GamePress

My Long Success Story

I don't mean to get too real for anyone on this site, but lately I was having a lot of problems involving Fire Emblem Heroes, and I finally succeeded in deleting my account a few days back. It was very hard, because my account's worth was well over $400, and I had a lot of VERY good units (you check my account and see my hero listings if you wanna see the gravesite of all of my proud, valiant warriors.... RIP Vanguard Ike...).

I'd like to start out by saying while a lot of people joke about gacha games and make memes about how people didn't get what "waifu" they wanted, having an addiction to any in-app purchases game is very real and VERY scary, and I suffered from it. It was hurting my bank, my mind, and my friends. It was the first thing I thought of when I woke up in the morning, and the first thing I thought of when going to bed. I didn't feel like I had any free time, because I had to do every new quest every day, and get every top-tier unit, even if I didn't like them as a character.

It was a very vital part of my life for a very long time, and unfortunately I didn't see how trivial it was, because it was really just pixels on a screen that I was getting all of this dopamine and overexcitement from. I'm upset that it took this much money, this much time, and using 330+ orbs and not getting Fem!Grima!Robin to realize this.

However, now that I've finally deleted the account, I truly and wholeheartedly feel so much more free, and I feel like I can actually see FEH news from now on and be happy for those who are playing the game and can handicap themselves with the game better than I can, instead of being jealous. I can look at videos, pictures and voice clips of any of the game or characters anytime, so I don't feel like I'm missing out at all.

I'm sorry if this seemed really cheesy or over the top, I'm just really proud of myself for being able to break myself away from an addiction without any professional help. I hope that this can inspire others who are having trouble to break free or seek help, because this is a very real thing that I hope no one else has to go through. Fire Emblem is my favorite franchise of all time, but one game in it just isn't worth the large negative effect it had on my life. Now I can enjoy the other games in the franchise, like my personal favorite, Path of Radiance (I'm currently on my 3rd playthrough!)

On a side note, what has been your favorite time playing FEH so far? Throughout my whole life playing FEH, my favorite time was the Tempest Trial when The Black Knight came out. He is my favorite villain and I was so excited to see him :) . Part of what helped me quit was the fact that I didn't think the game could make me any more happier than it did back then. What are your thoughts or comments? I'd love to read them below!!! I guess after that though, I'll have to say goodbye to GamePress!

Asked by vegasouji8 months 4 weeks ago

Report

Answers

Well, congratulations to you. Do what makes you happy.

Just commenting so you know I have read it.

I'm aware of the gambling thirst that some experience and how hard it is to restrain yourself.
I know a person that had little money and one day he started gambling to gain some money. Well he started in his 20s and today he is in is 80s and still gambles... Most of the time he only arrives home because someone offered him a lift cause he can't even spare some to pay the bus..

So congrats on managing to control your compulsion

Good luck!!

Tried to answer each paragraph in a similar structure but ultimately failed. Hopefully I got across my thoughts enough.

Congrats on doing what you think is best! Too many people put too much stock into things that are ultimately pointless. It's only been out a year so I wouldn't say you wasted too much time, you've barely even dipped in compared to how much people have poured into MMOs such as Warcraft. That said a year with a troubled mind can seem like an entirety.

I always go in with caution on any mobile or "F2P" games, as mobile games are going to have comprises and "free" is never free. I may eventually drop Heroes as well, it has never been my favorite mobile game but certainly eats most time and effort.

I think Heroes has kinda sullied my views of vanilla FE just because hacking away at faceless goons without abilities now bores me, it'd like to see a ROM hack with more unique enemies and challenges like Heroes. Comparing Heroes to FE Blazing Sword (my first and favorite) just seems odd to me.

Favorite Tempest was probably the mini Tempest Trial run "To Die on the Battlefield" as it was based around my favorite FE and it was my first-time getting both Hector and Galeforce. A close second was the Genealogy Tempest as it had Arvis (favorite mage/red) as a bonus and my first time reaching the top reward for the Tempest.

My favorite moments are probably way back at launch though, slowly clawing my way with trash units through the story against consistently tougher foes was great. No Fire Emblem game has ever really challenged me like Heroes has. The very first story run is hard in the right ways, FE6 is considered hard for the wrong ways. Clearing Lunatic GHB was amazing and intense back at launch. I REALLY hope the next generation of Fire Emblem games takes note on level design as opposed to just throwing hoards of goons plus a broken unit or two and calling it good.

I don't know if you're keeping away from all mobile gaming or not, but if you want a substitute game for your phone I recommend "Lonewolf" from the creater of the old "Tactical Assassin" games. It's a game designed from passion and the designer takes feedback well. It runs as $0.99 on sale pretty often and last I checked it was $1.99 full-price. If you opt to go free there's a stamina-esque system but the entire game is still beatable, in fact I think it's more fun to beat it free for the first time.

Anyways farewell I suppose, congrats again on moving on from FEH. Keep doing whatever you like doing!

Question, why do you consider fe6 hard for the wrobg reasons? Personally I though it was fair outside like arcadia.

I personally don't consider it too hard. Many complain it has bad design that leads to levels coming out harder than they should, and I don't disagree.

Inconsistent is the word that comes to mind,it's kinda hard for me to pinpoint but I think anyone who's played FE6 feels the inconsistent gameplay. Like in the Megaman X series X6 is considered the hardest despite having a final boss that you can beat by just standing still and spamming a single button. The game has bad level design that just makes things harder than they really should be.

"...It was the first thing I thought of when I woke up in the morning, and the first thing I thought of when going to bed. I didn't feel like I had any free time, because I had to do every new quest every day..."

Gods I feel the same!! I'm F2P and not being able to have H! Nowi is driving me crazy. I've spent all my time trying to gather orbs to keep trying, but she just does not come.

It's just a game but ... I'm frustrated. (sorry bad english :p)

Good job man! It takes a lot of reflection to notice a bad element in your life and subsequently remove it so it doesn't harm you further. I hope you the best, and make sure you play plenty of non-gacha games in the future!

I'm personally planning an quitting FEH about a month before the launch of the next main line FE game, just to reset my fire emblem gaming "taste buds". Not sure if I'm going to delete my account or just let it stagnate, but I'll think about it more when it comes time. Hopefully, I'll have the courage to delete my account if I find it's hurting me irl.

This was me yesterday spendin 4 hours racking my brain and team how to beat all the levels of Grima GHB. I’m also super tempted to spend 40$ (Pay day not for another week) for the legendary banner because I’m out of orbs and I’m at 10% pity sniping for grays. I hate the feeling of spending 40$ because I haven’t even played FE Fates yet but I’m willing to blow 3 hours of working in under 10 minutes. I must’ve spent 200$ now and I need to quit playing games in general but I just love the challenge so much and I want to see what Brave Ephraim and Hector will look like. One day I’ll join you but for now the best I can do is just dial back how much I’m playing to one hour a day.

Favorite moment I like about Heroes is the black Knight tempest trial. I had Mist, Ike, and Soren next to each other. Feels hit hard that day.

There's another thing I was looking forward to that I can't quit yet. PVP. No fire emblem game has done pvp right. So I hope this will be the first.