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Yeah I got through the route map with a plan called Lyn murders everything within a 3 mile radius. Fun times. Oh also Rebecca getting 15 critical hits with less then 10% chance. Throughout my game she has gotten more critical hits then the people with critical boosting weapons. This has been a blind run, and that's likely what hurt me in the desert because I didn't use a guide. Missed some Gaidens, but hey its more fun blind the first time.

Sorry about the lack of response but I was working out how to get through those two chapters. I finally got a run where no one died and level gains were acceptable. The ranking also went back up. So thank you Dual.

Ah I aplogize, tactics went down due to me sitting in a desert for an hour. Every other rank is 5 including funds (though I've been tempted to end characters due to how badly they've failed me) but with funds I'm wondering if I should use the secret shop.

So recently I got FE7 and am doing my first run of it. I was doing well in all rankings until the desert chapter where I prioritized items and keeping the green mage contained so my ranking dropped to three stars. I am currently on chapter 23, are there any upcoming chapters in which I can bring the ranking back up? Also since I am going for high tactician rankings should I just ignore the secret shop and rely on what I have?

So both Hoshido and Nohr families have trace amounts of dragon blood in their line. This interests me in how they apparently the two nations deal with this. In Hoshido their is a giant central statue of a dragon leading me to believe that they might worship dragons. Nohr on the other hand shows none of this, in regards to their glory seeking they may use it more as a tool to fuel their ambitions. In that sense their might be some religious tension between the two countries. With those tensions, what happens with Kamui and Aqua in the early game of If pushes the two sides to the breaking point and war finally breaks out.

Clearly Phoenix mode is a complicated tie in with the Angel Beats visual novel coming out soon. Crossover incoming! But seriously I have no opinion on it as of right now, depending on execution of the mechanic it could be good or it could be bad. I will wait and see. In regards to no weapon use, unsure of that it they make it so that getting new weapons is incredibly difficult that would explain the mechanic. I'm more interested in all the new info on characters and their classes. Expanded Avatar creation will be nice and we know names and voice actors as well as classes. So yay.

If Leon is a dark knight either they revamped the entire class or he has the shadow gift skill. Dark Knights in Awakening could only use Anima magic. Personally I hope they revamped the class.

Your right the human armor is similar to the Manakete form, specifically the arms and legs have very similar designs between the two forms.

Honestly Kamui's main body and the Ice Dragon are very similar with the metallic silver but what really sets Kamui apart is head area with the mask and horns. They legitimately look like armor separate than the body rather rather than actual organic growths on the body. On closer look, Kamui's body appears segmented with plates in the drowning scene.

The thing is with older Manakites have all somewhat resembled what one would consider a dragon, the furthest deviation is probably Fa but even she is I suppose "organic". Kamui looks completely foreign to all other Manaketes or any other shapeshifter. They have literal metal on them or something similar, nothing In the series resembles Kamui. But we have confirmation of dragon stone so it would have to be a new type of Manakete due to how alien it is from all the other types.

This would be most likely with one map happening after another, Sacred Stones also had that. Considering that a lot is going to need to happen in those first few chapters in order for the split to work, it would make skirmishes difficult from a story perspective.

I hope that they don't spend most effort on Nohr and leave Hoshido less than Nohr. Based on some of the info translated Nohr will be a lot more diversified, if they put all effort into one version why even make two? I'll be playing both versions anyway but this kind of worries me. Although this once again brings up a question of how those first 6 chapters will function. Will it be like Hoshido, Nohrm, or the third route. Based on this the maps will function differently based on the version with more complex maps on Nohr. There is also the issue of level gains which could imbalance Nohr if you use it too much. So I am rather curious how those first few chapters work.

I had this problem as well, the store had a late shipment meaning I had to come in a week later and I had only got on because I had preordered. I got the art book thankfully but there is a chance that this will happen again if amiibos are any indication. Only thing one can do is preorder and hope that current trends don't apply to FE If.

In regards to the bonds of growing up with Nohr versus just meeting Hoshido family it would depend on when Kamui came to Nohr. If he was taken/abducted when he was 3 or so it would be different if he was eight or ten. If Kamui was older he would retain memories of Hoshido and his family there so that would change circumstances. They would then gain a standing similar to Kamui's Nohr family. I don't believe we yet know when he was taken to Nohr.

Well we know that Hoshido is the smaller nation and Nohr the invading nation, from Ryouma's perspective he's got his family and close allies on the field facing off against a larger army. Its a do or die situation for him so he has to make a decision, show mercy on his long lost brother or take no chances and put the survival of his nation and family above all else. Marx is in a better situation realistically speaking, so perhaps he's confidant enough to speak as to how he is betrayed by his foster brother.