It’s already near the end of February already. FEH 4th anniversary has passed. We’ve just received chapter 4 of book 5 just about a week ago. The anniversary event is going to come an end soon with the A Hero Rises voting gauntlet in the next few days.
I was somewhat skeptical about this year FEH anniversary since the debacle they did last year. I tried to keep my expectation low so that I don’t get too disappointed when the anniversary event come.
Now that the 4th anniversary has passed, let’s discuss about it:
- The usual goodies: orbs, items, tickets, etc.
- The usual random 5 star hero
- A hero rises event
- Special quests
- Grand hero party
- Hero fest
- Summoning change
I’d have to say that this year anniversary is not worse than the year before. I was expecting it to be worse as that’s been the norm with Fire Emblem Heroes – every year has to be worse than before.
Though the anniversary is not worse than the year before, it still leave a bad taste in the mouth. If they are going to give players a 5 star hero, please let players choose one for themselves. 1 hero won’t change the balance of the game. Why do they have to keep doing this, year after year? So irritating. There are so many heroes to choose from. Even if they give players the options to choose, it’s very hard for players to pick. As there are simply too many favorites. Yet, they still decide to go with random. And not only that, there’re a few 4 stars in the line-up. Imagine getting a 4 star focus unit from that giveaway. 🙁
A hero rises was introduced last year and IS decided to keep it. As I said last year, it’s not a good thing. Just let the players pick the one they want to pick. There are counter for every single heroes out there. So, there’s really no huge drawback. More players will be happier with their own pick. Instead, IS still opted to make only a small portion of the player base happy, leaving the majority of player unhappy. I don’t understand their logic.
There are 2 good things though from the anniversary: forma soul giveaway and summoning change. IS gave 1 forma soul via quest. Forma soul can be used to redeem a forma hero from Hall of Form event game mode. Forma soul typically can be bought as part of a pack for $29.99 that also includes orbs. This is really good. If IS is going to do a giveaway, they should do it this way. Let players choose for themselves. Don’t make it random. Random just caused resentment, especially to those who can’t get who they want.
The summoning change is very welcome by players. Now, there’s another 4* special section for every banner – meaning a surprised 5* hero from older generation. We can now randomly get those heroes that are already power crept by new heroes, but it won’t affect the actual 5* rate. So, our 5* rate now cannot be pity broken by older heroes. But, we still have a low chance to get the older 5* hero via the 4* special rate. It’s a nice gesture. Even though those heroes are no longer as powerful as before (due to power crept), people still like this change.