R_N
Well-Known Member
Lif getting weird treatment is always possible, true (see: Ylgr), but Eir is a mythic, Thrasir is a mythic, Hel is absolutely going to be a mythic (she's one of the few actual gods in the series and not just a powerful dragon). It jsut seems right that ultra alfonse goes into the limited bin instead of the permanent one.While I am wary (and paranoid) of the very real possibility of the next banner being a Book 3 OCs banner, my issue with it is that there's no way to make a good banner out of it since every Book 3 OC is green or presumed green except Lif, and it's safe to assume Lif or Hel (or both) will be Mythic or Legendary. Henriette is holding a green tome in her art so she's presumably a green mage, and then Gustav and Hel are both axes, so I doubt they will do a banner with all these since that makes the chances of pulling a green focus way too good. I also don't think we'll see 2 unit banners again since the Surtr/Ylgr banner was a disaster for IS, way too easy to +10 a unit without heavy spending.
Personally, I think Henriette and Gustav will be ignored and not added immediately, while Hel and Lif will take slots on Mythic banners, or even Legendary in the case of Lif. Alternatively they make Lif steal a Farfetched spot from the male side, since there's no rule saying Lif must be a Mythic just because Thrasir was (see: Male Grima) so I can see that happening here. I also don't think there's a way to make a feasible Tempest Trials with a Book 3 theme if there's a Tempest banner as well, so it just makes the most sense to me that these banners are Farfetched and Book 4 respectively.
I dunno if the 2 character banner is necessarily a disaster, though. They even did another one a little later with Takumi/Leo. It might even get people who dont normally spend to spend. But the green tome is a problem...I suppose they could just shove the 2 into Legendary banners eventually. Note that Julia uses a red tome in her artwork, but is considered Blue. So might be some wiggle room?
As for the tempest issue, if we kept it book 3 themed and wanted a separate banner to go with it (do tempest banners usually show up on these btw? its not here but i dunno if that means anything) there is the out of a Loki/Surtr banner (& i dunno maybe laevatein or ylgr or something, keep it realm of the dead themed, see some loved ones). Also it does overlap with the mythic banner, possible avenue for something going on. It also really sticks out to me that this is a New Heroes banner but not one with a Forging Bond. That implies something unusual is happening, because if you're a set of general new heroes (including, notably, Brave Redux last year) you get the bonding since you're "normal".
Actually I'm going to go look up the mythic/legendary banners, maybe we can get some clues.