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Well, that should be fine, my units are so good rn and Aideen still has warp lol~ Still, I heard Raquesis and Leif played the same, and again, the Ethlyn inheritance he has for some reason made me think he gets staffs lol~ Plus Sigurd has Return band and that's like... the main one who needs to go home often~ Actually still debating on who wants the second return band lol~ But yeah, inheritance is still weird to me, but I'll figure it outs, or well, I'll be kinda forced to, unless a make a savestate before the generation split but I really don't wanna do that if I can help it, will break emmersion as I've heard that's a major story moment and junk lol~ Still, nice to know I won't guaranteed lose it, am mainly concerned about other crucial items... Like Lex's Hero Axe since he barely missed the dad mark. Like was so close between Jamke and Bridget or Lex and Bridget, buh I decided to use Jamke cause... I think they have an ingame conversation and I wanted all my pairings to have an air of canonicty to them lol~

Hihi, sorry for late response, if you didn't know, FE4 maps, they take awhile~ Especially this one cause even with more rigging, I beat it in 38 turns because I had to play slow for a lot of it. So I believe that makes my turn count, uh... 118? Give or take about five turns. Anyway, before leaving, Ethlyn is 25, Quan is 23, and Finn is 18. I'm mostly marking these in particular down so I remember them, cause I am writing this as I play lol, rn in this part of the message, I haven't even done the arena stuff yet lol. Only just beat the map. Okay, arena is done. Chapter 3 was a struggle but I tried my best to make that be my 'slow' chapter so the rest of the game is much more bearable. Also, story did happen. And Eldigan was... wow. He took so much savescumming to not die to lol. Also, Holy weapons sure are good~ I didn't use Quan's cause like... He was already pretty overleveled, but Bridget's just kills and kills lol~ Anyway, everyone cleared level seven of the arena except Arden, who's level 7 but even with power rings and other cheesing, uh, yeah, armorslayer with 53 hit wasn't beating that op Baron lol. Must've tried over 200 times in different orders lol~ Oh, I rambled, also Dew and Sylvia didn't beat it, Dew did pretty well though, getting to rank 4, and Sylvia... Beat one guy. That's better than chapter three lol~ Also, yeah, combat and survival ranks are always 100%, I know save scummin's a crime and all that, but it makes this challenge a lot fun-er so... Idc lol~ But now, time for me to do some math~ Brb for two seconds for you, and like thirty mins on my end~ I have 377/606 Levels so far! Yay! That's lots~ I maxed out Aideen, and Sigurd and Lex are not far behind~ Also, there's a surprise contender for best unit and oh my good lord, wtf is Lachesis~ Like I thought my girlfriend, we is gay trans lesbians btw, was joking when she said Raquesis was her best unit, like really, the foot locked level two unit? Who needed a whole squadron to keep her safe? But, um, no, her promotion is... Cwaza. So many stats. Paragon ring Return staff with dancer turned her online very fast. And that is how she's the best~ But for other lacking units, um, Dew is 10 with 99 exp lol~ Sylvia... Okay, to the one person who commented she needs more exp than that, like... How? She can't do combat and dance at the same time lol~ And am not giving her rings and all that, cause like... why? But she's level 8 and has 84 exp lol, so as decent as I can make her lol~ Arden is Arden, but I got him some exp and he's at about level 14 with 77 exp, I think he'll promote next arena session and that's good enough for me lol. And Alec is... so screwed, he's level 17 but mine has like... 12 speed which sucks. He'll promote but yeah, fuck alec. And everyone else promoted or is gonna. Taillte is fine, 14 is arden level except y'know, she got it in a third of a chapter instead of waiting the whole game lol~ Azel and Erin are 18, so close enough to promotion~ And the rest are in fact, promoted~ And wow, promotions are so nice~ Noish is good, Beowolf is good, Midir is great, Lex and Raquesis are great, etc~ Anyway, if people have more questions, can answer, didn't wanna list every specific level and junk, buh yeah, I think that's about it for now, am feeling confident I can pull this challenge off, peaces~! Will try to answer more questions also~ (Oh, one last thing, I uh... Lost my return staff on Ethlyn as she leaves, so that kinda sucks, but at least Leif gets it, I think, it, uh, broke, do broken weapons get passed down? Actually, how does weapon inheritance work in general lol? Like do the non fathers need to sell all their things or...? And wha about pawn shop lol?)

Update: I got like 17 extra levels, since I had a save state before I did any arena-ing, so like... Yeah, it definitely helps lol~ And yeah, hero sword will be really nice next chapter's run, I just didn't have it for this turn one lol~ I plan to take this chapter a bit slower to spam staffs and get aideen, raquesis, and ethlyn especially to 20~ I'll definitely need to go slower for a bunch of reasons also, most notably, Arden and Dew are way too underleveled, so as long as I prioritize any villages, I should be fine to spend a few turns training them up, alongside Raquesis to get the paragon band off of her~ But again, thank you so much, I felt like it was near hopeless before, but now it's totally doable, and again, without you, it would be like... at least 15 levels lost every mid chapter arena grind, probably even more once I get dew going to farm heaps of gold lol~ So complete thanks to you~!

That does make a lot of sense, lol. I think I literally did that with Azel, Ayra, and Raquesis lol. Just didn't really consider doing it with everyone else cause I thought it would be too gold inefficent. Yet also wondering what in the world to spend all my gold on lol~ Guess that's the answer lol! But yeah, am mainly going for ranked because there's a special ending or something I wanna get~ That and bragging rights, I guess~ I'm not too concerned with ruining my first playthrough as this has been more fun than like... When I tried to play it a few years back and just dropped it cause of chapter two annoying me lol~ Now with the extra challenge, it feels like I have a goal to work towards, and that really keeps me wanting to play, if that makes any sense~ Still, I do like hearing that there is some hope in maybe getting exp rank after all, though I definitely fumbled with my unit choices, probably putting too much exp into Sigurd and a few others, like Lex~ Kinda hard not to when hero axe destroys everything lol~ But yeah, I'll just reset and do CH3 arena over again, which is... work, but I think I gotta lol~ This will make everyone signifigantly stronger too, so will be good even if I drop the ranked goal later on in my playthrough lol~ But yeah, use Paragon Ring more, that does make sense lol~ Thanksies~

Hi, am playing FE4 for the first time, with a guide but still, am mostly spoiler free on things. I'm using a pairings guide and I seem to be alright for every other rank since am using save states but... EXP is being the worst. Okay, for other ranks, Survival and Combat are easy, I have save states, so yeah, they're both guaranteed A's. Tactics, as of rn, which is right now, um, 80 turns, flat. I'm pretty sure, uh, chapter 2 and it's plateau was a big ol' bitch, and I just couldn't get off of it, but I did get everything. Lots of gold, the knight ring, the bargain ring, etc. But EXP. How? I must be missing something. Out of the 606 available levels in Gen 1, I only have 191. And I'm losing a bunch of units this chapter, including Deirdre at the start, who only got to level 12 and yeah, she's just gone. Have done the arena fights for chapter 3 also btw. But yeah, rn it seems super fucked. Like, um, what do I do? I know Quan, Ethlyn, and Finn leave next chapter, so I must have been like, subconsciously not using them because I knew that. Uh, Quan got to level 19, almost 20, Ethlyn is level 12, almost 13, and Finn is halfway to 16. So yeah, with all that said, how would people salvage this run? I didn't know it was this tight btw, Arden's still level 6, Dew's level 5, I just feel so screwed. Granted, it's my fault for trying a ranked run on my first try, but I heard ranked is really fun and I thought I put a lot more prep into things than I did, but, uh, I guess not enough. Anyway, if it is salvagable, please if any of you could, I'd love some advice, uh, I can give even more information on each individual unit if needed, will list their exp, gold, and stat boosters. As well as planned pairings. Sigurd- Level 22 (16), 50,000, has Skill, Speed, and Return Rings, (Is wed to Deirdre.) Noish- Level 15 (84), 28,040, has no rings, (Unwed.) Alec- Level 10 (71), 20,400, has no rings, (Unwed.) Arden- Level 6 (41), 39,000, has no rings, (Unwed.) Finn- Level 15 (65), 41,820, has no rings, (Unwed.) Quan- Level 19 (76), 50,000, has no rings, (Is wed to Ethlyn.) Midir- Level 16 (3), 43,460, has Barrier Ring, (Planned for Aideen, is at 400+ Love Points.) Lewyn- Level 11 (32), 49,400, has no rings, (Planned for Erin, is at 200+ Love Points.) Holyn- Level 16 (6), 35,940, has no rings, (Planned for Ayra, is at 200+ Love Points.) Azel- Level 11 (60), 31,000, has Magic Ring, (Planned for Tailtiu, is not recruited yet.) Jamke- Level 13 (52), 37,225, has no rings, (Planned for Brigid, is not recruited yet.) Beowulf- Level 11 (42), 24,740, has no rings, (Planned for Raquesis, is at 300+ Love Points.) Lex- Level 24 (10), 44,330, has no rings, (Unwed.) Dew- Level 5 (24), 5,000, has no rings, (Unwed.) Deirdre- Level 12 (86), 28,250, has no rings, (Is wed to Sigurd.) Ethlyn- Level 12 (87), 19,390, has no rings, (Is wed to Quan.) Raquesis- Level 9 (55), 400, has Bargain, Pursuit, Paragon, and Knight Rings, (Planned for Beowolf, is at 300+ Love Points.) Ayra- Level 17 (2), 46,680, has no rings, (Planned for Holyn, is at 200+ Love Points.) Erin- Level 10 (28), 23,700, has no rings, (Planned for Lewyn, is at 200+ Love Points.) Sylvia- Level 4 (64), 10,655, has no rings, (Planned for Claude, is not recruited yet.) Aideen- Level 12 (20), 12,000, has no rings, (Planned for Midir, is at 400+ Love Points.) But yeah, that is... about all the info I can give you, uh, please try and save my run if possible, and if not... Please just tell me I'm fucked now so am not disappointed later lol. I just feel so stuck. And again, this is my first playthrough, so if you give help, try to keep it as light on spoilers as possible, like... idk, you can say something like, oh, there's a lot of axe units on blank chapter, or oh, you can do this strategy to get lots of exp super fast, like idk how am getting anyone to 30, but I'd like to know how lol~ Even if I fail this challenge, maxing out exp is probably something I need help with since even with all of this save state abuse to get better levels and faster turn counts, am still coming up short. And I'd just like to get better at the game, or at the very least, learn funny strats~ Anyway, that's all I can think to ask about, if you can help, great! And if you tell me, yeah, it's hopeless, that's also great lol! I can give more details also, like I thought about listing each character's preferred weapon, but that's a lot of work, so like... yeah, I opted not to. Anyway, will shut up, but if people do talk, I promise to be very active and do my best to help you help me! But yeah, love y'all, peace outs~!

I was not aware of Invoke as a... well, as a mechanic, I did forget about it lol~ Think I benched/only used healer Genny on my first playthrough, so... That's probably why. But early game 'FE8 Summons' with an actual HP stat seems... pretty bonkers, ngl, so might ban but only on Jenny? Idk, if they're that broken, could get rid of the mechanic entirely, especially if it gives one person such a huge advantage... As for the early game picking... Yeah, probably right on that too lol, should just come naturally, and considering Lukas, Saber, and Silque are all very strong early game units anyway, yeah, can see how limiting early game unit amounts, even if is an all 4 thing, is kinda unneeded. So think I'll edit that too, alongside... probably setting it to Hard Mode? Idk, I wanted to keep it more accessible, but am now kinda afraid I'm making it too easy for people to feel interested lol~ But yeah, thanks so much for your critiques, will edit my original post, and have a nice night, Snow~! (Also, I did kinda think no DLC was a given, considering... I don't own it, but yeah, will add that in also~)

Hello, I've been itching to play Echoes again for like... ever since it came out, to make sure it's still one of my favorite FEs or is just nostalgia, so I thought I'd try out a draft of it, if that's okay? But since it's my first one and I have not as much experience with the game, I think it should be a bit more relaxed, and well... less optimal, I guess~ But with all that said, here are the rules I've come up with~ Rules: Free Units: Alm, Celica, One Extra Unit of Your Choice Banned Units: None~ Player Count: 2-4 Players, preferably able to be talked with on platforms such as Discord and the like to share progress~ Grinding: If you can avoid it, great, but no penalty for doing so unless it actively ruins fun for the rest of us~ Mode: Classic, Hard Banned Stuff: No DLC, No Mila Turnwheel/Chapter Resets, No Invoke 'Winning' is defined simply by getting to the end, and since I tend to quit on lots of my playthroughs, I'd consider this a win personally lol~ But feel free to go for LTC or whatever, would love to learn some FE strats from you, if you'd like to help out your 'opponent' lol~ If you have any more questions, I'd be happy to answer, but as I'm new to this concept, I don't quite know how good I'll be at answering~ If you have any rules you'd like changed, feel free to inquire, and with all that said, would love to play with anyone who wants to also revisit Valentia again, peace~!

Figured I'd repost this here as I saw the Shadows of Valentia Forum was looking pretty dead and this one seems like it will help me out more. If this is against the Serene Forest rules, I'm sorry (I'm new if that means anything), and I hope you can forgive me. Here's the original post I made. Hello FE Fans! I've been having a lot of fun lately hacking FE games and mostly adjusting Fates growths for some pretty fun results (Kana having 125% in all stats may have been overkill...) but I want to make a more balanced one for Echoes and release it to the public so I'll need a small bit of help. Firstly I will require two rules to start renovating this game. 1. The amount I should tamper with. Echoes can be broken just like all FE games but if I give everyone 127% (The max) in all stats, it wouldn't be that fun, would it? So I'd like to hear your thoughts on where my limits should be. I should have a set percent I can buff (50%, 100%, 150%, etc...) so I'd like your thoughts on that. 2. Should I make characters more balanced or give the same level of buff to everyone? This is the main issue I have right now. I know there's a tier list for FE: SOV so I've come up with a personal problem. Should Alm be as strong as Forsyth? And if I did only give small buffs to high tiers, what is a small buff? And what tier list would I even use? This issue has been driving me nuts and I'd like to know if the imbalance should stay or if I should give higher buffs to low tiers. Yeah that's all I got for now. Depending on feedback time, the patch should come out in two to five days. I hope I can make this game something fun and maybe have this be a series where I'll update and balance my old personal hacks on FE6, FE7, FE8, Awakening, and Fates. But yeah I hope to hear from you all with what you may want from a buff patch to FE15. Thanks and good day to you all!

Hello FE Fans! I've been having a lot of fun lately hacking FE games and mostly adjusting Fates growths for some pretty fun results (Kana having 125% in all stats may have been overkill...) but I want to make a more balanced one for Echoes and release it to the public so I'll need a small bit of help. Firstly I will require two rules to start renovating this game. 1. The amount I should tamper with. Echoes can be broken just like all FE games but if I give everyone 127% (The max) in all stats, it wouldn't be that fun, would it? So I'd like to hear your thoughts on where my limits should be. I should have a set percent I can buff (50%, 100%, 150%, etc...) so I'd like your thoughts on that. 2. Should I make characters more balanced or give the same level of buff to everyone? This is the main issue I have right now. I know there's a tier list for FE: SOV so I've come up with a personal problem. Should Alm be as strong as Forsyth? And if I did only give small buffs to high tiers, what is a small buff? And what tier list would I even use? This issue has been driving me nuts and I'd like to know if the imbalance should stay or if I should give higher buffs to low tiers. Yeah that's all I got for now. Depending on feedback time, the patch should come out in two to five days. I hope I can make this game something fun and maybe have this be a series where I'll update and balance my old personal hacks on FE6, FE7, FE8, Awakening, and Fates. But yeah I hope to hear from you all with what you may want from a buff patch to FE15. Thanks and good day to you all!