Dog beats cat, cat beats mouse, mouse beats dog...

[The dark prince]

rwaver fang, hell so far i like the fang weapons ideas

[kenshin]

may be the weapon triangle affects the dmg points, while the beast affinities has influences to the Hit rates (cat is afraid of dogs, so they can't hit well with trembling paws ^-^; )

[Arf]

I think it will be taken as Mamkutes are.

[Phlogistic]

Or maybe they'll just wield ordinary weapons...

[Arf]

perhaps. but I think they can include a third weapon tri angle

[CO Raptor]

Some kind of third triangle seems most likely to me.
Weapon, Magic and Beast or whatever.
The triangles won't interfere with each other, so beast has no special effect on weapon for example, just as magic has no special effect on weapon right now.

Or they could put in weapons like "Catslayer", "Lionreaver" and "Griffondestroyer" ;D

Well, It'll probably be a combination of those two I think.

[Brainstem]

I dunno, I think they'll just be treated the same as everyone else.

However, if they do the whole Beast beats Magic beats Weapons beats Beast, they'd need an explanation as to why. I always assumed that axes beat lances because lances are thin and can be easily cut by heavy axes and can't really block axe attacks. Swords are good against axes because they're wider, so they provide more stability and can act almost as a shield when facing an Axe user. Lances are good against swords because they have a clear length advantage so they can easily avoid swords when attacking.

Maybe for the beast/magic/weapon triangle it can be along the lines of beasts, which rely purely on instinct, are not as effected by magic because magic is mostly tricks and you have to have some level of intellect to understand tricks. Magic beats physical weapons because of the whole Brain over Brawn theory. Physical weapons beat beasts because humans, afterall, have always been dominant over beasts because of our technology.

[DarkTwilkitri]

IIRC, swords have the advantage over axes mainly because they're a lot lighter and more wieldy. The other two match up though.


...If one's going Brain over Brawn, I could more see Magic having the upper hand against the Beasts, not the humans. In my opinion, I hope that the triangles are disconnected as in the past games.

...I have seen people complaining that Fire Emblem is just 'glorified Rock-Paper-Scissors'. Uniformed as they may be, having several triangles which all affect each other would just be far too complex. In my opinion.

[Arf]

yeah they should be seperate