We’re back for a new installment in our The Long Game series, where we break down things you can invest in early in games that will pay off long-term. Today we’re focusing on Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, the huge new installment in the long-running series that takes you to the capital of the Dagdan Empire to be a gladiator in the Heroic Games.
Like its predecessor Three Houses, Fortune’s Weave has a split narrative with multiple protagonists. However, this time around, you don’t have to choose one route. You can follow the stories of Cai, Leda, Dietrich, and Theodora in any order and can switch between them at any time once you reach Dagsion, the central hub city.
As with the rest of the Fire Emblem series, Fortune’s Weave is centered on grid-based strategy combat. But it also features a heavy focus on activities outside of combat, with access to a world map you can traverse between story battles. You can find dungeons, towns, traveling merchants, and skirmishes with roving enemies.
That’s on top of running around the giant city of Dagsion, which is full of shops, activities, and people to meet. It can all be a little overwhelming, especially if you’re new to the series and aren’t sure where to start. So that’s what we’re here to help with. Here are four things outside of combat that you can (and should) start taking advantage of as soon as you can.
Support levels and conversations have long been a staple of the Fire Emblem series, with characters amassing points whenever they fight next to each other or provide healing or support in combat. Fortune’s Weave expands that system and adds new ways to build support outside of combat, which you should take advantage of whenever possible.
The primary way of building support is by eating meals together at the inn, which will be available to all protagonists very early in the game. Three people can eat together at once, and everyone has their own food preferences. The inn menu changes daily, and when you pick your group of three, you can see how they feel about each meal.
The amount of support points everyone gains is based on how much they like the meal, so don’t try to force people to eat stuff they don’t like. Meals are particularly helpful for building support points with people who aren’t actively in your party and are a vital way to convince recruits to join you (more on that in a bit), since you can’t build support with them in combat.
You’ll eventually unlock arena training, where you can assign two fighters to train with each other in a variety of ways. This will boost both fighters’ command of weapons, magic, or movement types, while also giving them support points with each other. Arena training is the most valuable way to prepare characters for more advanced combat classes. Plus, it’s available every week, so don’t forget to come back to Dagsion every once in a while to take advantage of it.
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