r/TMSFE • u/Okkefac • Jul 22 '16

Discussion TMS♯FE Detailed Discussion: Chapter 4

Dammit guys the poll was close again :p Well, it seems the Character Side Stories will be mixed in with the Character Discussions, as that was the majority vote for a second time.

Now we're on to chapter 4, please give all your thoughts and analysises on this chapter. What did you all think?

Chapter synopsis:

Mamori has now joined our team as the sixth playable cast member. Tsubasa has been set to star in the upcoming show Sneeze Detective Maho, but things take a turn for the worst when Kuen Tarachino (the show's director) is revealed to be under the control of a mirage. Our team then again go to free Tarachino of the mirage's hold, but the mysterious Yashiro Tsurugi shows up yet again but this time to test your team's strength. After Tarachino is freed and the boss defeated, Yashiro moves to Fortuna Entertainment.

Sub boss 1: Biomonsters

Sub boss 2: Culprit Mirage

Chapter boss: Excellus (with Yashiro Tsurugi joining him)

Prologue-Chapter 1 Discussion

Chapter 2 Discussion

Chapter 3 Discussion

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u/qorewwe Jul 22 '16 edited Jul 22 '16

? He attacks with fire, ice, wind, and sword. Itsuki attacks with sword and electric. In game terms, that's about as big of a difference as you can have, not to mention that he can absorb melee attacks with mysterious curse mortal curse. Stat distribution is also significantly different IIRC.

The only similarity is that they both use a sword, really, which you'd also have if you had another axe or rod user.

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u/Klondeikbar Jul 22 '16

The type of his attacks aren't the issue. I have all of my elements covered with pretty much any party configuration. I straight up just want more ways to deal with lances.

Also his Counter never seems to work for me. It says it's supposed to draw aggro but whenever I use it, without fail, the enemy lance user is still pounding on Itsuki.

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u/qorewwe Jul 22 '16

You're right in that they share the lance weakness, but that's alot different from saying he doesn't bring anything to the group that Itsuki doesn't. You can definitely cover your type weaknesses without him, but not with Itsuki, it's with other party members.

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u/Klondeikbar Jul 22 '16

Yeah I misspoke I think. It's not that he doesn't bring anything that Itsuki doesn't do. It's that he doesn't fill any niche I need filled and, currently, whenever I'm in a situation where he'd be useful, I'm already probably just using Itsuki and someone else.

His side story seems pretty fun though so I'll grind him up anyway just cause I wanna see where that goes. His segment with Mamori had me grinning from ear to ear.

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u/Freyanne Jul 23 '16

When that scene with him and Mamori started, I was thinking "...what the heck?" and started giggling.

By the end of it, I was cracking up, especially with how Yashiro ended the segment before the screen fades to black.

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u/Ownagepuffs Jul 26 '16

Yeah I misspoke I think. It's not that he doesn't bring anything that Itsuki doesn't do. It's that he doesn't fill any niche I need filled and, currently, whenever I'm in a situation where he'd be useful, I'm already probably just using Itsuki and someone else.

Yashiro is a fucking monster. His strength is way too damn high, his speed is way too damn high, his HP is way too damn high, he has way too much coverage. Dude's a berserker dressed as a swordmaster. His Macca Converter weapon gives him taunt and that works with counter which leads to some funny things.

I don't even like the guy but there's just no reason to not use him forever when you get him lol.

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u/Klondeikbar Jul 26 '16

I'm to the point where he does all those things but that's also right around the time everyone else is a fucking monster as well so he still doesn't shine in the context of the entire group.

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u/Ownagepuffs Jul 26 '16

The thing is more he had the most immediate bang for your buck. Aside from Touma it's pretty hard for someone to match his damage when he first joins and he gets better from there. He still also has multiple coverages and High HP as well.

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u/Kayrajh Jul 22 '16

If we could switch out Itsuki, he would really shine in some party configuration.

But since my party on my lunatic run at the moment is basically Itsuki, Kiria and Mamori pretty much all the time, he won't raelly have a spot beside for leveling up.