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Viewing Single Post From: Zihark
Blackbird	Mar 1 2008, 10:45 PM
Posts: 181 Group: FEFFer Member #1,584 Joined: December 10, 2007	"If Zihark was facing level 1 enemies while Mia was facing level 20 enemies, would Mia's performance still be "better" than Zihark's?" Yes. A character that is capable of defeating more difficult enemies is better than one that can only defeat weaker ones. However, if you really want to make this argument, it's in Mia's favor, because she fights consistently more difficult enemies in 3, and Mia is better at killing the same enemies than Zihark is in Part 4. "If Zihark was the best fighter in the DB, and Mia was the worst fighter in the GMs, would Mia's performance still be better than Zihark's?" No. But Zihark isn't the best fighter in the DB, and Mia isn't the worst fighter in the GMs. This is irrelevant. "What do I get if I use Mia in the first three parts? I get a unit with good offense, but below average durability." Except Mia's durability is better than Zihark's in some ways. Reiterating myself again, she has more HPs, better defense, easy bonus exp utilization, and dodge that is almost as good as Zihark's. If Mia's durability is "below average" than Zihark's is also below average. "That's about how ridiculous your argument is. They're facing different enemies, and their competition consists of different people." Yes, but they do eventually coexist on the same team, and compete with each other for a potential spot in the final mission. A direct comparison between them is valid at that point, and for Part 4, Mia is better. "It doesn't matter if Ziharks' in slightly fewer chapters; huge rape in a bunch of chapters >>> small rape in a few more chapters." Except it's not "slightly fewer chapters." There is a rather large availability gap between them. Mia's available for the majority of Part 3, which is the longest Part of the game. Zihark is available for less than half of Part 1, and 2 chapters in Part 3. Mia exists for almost twice as many chapters as Zihark before Part 4. Because Mia exists for several more chapters, she also has more opportunity to level, so she will be superior going in to Part 4. It's actually kind of similar to Marcus. Yeah, he's hax early on, but you don't want to use him too much because eventually other units will exceed him in the latter half of the game. "If you want to whine about Zihark stealing EXP from other teammates, Mia does the exact same thing" No. Zihark is overleveled for Part 1. He gets perhaps 10-15exp a kill, to Micaiah/Aran/Ed/Nolan/Jill/Ilyana's 30-50 or so. Any of these units gains up to -5- levels to Zihark's 1. Making more of the team a lot more useful faster >>> making only one unit marginally better slowly. Mia, on the other hand, comes in on par level with the rest of the GM's. It doesn't matter if she only gets 30 exp a kill or so, when anyone else would get the same 30 exp out of the kill. Mia gets 1 level for every 1 level anyone else would get from the same kills. They level at the same rate. Furthermore, the majority of your units are already good/useful, so you can afford to level them evenly.


Zihark · Fire Emblem 9-11