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F2P tier list

I have the idea of a tier list based on more on "realism", so to speak. This would weigh more on things like character availability, opportunity costs and use of resources (i.e characters that require less investment to be better are better, basically).

Current tier lists don't seem to keep any of that in mind, and assume the player has infinite resources, which means access to any build possible. What's wrong with that is that it's basically built on very small portion of people (limited to paying a ton of money). My idea would apply to most people, and would probably weigh certain characters a lot better (first that come to mind are Hana, Virion and maybe Sophia).

Traditional FE and their respective tier lists kind of always worked like this (at least where I come from). Rather than rank someone like Nino (FE7) very highly just because she has a lot of potential, we would instead rank someone like Marcus at the top because of their contribution throughout the whole game for a lot less time, effort and performance.

Asked by Nogitsune11 months 3 weeks ago

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Sounds pretty good. There are a lot of characters out there who are common summons, who can perform well without high octane skills(such as Nino, Hana, A!Tiki, Sophia, Barst(He's faster than you think) Donnel, Oboro, and Virion.)

donnel is probably the best infantry unit in the game at max merge

Oh, nice - I really like this idea! It certainly would be awesome to see some of the more underrated units getting the spotlight they deserve!

I guess it would entirely omit units that are locked as 5-star and seasonal exclusives, which doesn't leave a whole lot of leeway in terms of units. With 5-star third-tier skills not being exactly common either, it'll be really interesting to find out how well a unit can do with the optimal AND budget skillsets when there are limits to consider.

Not everyone is a whaler, so this is definitely an idea that should be pursued. As the previous comment said, 5* only units would be pushed aside. Not completely probably, as 5*s in general aren't that hard to come by, but perfect IVs and mass merges are.
So skills would be limited to 4* or below, which would kill a lot of builds that rely on skills like Steady Breath or Wrath.
More thought is needed than what can be put into a reply box, since I don't want to take up the whole page.

This does sound like a good idea. But the thing is, there are a lot of units who would be tier 1 in F2P that would be considered lower (2 or even 3) in a full tier list. This would be good for newer players not looking to spend money but want to be competitive fast (I would have loved something like that in late February last year, even when SI was nonexistent), but not so good for players who have been here for almost a year or have little concern for their financial situation and will pump hundreds or thousands of dollars into a mobile game without hesitation.

Yeah, but this list is for those who don't have taht sort of disposable income.

they have this on gamepedia

and the arena tier list that they have it is more objective.

they still need to fix the p2w tier list, i mean, hector best axe? more like best(and only) DC food.

hector is still best axe since bold fighter came out

Hector has always been lowkey god, to be honest.

Talking about Hector, I don't think I'd rank him as low as you think...if anything, he'd stay roughly on top. He's one of the more-available 5*s since the very start. It's no wonder people don't have too much trouble looking for DC fodder. Similiar with Takumi.

Amelia its better.

Yes, a F2P Tier List would be awesome! Especially one based on base kits and bst! It sure does level the field there. There's one on Gamepedia, but it still has stuff like Elincia at the top, which is still hard to get. I want a real F2P Tier List!