want, definitely. •3x effectiveness on bows was highly necessary for this patch, because of the extra wyvern lords with capped stats in later chapters. Thanks for that lmao. •Finally, endgame. All of endgame is insanely hard. Enemies with capped stats everywhere. Valkyries in forts are impossible to hit. Warriors that hit for a ton with silver axes and almost 70 HP. Reinforcements everywhere and capped magic users everywhere. Damn I suffered. Fargus was a necessity, and for some reason you get an extra Lyn (!?) that also comes very in handy for dealing with wyverns. •The final chapter is very very hard, with extra enemies, all of them capped. I had to rely on the Sleep Staves to save me (Maybe berserk would have worked too), and trapping Uhai and Denning with a Light Rune (which came with Renault and is why I was dead set on getting him) while I cleared the rest. Lyn's Mulagir really makes this chapter more doable, in the end I had to rush Nergal before I got killed by the remaining units. •The 3 dragons that move final bosses look pretty insane, especially with those insanely high defenses. This makes it so that only Athos, Lyn, Hector, and Eliwood can realistically do damage. Nevertheless, having Lyn with +Attack from Nils hit on the first enemy phase as well as Athos on the other dragon makes it so that you can finish up those two dragons next turn with Lyn and Hector, then Fortify with Athos, heal Athos with somebody else (Nino in this case, who died bc I did not unequip Bolting, woops), tank the third dragon and then get rid of the third dragon the third turn. In other words, I just found it possible entirely off of Lyn having Mulagir. Maybe a higher level Canas can achieve the same, but mine was promoted at around level 16 and got speed screwed, so even as a level 11 druid he could not double with Luna. Overall, I had a ton of fun with it and especially with mid-end game that made me think a lot. I loved more units being viable and would highly recommend it. By the end, I did feel Hector fall off though, which is a shame. My carries overall were Serra (early to mid game), Kent (until Victory or Death, even with no supports) Florina, and Bartre (something I never imagined saying). Honourable mention goes to Nino for endgame, Athos being a good Fortify user, and Lyn for the final ~4 chapters. Edit: typos+some grammar

[@erichzannbusoumuzan]

Didn't finish it the first time I played, but with the balance patch, I'm having a second run. Thank you, Mangs, for reigniting my interest in FE!

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

This a really neat twist for someone who wants to enjoy the game again but doesn´t feel like doing some of the usual challenges!

[@arcturus64]

13:23 'I've given rebecca 3 base points of speed' *Rebecca's speed goes from 6 to 11* Classic Mangs Math

[@atumegaenter9139]

leila should have 19 speed so the player would can see that she never gets speed for some reason, and they no gonna gave her speed wings because she is only one point away for capping

[@sarasaland4709]

Um… how are you supposed to steal the Hero Crest in Raven’s chapter? The Thief leaves on turn 6. There’s no time to rush over and take his acres when he immediately just leaves.

[@jackramsey8240]

Hi guys, in the video where mangs said that at the end of cog of destiny that the heaven seal event can be a little bit glitchy, im encountering a bug before that. I recruited lloyd and after i did that i went and left the wyverns down at the southeast and killed them as my last enemy to beat the chapter and then the athos cutscene never even happened for me. i tried changing the unit i killed last to see if that would effect it but that didnt help, next im going to try not recruiting lloyd. Does anyone have any suggestions for this bug?

[@enzoponce1881]

Mangs: No suport convos with the new characters Me with my crappy editting skills in FEBuild: Fine, i'll do it myself

[@Seloliva1015]

I just finished Eliwood hard mode on this hack, and it was the first Fire Emblem I ever finished! By the end I has abusing a little bit the emulator save states becouse I did not have the levels I needed and I didn't want anyone to die (specially on chapter 30, it was almost imposible even with save states), but it was amazing regardles. I didn't even watch the whole video of changes before playing so knowing that there was originally only ONE fire dragon at the end almost killed me, that ending was so hype and hard, but possible, Jaffar survived with one HP a dragon hit and Lyn carried (I was also surprised that she didn't get a bow on the original, it felt different and cool). So thank you so much for yhe patch!

[@enigmatic2878]

Been a while since I last touched an FE game. But this is great! I like how you included what the characters are to know what kind of stats you give them. A big example is Nino. I've seen quite a few rants from other players wishing she was bulkier. Of course, thatdoesn't make sense for a little kid who trains magic instead of physical attacks. Claps to you

[@VestigeSmash21]

mangs: I Made a Fire Emblem 7 Balance Patch me: oooh I will watch this video with great interest

[@youvegotmailed]

Ive been playing this and using Dorcas, he is now a favorite of mine

[@MorikawaMelodies]

It'll never be as good as the balancing in Rev though...

[@UnlimitedMrX]

Rev Nyx is a masterclass in unit design and game balance.

[@Frank_144]

What are you talking about

[@onwithmarie6769]

@@Frank_144 In Rev, Nyx joins at level 7 as a dark mage when the average enemy level is about 15. In the same map, you get Shura, a prepromoted Adventurer at level 10. I think this is pretty telltale.

[@Broockle]

Never in my life have I felt drawn to the Fire Emblem Series.... but I guess I'll play this mod now xD

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

The Egg Patch, as I and many others would call it.

[@Broockle]

@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607 I just beat chapter 10 on hard... I basically never retained a single character for more than 2 missions (most died in just 1) until I got Rath and Mathew. Lucius stuck around for a little while but when her lightning ran out and I realised she can't use fire or thunder that I bought for her she quickly died too xD Nils and Wallace then joined and I had a full group until the end. I wish the game told you that these characters never come back when they die in combat. I spent half the game wondering why they can't come back xD

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@Broockle uh... Lucius...is a he.

[@Broockle]

@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607 o ok, mb

[@boomerangfishcb]

I was so excited to see Batta- but then very sad about his growths. I hollered when he came on screen (Brigand crit) but then got hit with the Top 10 Anime Betrayals. Still pretty hyped to try this!

[@claytonweyl4135]

Will play this for strong Wallace one of these days.

[@Jprime777]

That Leila Assassin sprite is dope, she's going in my army for just that. Guess I'm going to be dumping my Speedwings into a unit that caps at 20 STR next run lol

[@4bluekitty]

You have restored my faith in humainty with Leila. Literally I remember being super....SUPER depressed in the original playthrough...Thank you.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

That's the point though! Fire Emblem is not all sunshine and rainbows.

[@axelfighter15]

As a huge Fire Emblem fan, I think this'll be great to play! I should also record some gameplay. I'll make sure to give you a shoutout during the series. Be on the lookout

[@lennyface5314]

Dorcas getting Hard Mode bonuses. This is all I needed in life.

[@pizzapersona9320]

I can't seem to trigger any supports, lowen and rebecca have been standing next to each other for over 50 turns and still nothing

[@NecroVulture]

So I have been going at this rebalance for a while and was determined to make Batta the MVP. Suffice to say, Nergal found out the hard way, he could not stand up to Batta the Beast. Amazingly fun and pretty challenging rebalance! Also love the new Soldier, Knight and other graphics. Thanks for the patch, it was a lot of fun!

[@surehit2496]

YOOOO Playable Linus and the Nino buffs are super hype! Thank you for the Hack, I might test it out for fun (and use Will bc he good now)

[@MrWumbologist]

I'm going absolutely feral for playable Laila and new Louise animation

[@HitsujiMamoru]

THAT is the kind of changes and extras I would expect from a remake. Good job Mangs, this looks great!

[@Juanpa29]

I have been playing this hack for a while, it's been amazing how the experience changed after so many years of not playing, like rediscovering the game. I arrived to the cog of destiny chapter, and in the last patch done by Areku the reinforcements doesn't work, so I can't recruit Vaida

[@PyrelordPazuzu]

I just reached Victory or Death on Hector Hard mode, and for some reason a level 20 Lord Lyn shows up with a Heaven seal. I thought the game bugged and demoted my Blade Lord Lyn, but it's just a doppelganger

[@markberghel275]

Buffs on Nino and Karla make me very happy indeed (the former I already like using, the latter... eh, I guess it's something). And of course Lyn getting a crit bonus made me go "YES YES YES YES YES" because it's the one thing she's missing that I wanted. oh yeah and i guess you can recruit batta that's kinda cool--oh, who am I kidding? I'm definitely giving this a try.

[@MP-tw4fc]

Dope patch. More experience gain for staff users would have been a welcome change as well!

[@MP-tw4fc]

Okay it’s not so dope , lol. Bows +2 is one too high, poison damage does too much, and Lyn’s hard mode makes those characters Uber strong with all the exp. Fun patch, but it’s more of a one off play through than a definitive version of the game.

[@adalvarthepeaceful]

@@MP-tw4fc Uber strong? Dorcas, Erk, Wil and Matthew still become obsolete once you leave Lyn mode, against units like Raven/Geitz, Nino/Pent, Louise/Rath/Lyn and Legault/Leila. Lucius now faces the same issue, because he's now competing against a buffed Serra/Renault while facing higher enemy crit rates and general physical damage. The Cavs are still inconsistent for prolonged use...out of the 3 Kent is the one with the most potential, if he doesn't get STR screwed. From Lyn mode, the ones that actually came out on top were Rath, Wallace, Serra and Lyn herself and maybe Kent if he's lucky with a few levels. And even with the bow buffs and specific unit buffs, archers not named Rath or Lyn now are still bad. Wil's bases are still very poor and Rebecca is prone to not gain any STR, so she'll be hitting for peanuts. Louise can be very good but you need to keep her and Pent glued together at all times. Poison damage is that bad, outside of the Leila recruitment map, due to FOW enemies with poison weapons. If anything, the biggest sin Mengs commited was removing Athos' Dark weapon rank and not buffing Canas. But that is something that Afa's Drops and an Energy Ring can remedy somewhat.

[@gamermusiclover8883]

Played through Lyn's story and a couple of Hector's chapters (Hard mode) and I'm having a blast! Highly recommend if you're someone who thinks that hard mode can be a bit to easy. Enemy placements and change of weapons make you actually have to think about placement!

[@Zabes10]

Question what emulador did you used? since I don't know a lot about emulation

[@gamermusiclover8883]

@@Zabes10 Hacked 3ds that coverts GBA files to Cias. But if you're going to use a phone I suggest (for Android) my boy. For a laptop I would suggest mGBA. If you have a apple phone I don't really know of anything for you to use as Apple is pretty strick with their apps when it comes to emulators. But yeah Android or Windows laptop/computer I would recommend those apps.

[@Zabes10]

@@gamermusiclover8883 ok thanks