Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 10h(at the altar) you're like the free dlc that fixes the basegame that is my life 010
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 20h"cai is MEANT to be on an ornius why is there no class for it!!!" brother the point is that he grows past them and can't go back to who he was before. yes there is narrative purpose to the ornius but not the one you ascribe to it. i wish we had a master class on ornius too but cai has a flying bane 010
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 20hanother really funny thing is people being mad about the class options like we don't have a lot of cool and interesting classes (it's mostly people being mad about cai's progression and the divine classes not being prfs for the lords) 110
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 10/10/2026something i've noticed in fortune's weave discussion is that people want every class to one-round every enemy and it leads to fascinating stuff like people calling catania and nuzzuo bad units 020
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 08/10/2026awakening's biggest crime that people don't talk about is starting the trend of pretending dancers are combat units 021
Reposted by Ellenonaa🌸🌙 @kofutofuu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026[ #fefw ] recently finished cai part 1 ! 💎 2645271
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 07/10/2026crazy how it's not much of a stretch to say that eshmel can be the first transgender FE protagonist because the prologue states they designed their new body personally 000
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 06/10/2026no one asked for it but here's my definitive unit tier list for fortune's weave (marked as sensitive because it does include part 2 and 3 recruits). i think several of the worst units would be immensely helped by the sublords getting routes of their own. ursula goes up a tier if you use her passive. 000
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 05/10/2026issue is blacksmith doesn't really want to Go into anything after that. i did make my yang jie a war monk bc it was fitting though. 100
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 05/10/2026blacksmith yang jie on a future run... is the physic loss worth it 100
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i think people who dislike the sothisverse have nothing to be worried about because fire emblem is always changing and developing. they generally don't stick to the same formula for very long, and i'm confident future games will be completely different from this one. 020
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026friends of mine know i'm not too fond of engage but if engage was an anniversary title celebrating the series' history, fortune's weave is the title celebrating how the series has grown and changed over time. 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026you play fortune's weave and you think it's going to take a lot from three houses and it kind of does but there's also so much from previous titles in here. tellius, thracia, gaiden... 040
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i think my main complaint with underworld boon is "scale your enemies normally because now we're in a situation where a cleansing blade deletes just about everything. you know bertrand can use swords, right?" 000
Reposted by Ellenrzuu 💫 @kuhuhukun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Whatever is going on between them. I ship it. #FEFW 31531505
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026this thread is now done. i don't think this is my New Favorite Fire Emblem as much as i enjoyed it. easy 9/10 despite all the hemming and hawing i did below. my likes are just that much stronger than my dislikes when it comes to this game! and i'll probably buy the inevitable DLC day one! 030
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026also, some of the paired endings are weird! but this is fire emblem. it's par for the course. it's very ignorable, even, if you ask me. 020
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026maybe that's me not being able to say goodbye to the game and being a little bitter that all i get in return is the ending screens and plopped back on the world map like the final confrontation never happened. that's personal preference. but the game doesn't live up to its full potential. 120
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- there is so much to love about this game, but the amount of stuff happening off screen with the four other lords and the almost rushed-feeling ending (and tedious if easy final map) makes me feel a little unfulfilled which is bonkers to be saying about a game i sunk almost 200 hours into 120
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026adding to this previous point, some form of creature campaign like fe8 would've worked pretty well here, i feel. nothing you do in part 3 besides support grinding and notable deeds carries over to other parts, so what does it matter if i get free reign to train majide to lvl 99? 120
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- when you finish the game, it's well and truly Over. i would've liked some free reign to roam around the map and build more supports as a reward, but instead you have to time travel for that. that's unfortunate, because i built this strong army and can only replay the final map with them. 220
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- a little more on the time management, but you get so punished if you're trying to see everything or get everything and fuck up. at times the game really doesn't respect your time. i could deal with the one save file if you could turn off the autosave, but you can't! that sucks. 120
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- map design in part 3 is, uh... interesting. at times it feels nothingburger, at times it feels plain unfair. as much as i like the enemy variety, the reinforcement spam and map gimmicks get more tedious in part 3 (aside from the elephants in part 2 fuck those) 220
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- the time management isn't perfect, and it's never going to be perfect. i didn't mind it, but at times i was left with too much and at others i felt like i was left with too little - the ending happens way too fast for how much time you've invested in the game up to that point. it's over SO fast. 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026- you can REALLY feel how much content was cut surrounding the four other protagonists, which makes me feel sad. the game doesn't live up to its full potential because of it. it's fine that their stories happen in the background, but it also leads to some unanswered questions and offscreen feats 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026on to some of the things i didn't like as much - eshmel is kind of bland and mostly interesting if you draw your own conclusions about them. the game is weirdly inconsistent in what it does and doesn't spoonfeed you, funnily enough. but you'll figure it out. - part 2 isn't worth doing on all lords 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ i like the world map as an addition! i'm torn on whether i want it back in the next game, though, because there are times where it really shines as well as times where there's very little to do. i especially enjoyed it in some sections of part 3, but it never felt like it hit its full potential 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ support quality and direction is good, even if i get the complaints that there's not enough. in fact, i think so, too! i haven't done much support grinding, but they feel a lot less reliant on a character's singular gimmick than they have in the past + so much game time for your money 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ your army feels a lot less homogenous even if you recruit all 60 (!) playable characters. there's some overlap and some of them suck, but the amount of personal skills and different skills the characters learn and the amount of classes means you'll end up with a varied army no matter what. 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ dagda feels alive, storied and rich in culture and distinct from fódlan despite being part of the same setting. you can feel the inspiration and while it's not my area of expertise, it generally feels pretty tastefully done overall even if it's not perfect. + i like the sothisverse. sorry. 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ expanding on the characters, we have four of the greatest fire emblem lords that benefit hugely from the scope of the game. i love older lords but there's so much more meat to this story and its characters and the game absolutely makes the most of it. even eshmel i ended up not disliking that much 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026+ four separate yet connected campaigns that, although they share a couple of maps, feel fresh and innovative and make the most of what's possible with map design. + generally great enemy variety and placements, but i do think map design falls off in part 3 and underworld boon isn't a fun mechanic 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026thoughts in order: + great character work, some of the best in the series. characters that feel human and flawed, make mistakes, forge relationships, grow as the story goes on. + amazing voice work and voice direction all around. some absolute standout performances (cai, fabio, theodora) 140
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026okay, i've given fortune's weave some thought after finishing it yesterday, and i walk away liking the entire game, but i think it peaks in part 1 as much as i love the "power fantasy everyone is STRONG" part of fire emblem that happens at endgame 130
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026it's hilarious to me when people call danganronpa characters by their first names. "nagito" i don't think you know him like that 000
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026surely at some point of fortune's weave development someone proposed the title of White Savior for eshmel and i wonder how that went 050
Reposted by Ellenmery @merylemons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thank you FE for finally representing my culture (kinda) 6867200
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026unfortunately i think fortune's weave ending is a little weak mostly because it's over SO quickly and abruptly for a game you can easily put 120 hours into. that sucks. 020
Ellen @bursterasure.bsky.social · 04/10/2026something really funny about fortune's weave implying that it was totally normal for rhea to have a weird psychosexual obsession with byleth by sothisverse divinity standards 000
