Talk:Iron Star Axe

I suggest that this be merged with the Iron Axe page, since

1) The Iron Star Axe is simply a 1~2 range, enemy-only version of the Iron Axe, with all other stats being identical.

2) The page on the Iron Axe already has relevant information on the Iron Star Axe.

3) The Iron/Steel/Silver Proximity Yumi pages has already been merged with the  Iron/Steel/Silver Yumi pages, and one might as well adhere to this previous example for sake of consistency throughout the Fire Emblem Wiki.

Same goes for corresponding Steel and Silver versions of the Star Axes, as well as Iron/Steel/Silver Kukri with I ron/Steel/Silver  Swords,  Iron/Steel/Silver  Katti with  Iron/Steel/Silver  Katanas,  Iron/Steel/Silver Maces with  Iron/Steel/Silver  Clubs, and  Iron/Steel/Silver Nageyari with  Iron/Steel/Silver Naginatas.

Warranting special attention, however, are be the Iron/Steel/Silver Javelins and the Iron/Steel/Silver Shortbows (Note: it's Shortbow, not Short Bow), which are the 1~2 range, enemy-only versions of their corresponding Iron/Steel/Silver Lances and Iron/Steel/Silver Bows. Game-mechanically these are ranged enemy-locked versions of these standard Lances and Bows which again have identical stats to these weapons otherwise, but their NA localised names in Fire Emblem Fates carry the implicature that these are variants of Javelins and Short Bows, just  like the variants of Iron/Steel/Silver variants of the Longbow in Radiant Dawn. (But not the JP version, which simply translate them as 'Throwing Lances' and 'Proximity Bows'!)  To avoid confusion  I suggest the following:

1) Merge the [Iron/Steel/Silver] Javelin and  [Iron/Steel/Silver] Shortbow pages  with their corresponding standard Lance and Bow pages.

2) Put some kind of mention of these weapons in the 'Javelin' and 'Short Bow' pages, but with the clarification that game-mechanically speaking these are ranged, enemy-locked versions of standard Lances and Bows, rather than being Iron/Steel/Silver variations of Javelins and Short Bows.

The Aggro Incarnate (talk) 12:38, February 18, 2016 (UTC)