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Ghost Kaisar

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  1. Bløød, thank you for making this. I was very pleased to see that there was a modification of FE8 that tried to stick to the core of the game and deliver an improved vanilla experience. The only things that really bugged me through my playthrough were documentation based. Thankfully you can save and reload states to inspect how a character changes after promotion but I still ran into the issue of some skills being hard to find online and having to wait until they hit a certain level to inspect the skill in game (which I didn't even know you could do at first). I do remember getting upset at choosing Ephraim route and then remembering that I used Erika to kill the boss in that last chapter and having the dracoshield be unavailable until they met back up again in later chapters. That just be how it is though. Overall though I was very pleased with your patch. Thanks. Some rambling below of things I just found interesting or never knew until I came back to play this game as an adult. ------------------------------------------- Def growth is a rarity. Gilliam is the only standard character with 50+ def growth. Duessel has 45 and of the classes that can become General / GK the next closest is Amelia at 30. 30 by the way, ties with people like Erika and Saleh. Dracoshields are king. I honestly regret turning Franz into a GK because he's paper without dumping shields into him; and I dump my shields into my high HP fighter types instead to give them staying power. Amelia rocked as a Paladin though but I run lots of flying units and other mounted options. Canto+ is a drug. Gladiator rocks but I wish it was sword only. Sword / Lance is a very common combo (Paladins, Falcoknights, Wyvern Lords). Sword / Axe is already Hero. Don't get me wrong, I still love the class but I noticed that I ran a LOT of Sword / Lance units already.. Pure sword high HP fighter type wouldn't step on swordmaster toes because its non-crit and has staying power. I love Colm and Neimi as Trickster and Ranger because they can bring Bows to the field to deal with fliers and they have remarkable synergy. Ranger gets Drive Speed which increases speed within 2 squares. Colm rally increases Speed by 4. Almost anyone can double now. I turned Cormag into a dragoon and dumped Talismans into him and was still disappointed. Poor Dragoon. Crits like a monster but why bother when Pegasus knights get Grim Blow? They crit all the time and I love it. I normally went Wyvern Lord with him and wanted to try the new class but will probably turn him back into a Lord. Pierce is great but I love weapon control. Ewan has +2 move as a default skill. Dark Knight / Mage Knight have charge. I went Dark Knight because there are other Mage Knight candidates. No regrets he hits like a truck. HP Growth is an important stat, but if you know how to access the secret shop you'll learn that the HP booster is crazy. +7 HP is enough to give anyone better staying power. Rule of thumb; if they already have good HP growth you give them shields (because they already have the HP to survive). Shields on low HP classes is a waste because it often won't save them enough damage to survive an extra hit. I'd use L’Arachel more if it weren't for Mercy. I highly value my healers not being dead weight. That is all. Ross is a monster no matter what you do. I always turn him into a Berserker personally, and Garcia into a Warrior. Garcia as a warrior is hilarious if you equip them with a longbow and keep their health at ~30%. Fiery Blood and Frenzy means that with high STR the bow hits for ludicrous damage against even Generals and can straight delete some classes with little effort. Moulder with dracoshields and War Monk is viable as a frontliner alongside Gilliam. Gilliam draws aggro anyways and when you heal him you heal yourself as well. Action economy. Speaking of which; Gilliam General with Hoplon Guard and Talismans makes him a wall that is nigh unstoppable. Can't be crit, has high HP, DEF, and RES. Also has a skill that draws aggro. What more do you want? -------------------------------------- I had enough fun playing through it and re-learning FE8 that it makes me want to go through and play it again with changed promotion routes. Once again, thanks Bløød.
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