Pirate

I did have both a silver shield and the shield of House Fraldarius, but unfortunately they were with other units during the pre-timeskip battle so neither are in the convoy. I do have a hexlock shield, but it's weighing Byleth down and throwing off her avoid so I have to use it sparingly. The group in the upper right is completely safe. No one bothers them if they keep real quiet. The upper left side is being attacked, though. I am going to try and lead the enemies away a few more times. Maybe it's that another enemy gets into their sights and then the others swarm them Petra, luck be with her, I have an idea for. I'm going to have Seteth swing by and trade her some Movement+ stat boosters so she can really fly the coop. I just want her safe. I still don't think it's possible for me, though. I wish they would patch it so you could turn down the difficulty. I wish I had an earlier save.

Unfortunately, Byleth is my tankiest unit. She does get doubled by assassins, it takes a few of them to kill her. I can't get her to Dorothea and Caspar fast enough to save them because of the traffic. Seteth goes down to a single bad guy so I haven't had success using him as a human shield.

I've playing FE games for a long time now, and I've had my share of difficulties. But I've never been this screwed before. I'm on my third route, Silver Snow, and I'm in maddening mode. Everything's been tougher. I appreciate that! I thought hard mode was a tad too easy. Now I'm eating my words. It's Chapter 13: Hunting at Daybreak. The same chapter happens in Blue Lions and, I've read, Golden Deer. It seems universally loathed and for good reason. Of my Black Eagles, I used Dorothea as a dancer, Bernadetta is a sniper, and Petra is a wyvern rider. Haven't used Caspar or Ferdinand, or Seteth for that matter even though he is in this scenario. My female Byleth is an Enlightened One. I can't get past this level. I have permadeath on, and even if I let everyone die I still can't make it through. I'm trying to lower the difficulty. I know it won't let me go back up after the round, but honestly I don't care about that. It says I'm not allowed to change the difficulty at this time. Is there somewhere else I can change the difficulty? Like if I retreat can I press something to open settings? There is no setup in this level. Have I just lost like 50 hours to be trapped forever?