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[MattCustov]

Alright, so this concept is for a group of Mercenaries, such as for a... prequel to a game with a good story.

Enough of the rambles. This is going to be nothing like any other Fire Emblem game in existence, with custom events, world map, portraits, weapon icons, and character development unlike any other Rom Hack out there


THE STORY

Matt and his two best friends, Alex and Dave, are mischievous teenagers, each with a story of how they got where they are. Matt lost his parents to bandits, Alex lost his best friend to the soldiers, and Dave was abandoned at birth. After the trio met, they all made a pact to never leave each others sides. This became complicated when Dave's family found Dave, and attempted to take him back in. After a few attempts, they captured him and his two best friends, forcing them into Castle Angeria. Two years later, the trio, being fed up with the royal life, decided to leave the castle...

 

Alex: 

Dave:  (As I write this down, I'm changing the color of his shirt)

Matt: 

Axul (Dorcas' replacement): 

Keegan (Marcus' replacement): 

And now, overall progress on the hack

- I've somewhat finished the prologue (still haven't edited a word of text, and I'll probably get around to it while everyone else is at E3 xD)

- I have the basic events done for Chapter 1x (which comes before chapter 1 because I'm to lazy to write Prologue part II)

- An overall idea for the rest of the game.

- Last but not least, an early game arena chapter because why not!

[Fire Blazer]

LOL that joke at the end

 

well then

 

first, you forgot to rename the characters

 

but that aside, I see you're going for a simple but cool hack. The archer is sooo weak though, are those stats final? I hope not, plz buff XD

 

The portraits are simple (I think the first two are just recolors?) but that's ok, as long as you like them and they aren't like, poorly done MS paint recolors, haha.  The last one looks like a cool splice tho, IMO! hopefully you make quick progress on this, good luck!

[kirant]

Did somebody say hope?

 

This sounds interesting though.  I'm always a fan of the story heavy mods to games.  The angle of the royal family abducting someone to become a prince is an intriguing notion...especially when it uses the extremely overdone "lost royalty" idea and turns it on its head.

 

I would highlight naming conventions and ask for caution if they follow too close to the writer's pen names.  Protagonist Matt and your account name, Matt Custov, are very close.  Assuming this is an author avatar for you (and possibly the other names for friends) and at least somewhat reflects your own personality and represents yourself in some way, there's always a very real risk of you favouring that character.  Not that I'm saying you will do that necessarily, but it's something authors gravitate towards subconsciously. 

 

 

but that aside, I see you're going for a simple but cool hack. The archer is sooo weak though, are those stats final? I hope not, plz buff XD

That's just space filler.  Those are the base stats of archers in FE7 similar to how the Thief has base Thief stats (due to the character, Lyn, having stat bonuses of +0 across the board).

[Matt Custov]

LOL that joke at the end

 

well then

 

first, you forgot to rename the characters

 

but that aside, I see you're going for a simple but cool hack. The archer is sooo weak though, are those stats final? I hope not, plz buff XD

 

The portraits are simple (I think the first two are just recolors?) but that's ok, as long as you like them and they aren't like, poorly done MS paint recolors, haha.  The last one looks like a cool splice tho, IMO! hopefully you make quick progress on this, good luck!

1. Yeah, I forgot about that while I was editing everything else xD

2. Stats will be buffed, looking through other Fire Emblem games as we speak (Why aren't there any level 1 Mercenaries?! Curse you to hell, Mandrake!)

3. Yeah, they are, and the last one is my personal character xD

 

Did somebody say hope?

 

This sounds interesting though.  I'm always a fan of the story heavy mods to games.  The angle of the royal family abducting someone to become a prince is an intriguing notion...especially when it uses the extremely overdone "lost royalty" idea and turns it on its head.

 

I would highlight naming conventions and ask for caution if they follow too close to the writer's pen names.  Protagonist Matt and your account name, Matt Custov, are very close.  Assuming this is an author avatar for you (and possibly the other names for friends) and at least somewhat reflects your own personality and represents yourself in some way, there's always a very real risk of you favouring that character.  Not that I'm saying you will do that necessarily, but it's something authors gravitate towards subconsciously. 

1. Honestly, the idea becomes more clear as I progress in the hack itself

2. yeah, author avatars, but I'm going to make an honest attempt at not favoring him, if I can't succeed in it, I'll replace him

[MattCustov]

Sorry for the double post, but since I don't have access to the OP for a little while (thanks for working on getting it back for me, Blazer <3)

But Today, I have a little update for this hack

First things first: I have some portrait revisions

Alex: 

Dave:  (As I write this down, I'm changing the color of his shirt)

Matt: 

Axul (Dorcas' replacement): 

Keegan (Marcus' replacement):  (I feel like I cut back on most of his stats a little to much)

And now, overall progress on the hack

- I've somewhat finished the prologue (still haven't edited a word of text, and I'll probably get around to it while everyone else is at E3 xD)

- I have the basic events done for Chapter 1x (which comes before chapter 1 because I'm to lazy to write Prologue part II)

- An overall idea for the rest of the game.

- Last but not least, an early game arena chapter because why not!

[MattCustov]

Good news xD: judging by the effort I'm putting into this hack, I should have a patch with the first 10 chapters done released before the end of summer, unless you guys want to play 5 fast paced chapters xD

[GhastStation]

Matt and Keegan have obscene bases, lol. Keegan can solo the game it looks like

[MattCustov]

Matt and Keegan have obscene bases, lol. Keegan can solo the game it looks like

Bases as in stats or portraits xD

Honestly, I'm doing what I can for stats, but then again Keegan's a warrior xD

[^Leo^]

Good God those stats. Might I suggest cutting his strength skill and speed by about 30%,or maybe 50% for strength and skill. Those are really really high for a level 1 pre-promote.

[MattCustov]

Good God those stats. Might I suggest cutting his strength skill and speed by about 30%,or maybe 50% for strength and skill. Those are really really high for a level 1 pre-promote.

I hadn't edited the stats at the time of the screenshot(like a week ago) and I haven't really looked at him, but I did give him a pretty drastic decrease

[Fire Blazer]

OK I "hacked" your post from the database end lol, you should now be able to edit it with your account. I'm going to ban your extra account now.

 

Also, the characters do look a little unbalanced, but it sounds like it's a W.I.P., so I'll just say good luck with that, and don't forget to reference characters from existing FE games if you need to (to give an idea as to what is too OP or too bad, lol). References are cool~

[MattCustov]

OK I "hacked" your post from the database end lol, you should now be able to edit it with your account. I'm going to ban your extra account now.

 

Also, the characters do look a little unbalanced, but it sounds like it's a W.I.P., so I'll just say good luck with that, and don't forget to reference characters from existing FE games if you need to (to give an idea as to what is too OP or too bad, lol). References are cool~

Yeah, I'm able to edit it
Thank you <3

[Fire Blazer]

Yeah, I'm able to edit it
Thank you <3

 

sweet! was a little worried, but glad it works, haha. you're welcome. =)

[MattCustov]

Alright, quick update: working on chapter 2 in terms of eventing. Edited text for Prologue, Prologue 2, and Chapter 1. Looking for beta testers, if interested, PM me your skype

[Snow]

So I'm gonna go with chapter 5 for the vote, but you should actually think about where in the story does it make sense to have a pause, because if say chapter 5 is right before a "Part 1 Final Boss" for example, then you really lose alot of suspense. That being said the "I can't wait" is kinda misleading I just think it's the best place for you to think about releasing a patch.

Luck with Hacking.

[MattCustov]

So I'm gonna go with chapter 5 for the vote, but you should actually think about where in the story does it make sense to have a pause, because if say chapter 5 is right before a "Part 1 Final Boss" for example, then you really lose alot of suspense. That being said the "I can't wait" is kinda misleading I just think it's the best place for you to think about releasing a patch.

Luck with Hacking.

Alright, unless I get anymore votes before the end of the night, I'll have a release on Chapter five xD

[MattCustov]

Alright, so FE:HOA has been confirmed. I'm going to release a Demo for E3. I'm working alone here, so if anyone wants to help, I'd be grateful