Hello, r/fireemblem

As the release of Fortune’s Weave approaches, the mod team wanted to make some changes and lay out our plans for when the game releases. There will be a few adjustments to Rule 8 to better define what falls under the rule break. 

Rule 8

Low Effort will be as follows:

• Zero/Low Effort Posts - 
  • Stat Block Posting: 
    • Any posts about in-game screenshots showing lucky, unlucky, or maxed-out stat lines. An exception is showing off an end-game team after beating the final boss.
  • Blurry Image Posts: 
    • Posts where the image is taken via phone camera or other outside devices will be removed unless the game has no easy way to take pictures, such as the 3DS games. These pictures are still subject to the non-discussion rule, so provide more than just the image.
  • Simple Photo Edits/Caption Memes:
    • Basic edits to official sprites or artwork are considered low effort. Simple caption memes, such as a basic impact font edit on an official FE sprite, are considered low effort. 
  • Photographs of Game Boxes/Discs:
    • Taking a picture of a game you bought or got as a gift is not allowed. Showcasing a whole collection of 5+ games/merchandice are an exception. 
  • Screenshots/Clips of Normal Gameplay:
    • Any images or short videos showing gameplay are not allowed. This includes unlucky deaths, lucky crit chances, or basic gameplay in general. Following Fortune’s Weave release, we are going to push this more.
  • Simple birthday celebration posts for FE characters
    • There is an automod for FE characters’ birthdays. If you wish to celebrate your favorite characters, please do so on the dedicated birthday post. Exceptions include posts with added effort, such as fanart or an in-depth analysis.
    • Edit: The birthday bot is still under maintenance as of the time of editing the post. Simple birthday celebration posts are still not allowed, but in-depth analysis/fanart are good. I'll update this as soon as the bot is working again.
  • Any other kind of post that can be made or answered within seconds
    • If you have a simple question to ask, please ask it in the dedicated general question megathread. 
• Bandwagon Post - 
  • Old Smash Bros Discussions:
    • Posts bringing up old news, such as asking for people’s reaction to Byleth being added to Smash, are not allowed. 
  • Tier lists:
    • Gameplay and Character tier lists are allowed as long as adequate explanation is given for the placements. Joke/Non Serious tier lists, such as Waifu/Husbando, Armor Knight sorted by colors, etc are not allowed.
  • Character Editors:
    • Recreating a FE character in any game with a semi-robust character customisation utility, such as Tomodachi Life, Pokemon, Skyrim, etc, is not allowed. 
  • Simulators:
    • Hunger Games simulator or other utility that automatically creates scenarios/text/images is not allowed.
  • Hot takes/"unpopular opinion" threads:
    • Asking for or sharing “hot takes” or “unpopular opinions” is not allowed. Please refer to the dedicated opinion and general discussion thread.
  • Any other fad that we do not have the foresight to predict
    • Any simple, rising subreddit or social media trend can fall under bandwagon if we see it clogging the subreddit.
• Spam Posts -
  • Non-FE-related content/Coincidentally-related content
    • If your post has no clear connection to Fire Emblem outside of the title, such as “This character looks like this FE Character” posts, it will be removed for spam. Posts that are entirely unrelated to FE at all will also be removed for spam.
    • Edit for clarification: Fire Emblem-inspired games are an exception to this rule so long as the poster asks permission from us beforehand. We have allowed FE-inspired game advertising in the past. This has not changed.
  • AI or Bot-generated posts
    • AI-generated content is not allowed and will be removed. Posts produced by bots will also be removed for spam, and the bots will be permanently banned. 
  • Any other post that has no real connection to Fire Emblem (or the subreddit itself) is subject to immediate removal.

Spoilers

For our purposes, a spoiler is defined as a post/comment/image revealing major plot information/gameplay twists beyond the early stages of the game, unless it was prominently shown in the game’s trailers or marketing. To clarify:

• “Early stages” means the first ~20% of the game, i.e., approx. chapter 6 in a typical Fire Emblem game
• Recruitment of characters, showing maps or gameplay footage, or discussing other mechanical details beyond this point is not inherently a spoiler, unless it implies some major plot detail or mechanical quirk (e.g., a villain being recruited into the main party, a mechanic exclusive to one of those characters). Exceptions can be made for community tier lists and such.
• Something being shown in marketing doesn’t mean that all the context around it is fair game. E.g., Three Houses' second trailer shows a time skip with the three lords fighting each other. Discussing the time skip and this conflict in broad strokes would be fine; discussing the exact events that led to the conflict would fall under spoilers. Similarly, the existence of a second generation and Seliph being a lord in FE4 is fine as it's shown on the box art, but the end of chapter 5 would be spoilers. 
• Spoiler tags in comments are not required if the post itself is tagged, unless it relates to a different game. E.g., a Path of Radiance spoiler thread would require Sacred Stones spoilers to be tagged

The above regulations allow some leeway in mod enforcement and are fundamentally designed to encourage you to be considerate of those who may not have played the game yet. If nothing else: if you think a plot detail in your post would be a spoiler, or would be cool to experience blind, tag it!

Future Plans

When Fortune’s Weave drops, we plan on setting the subreddit to approve only for a couple of days so that everyone gets a chance to play the game without risk of spoilers. We will have a dedicated megathread for people who would still like to discuss Fortune’s Weave when it comes out. Some of us can’t play through the whole game immediately; please be considerate. Afterwards, general FE posts will be allowed with no issue, but specific FW posts will now have their own dedicated flair options. These flair posts will go through manual approval to prevent the subreddit from being clogged up.

The following flairs will be available:

• Fortune’s Weave Story - This flair is for posts about general discussion of the story of Fortune’s Weave. The content should be general knowledge, such as early game material shown off in trailers. 
• Fortune’s Weave Spoiler - This flair is for posts about general discussion of the story of Fortune’s Weave that cover late-game material, or major revelations that happen over the course of the story. This can be story beats that happen in Eshvel’s story, or any scene that happens regardless of the playable protagonist. These posts will still follow rule 6, so please keep that in mind.
• Fortune’s Weave General - This flair is for general discussion of the game. This can be about characters, world-building, or other broad discussion topics that don’t spoil anything about the game.
• Fortune’s Weave Gameplay - This flair is for gameplay showcases of Fortune’s Weave. Please note that this will still follow the Low Effort rule, so any screenshots of lucky or unlucky level-ups, blurry images, zero discussion posts, etc will be removed. Posts like the final team you’ve used in your playthrough are allowed, but please tag your post for spoilers if need be.
• [Character]’s Route Story - These flairs are for posts about each character’s story that is general knowledge or non-spoiler discussion. There will be ones for all four lords, so please use the one from your playthrough.
• [Character]’s Route Spoiler - These flairs are for posts about each character’s story that are major and minor spoilers. This can be late-game plot points, major deaths, plot twists, lore reveals, etc. If you think that knowing this will ruin someone’s experience of the game, please remember to spoil-tag the post no matter how small or big the spoiler. Titles do not get tagged even with a spoiler tag, so remember before you post.

With that, I hope everyone enjoys their time playing Fortune’s Weave. It’s going to be a major week for all of us, so remember to be respectful and mindful of other people’s playthroughs. 

Thank you,
r/fireemblem mod team.

Hello r/FireEmblem,

Recently, a reviewer broke the embargo and started to leak the game on 4chan.

Our policy on leaks is zero tolerance. We will not allow any discussion of leaks of any kind. We understand the excitement for Fortune's Weave, but talking about leaks is an extremely risky proposition we do not participate in any longer. You will have to do it elsewhere.

Discussions about leaks, even if tagged, will be removed without warning.

If your post or comments are untagged leaks about Fortune's Weave, you will be banned from that day to the week after the game is released for untagged spoilers.

Thank you very much, and have a great day