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Journeys of a Wheeling Gamer (August 15, 2017)
And the Wheeling Gamer returns! This time with more Fire Emblem: Heroes. Let's see with happening with the new update.
So it seems the new update not only gives me new missions but also a free summon. May as well use it…
And seems the free summon only applies to new Foci… Oh well, I'll use it later.
Unfortunately, I don't get any blue orbs this time, and summon Roy. I already have him, but his intro is cool, at least…
Off to the new Grand Hero Battle. Or rather, the revival of an old one. I'm facing Legion on the lower difficulty. I don't dare go any higher.
The first battle starts out fine. I take advantage of the defensive tiles, and defeat the mages. They are weak, and there is a blue one that can destroy Eliwood.
Not to mention that I need Eliwood to face Legion. All of them.
Yes, doing well, until the reinforcements arrive. They come from behind, so my units are scrambling to get to a safe spot. On top of that, thanks to clones, Legion is advancing from both sides.
Unfortunately, Eliwood is in the upper right part of the map, and nowhere near where he needs to be to be able to help…
So with a desperate scramble as my units take damage. Legion does massive damage almost everyone, including Eliwood. Furthermore, he has the skill Panic, which means that any stat increases are turned to decreases. Unfortunately, my team relies heavily on stat increases.
It's a bad situation, but somehow I manage to get the enemies down to a blue lance cavalier by holding the defensive tiles.
However, things aren't still aren't looking good.
Legion is able to do a massive amount of damage to Gaius even on the defensive tiles, injuring him heavily. The blue cavalier also does damage, and he only survives because of the defensive tiles.
However, Gaius cannot take out the cavalier in one hit, and he's weakened enough for the cavalier to destroy him.
Gaius quickly dies, and I lose.
But I am not defeated just yet.
My second battle goes more successfully.
Instead of focusing on the mages (other than the blue mage at the start), I decide to focus on Legion.
The reason being is that my distance units can weaken him from other units to finish off. That makes sure I don't rely on Eliwood, who will be at the other side of the map no matter what I do. The other mages are weak enough so that even if my units are not standing on a defensive tile, they cannot do enough damage.
I also don't try to hold the defensive tiles, because while they are useful, they're right in the line of fire. This is exactly what I don't want. Furthermore, Legion comes from below those tiles, and I want to focus on him. Having units injured while on the tiles isn't as much of an issue because with Legion gone, I can use my stat buffs as needed.
This battle goes more successfully, although there is an archer that takes advantage of the defensive tiles. However, he is quickly taken out after making the mistake of weakening Gaius. Gaius, when weakened, gets a massive boost to his attack power, one that takes out the archer even on a defensive tile.
After that, I try to retreat my injured units back to the lower corner of the map. With Legion and his reinforcements clear, it's a safe place to go.
However, one unit remains.
That pesky lance knight.
However, this time, I am ready.
He's headed for Eliwood, so I get him out of the way.
After that, I slowly let the lance knight come where my other units are waiting.
One blow from Cherche is enough to finish the battle.
And with that, Legion is mine.
But there is more to this update, and I'm about to explore it.
And I do.
It seems I get more info about Veronica, and Seth questions what she's doing. Veronica seems to be confused, even in the heat of her possession… Perhaps is more to her than what was originally thought…
And I finally get to Loki again. I was hoping I would see her.
Yes, her.
A traditionally male figure is female in this version. Or at least implied to be. She takes the form of Anna, and finds it comfortable. The Japanese version drives her gender home further, by having her use pronouns are typically used with females.
I find it interesting, but seeing as it is Loki, it would make sense. Loki was able to change his gender in the original myths, so it would make sense that this one would remain comfortable in another form.
Speaking of which, Loki was hinted to be the one behind everything, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Loki apparently serves a king, and is offering Veronica the king's power if she does things for her. Furthermore, a lot of the things she's asking Veronica to do give her king power.
Once Loki's king has enough power, he can destroy Askr.
Which is apparently exactly what Veronica wants. It's unknown if her reason for wanting to destroy Askr is something other than jealousy, but it's there nonetheless. I guess I'll find out more as the story advances.
I should talk about the battles now. Unfortunately, they're nothing special. They are meant for people at the beginning of the game, and my team is at the end. Even the hard mode battles aren't that tough.
They consist of a defensive mission and two regular ones. However, defeating all the enemies ends the defense of mission early.
Which is exactly what I do.
At least I walk away with some orbs.
But I still have no luck.
I only wind up summoning Mae and Catria.
I've got only one more chance. After getting the orbs from Tempest Trials and daily events tomorrow, there's not much more I can do.
At least I got some good units, and I still have a chance to get the one I'm looking for later.
But it will be much more difficult.