Let's Play: Banner of the Maid Fire Emblemesque Isometric Chinese Tactical RPG

Hanes · September 20, 2020

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10 hours ago, IGdood said:

The reason why i write the caption above the image is because I generally sum up the content of a group of images and then follow it up by the most relevant ones. It's also easier to post because I post the images relevant to the statement rather than upload a group of images first and then describe what I just uploaded.

That's fair I suppose.

10 hours ago, IGdood said:

I forgot if I've ever seen this type of enemy before. But looks intimidating. Must be the manly 'stache.

>Threatening: Okay making someone unhealable is just fucking unfair.

Damn, that's a moustache if I ever saw one holy crap.

11 hours ago, IGdood said:

You can't render Threatening if you die in one hit.

Wow. Quan is too powerful.

11 hours ago, IGdood said:

Philipp doesn't die. He retreats to fight another day.

Ugh I've been defeated! But I can't fall here, I must make my retreat!

11 hours ago, IGdood said:

At the rate at which I gain favor with the royalists, I'm sure Robespierre will end up being an enemy at some point

I wonder if that can happen, would be interesting.

Callie · September 29, 2020

On 9/20/2020 at 11:02 AM, This boi uses Nino said:

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That's fair I suppose.

Damn, that's a moustache if I ever saw one holy crap.

Wow. Quan is too powerful.

Ugh I've been defeated! But I can't fall here, I must make my retreat!

I wonder if that can happen, would be interesting.

this game look good, are you ok ? long time no see,,,

Punished Dayni · September 29, 2020

On 9/19/2020 at 5:56 PM, IGdood said:

At the rate at which I gain favor with the royalists, I'm sure Robespierre will end up being an enemy at some point

And I suppose it'll be such an anger the French royal family will be feeling a chill in their necks.

Unrelated I'm sure.

On 9/19/2020 at 5:56 PM, IGdood said:

To recap, the last post we were ordered to escort a princess! This was quite the endeavor and I had to restart the mission 3-4 times due to deliberately shit AI probably because I had Pauline try to explain things rationally to the princess, causing her to act "arbitrarily."

>deliberately shit AI

That's some shit right there.

I'm impressed they went that far for her to take the advice so badly she acts out and makes things harder.

Therese is probably going to be available to play with at some point, I just have a suspicion.

Hanes · September 30, 2020

6 hours ago, Hong Nhi said:

this game look good, are you ok ? long time no see,,,

Hello! It's definitely been some time... I've been fine thank you

IGdood · September 30, 2020

8 hours ago, Hong Nhi said:

this game look good, are you ok ? long time no see,,,

Hello!

4 hours ago, Dayni said:

I'm impressed they went that far for her to take the advice so badly she acts out and makes things harder.

Therese is probably going to be available to play with at some point, I just have a suspicion.

Hah, I'm almost tempted to replay the game and choose the other option to see if Therese becomes controllable if Pauline tells her that everything will be like a fairytale.

She'll probably be the alternative sniper unit to Cosette. Seems like we're probably getting 2 usable characters of each class. Pauline + Lannes, Murat + Charlotte, Oscar + pseudoQuan, etc.

The challenges for each mission are very interesting. I mean, luring an enemy bandit across the map to open a door and then killing him before he can nick the treasure? That's a step ahead of the usual Fire Emblem challenge of just killing thieves before they can open locks.

Anyway sorry I've been busy with life so I only have a short non-combat update.

To recap, we just saved Therese from certain doom. Enemies are also growing manly mustaches.

These exp grinding missions do not provide money, so you can't grind for items. However occasionally as you progress you might get a mission that gives you minimal gold. I mean, 500 isn't much. However sometimes enemies will drop bottles of wine in the exp grinding missions so technically you may be able to sell them for 200 gold each.

Holy shit, is this Galeforce that only activates with critical hits?

Her voice actress has a really deep voice. She reminds me of Effie and of Fiora's FEH voice.

So yes, hearing her say CRUSH in Mandarin Chinese is... I can't find the words

Alright guys, it's gonna be one of those night time fog of war palace assassination missions

The characters remark that it's ironic people are celebrating when not too long ago Lafayette essentially ordered soldiers to open fire on rioters (remember that decision tree back then when I had to make Josephine choose between Lafayette and Robespierre?)

Lannes remarks that despite initially being full of optimism when the Revolution took place, he realized the more things changed, the more things stay the same. Corruption still exists despite there being a severe curtailing of the power of nobles. It seems that whoever is in the higher-ups are assholes, essentially. Desaix still maintains some optimism, saying that at least we now exist in a world where people are AWARE of ideals, whereas previously that was not the case.

Pauline seeks our Mirabeau, who isn't here actually. She comes across paintings of things that have happened, and it seems of things that will happen...

Oh hey, it's Julie the NPC of Ecole Militaire

Annnndd of course she's a maid. She predicts the future via paintings, but she also believes that ~~ANYTHING CAN CHANGE~~ and that by showing her paintings to those involved, they can change their fate. They discuss being uncertain about their maid powers and why they keep using them.

I make Pauline choose the top choice. I mean, it seems fair to use that attack boost and morale boost to steamroll the enemy and minimize damage to yourself, no?

Okay Chrom

Wait who's there

Why do I have a feeling she's gonna be the second healer

Eugenie joined the military because her father lost everything in his line of work. She's talented, exceptionally lazy, and kind of nutty.

Here we go. We've got intruders.

This is awfully depressing. But I feel like Julie will join our party in the endgame. She is a part of the military and may be similar in rank to Rose.

I wonder what skills I can buy now

>8 turns

Eugenie Caron is a mounted healer!

She doesn't come with any healing music (I'll rectify that shortly), but she's a maid...!?

Voice of Aegis: She expends morale to buff damage resistance.

Emergency Elusion: Against melee attacks, she gains +20 dodge. Shame it doesn't work with bullets.

Triumph Music allows a unit to act again.

Marching Music boosts MOV. I think I'll replace the bread with some healing music.

Punished Dayni · September 30, 2020

5 hours ago, IGdood said:

Eugenie Caron is a mounted healer!

She doesn't come with any healing music (I'll rectify that shortly), but she's a maid...!?

Voice of Aegis: She expends morale to buff damage resistance.

Emergency Elusion: Against melee attacks, she gains +20 dodge. Shame it doesn't work with bullets.

Triumph Music allows a unit to act again.

Marching Music boosts MOV. I think I'll replace the bread with some healing music.

So she heals, she buffs, she dances......

Bit of a skilled unit for being lazy, eh?

Meanwhile we now have bread powercreep, is there anything special about the bread aside from healing?

Hanes · September 30, 2020

20 hours ago, IGdood said:

Eugenie Caron is a mounted healer!

She doesn't come with any healing music (I'll rectify that shortly), but she's a maid...!?

Voice of Aegis: She expends morale to buff damage resistance.

Emergency Elusion: Against melee attacks, she gains +20 dodge. Shame it doesn't work with bullets.

Triumph Music allows a unit to act again.

Marching Music boosts MOV. I think I'll replace the bread with some healing music.

oooh that's really cool. Mounted healers ftw!

IGdood · October 3, 2020

On 9/30/2020 at 1:16 AM, Dayni said:

So she heals, she buffs, she dances......

Bit of a skilled unit for being lazy, eh?

Meanwhile we now have bread powercreep, is there anything special about the bread aside from healing?

Special Bread is to Elixir as Regular Bread is to Vulnerary, I think.

On 9/30/2020 at 3:24 PM, This boi uses Nino said:

oooh that's really cool. Mounted healers ftw!

She's like L'Arachel!

Alright, this mission has 2 separate parts.

Pauline has to speak with multiple NPCs to gather intel. It seems when you speak to NPCs it will dispel the fog of war for everyone else.

As you can see, I've stopped using D'eon because his stats are trash

Turns out earlier on it was Cosette who directed Eugenie to Pauline.

The girls note that their military academy clique is all together. Cosette, Eugenie, Pauline, and Charlotte.

It seems that Charlotte has some history with this place. Her parents were among those killed by Lafayette a few years back.

Let's talk to Nivernais first.

Nivernais found some kind of journal that has the emblem of the Maid. It may be something to read up on and translate sometime down the story.

Prussian shits start spilling out the darkness. Ride 'em down!

Greyed out? Let's restore some movement.

SPD ups are always welcome.

Julie notes that the northwest may have intruders. Pauline sends Cosette's pet skylark there, and it reveals some enemies. One bandit retreats. The boss is revealed!

The boss carries a weapon that boosts hit chance against the speedier members of our army.

Cavalry Emblem? More like Banner of the Horses no?

I accidentally sent my pirate into the depths of the enemy forces. Doesn't look too good.

General Rose is accompanied by two very well-dressed chaps.

Their interactions remind me of Kyle and Forde.

Frank man is apparently always wrong.

The west must be safe, therefore it must be dangerous.

That's kind of mean bro

~~Are you recruitable~~

I'm reaching forces faster than I can reveal the map with the NPCs. Is this the so-called 8 turn challenge objective at play?

Adelaide is OP

Pauline and Lafayette discuss the tactical uses of a hot air balloon, which is considered a pretty new invention.

Lafayette mentions that he does screen the background of his subordinates. He tells Pauline that he wishes for Charlotte to stay with her, as he does know that he caused the death of her parents a few years back.

Cosette and Adelaide really are making this 8 turn challenge easy

The queen's mindreading powers are revealed here. She's distraught that she has to speak with smugglers. She also tells Pauline to deal with bandits and not to ask questions about the armoire de fer.

At this rate, Oscar will be invincible to cannon and enemy cavalry.

Zhiyun manages to survive the mission, and deals the final blow on the enemy.

Cutscene time! Looks like boss Owl made it into the compound.

They want Pauline!

Desaix does his little rescue.

There's something awfully cheesy about this but I like it

!!

Pauline brings up the conversation she had with Desaix's sister. Desaix admits that he doesn't regret participating in the Revolution, but it has taught him a few things about the mindset of the commoners.

Pauline, of all people, also mentions that she remembers Desaix asking her out for a dance. She laments that there's no chance, but Desaix says that although the small the balloon has enough space for a dance. She gets awkward.

Our protagonists deduce that this whole assassination attempt is just a distraction and that the Louvre is under attack as that is where the Armoire de Fer is located.

Are we shipping Leclerc with Pauline or Desaix with Pauline?

IGdood · October 5, 2020

As a recap from last time, we foiled an assassination attempt but turns out that was most likely a distraction. The real deal is happening at the Louvre.

Let's teach some new fish new tricks.

Eugenie gets stabilization so she can heal even more

Charlotte gets sneak attack because I always attack from the flank anyways

Every sidequest is valuable since I need the money

The Jeanne d'Arc sidequests are puzzles. You need to figure out how to capitalize on the Reorganization skill where you heal a set amount for each kill. Enemies here can kill in 2 hits so you have to kill off the high HP ones first and then use the low HP enemies to heal up before taking on the next high HP foe.

Mirabeau tells Pauline that yes she does have Jeanne's banner. And yes everyone knows she died horribly, but how it came to be is unknown

Eugenie needs moar HP

This little skit is Disgaea levels of hilarious

Napoleon wishes to court Josephine the widow. Thing is, he's trash at romance so he consults someone who is just as socially awkward: Pauline.

He takes a vacation just to go on a date with her, which is pretty sweet of him.

Of course, they drag Murat into this since he's the one who kinda hits on women quite a bit

Note that they treat this like a battle, and Josephine isn't dumb so she catches on quite quickly that Nappy is trying his best

No Pauline! I'm sure Josephine is NOT into military tactics

I honestly did not expect this to happen next.

4th Wall: Broken

Awesome, free guns for everyone

Upgrade Eugenie some more with my new money

Some level ups because I had to bring Eugenie and Charlotte up to speed. Charlotte will surpass Murat soon with her stats

Next battle!

No challenge? Whew.

Basically we don't know where the boss (probably Nivernais?) is. We have to reach the lights across the map and turn them on.

Nivernais supposedly should not know this much about France. So is the Nivernais we know an impostor? AMONG US

Masked Marth wyd

I just realized how ridiculous it is that we have full cavalry units running amok in the Louvre

RNG likes Lannes

More enemies are revealed

Lannes takes quite a bit of damage compared to the other units, but his personal skill lets him gain health as he attacks. Thankfully, he's hitting his targets.

Well that's a shit trophy

I'm probably going to lose the treasure chest in the top left

Oooh yeaaah

C'mon Desaix, roll 'em over

Oh fuck that's a lot of light infantry

Too bad Murat is downstairs

But that's okay Cosette and Desaix can OHKO

Try harder fools

Oof

1 turn away from the treasure chest. Better not be something that locks me out of future sidequests

Imagine if this triggers on Triumph Music. Unlimited dancing.

Give me my 1.5x EXP gain

Light up 4 out of 5 candles and this happens

Can Cosette stop having godly growths? No.

I remember Murat being so fragile in the beginning. Now he dodges like it's nothing

The boss is revealed and she must not go to the red tiles.

>True Lies

Also, >maid

Holy shit that means Pauline and Lannes will never hit her. Only cavalry and light infantry would be able to score shots.

The other skill is just Speed + 1.

Cosette utilizes her Heroic attack

Because she has Heroic Reload, she gets a 2nd turn to act and attack

I could've killed Nivernais right away but since there's treasure chests to open...

Hopefully she doesn't kill Lannes since he's in the way

Oh no

Inspiring Tune can heal certain status effects

It's only fair Pauline deals the finishing blow with a boosted accuracy Heroic Attack

Oh come on

We'd like to question you further, Nivernais

But damn she uses ~~ZA WARUDO~~ to freeze time and skeet out of the Louvre with the Armoire de Fer.

IGdood · October 5, 2020

I'm on a roll!

2nd post of the day

Hubert, being the dipshit that he is, scolds Pauline for letting enemies run rampant in Paris. He quickly changes his tone when he realizes there's glory to be had in catching Nivernais. No I don't think he's competent enough.

It appears Lannes has a bit of a reputation with the higher ups.

[Sinister snickering intensifies]

I've unlocked some pretty powerful skills from Ecole Militaire, but Advanced Reports are only dropped by these level 20+ enemies that show up in entrustment missions but are optional enemies.

Always check your Achievements once in awhile. You can unlock things to sell.

Optimizing some loadouts..

I like these little sidequests that act as "Base Conversations" but do involve easy battles that yield some exp.

Eugenie has a fan. A fan who commissioned a play and is willing to pay big money. However she doesn't realize that the fan is...

I like how this is essentially a double take in text.

The Queen can read your minds, you know?

She's probably amused.

After seeing Pauline's dating advice, I'm sure her script will be equally full of lulz

Fighting suitors?

We Homer's Odyssey now

The challenge objective is actually pretty simple. Click the blue tile to hear a melody, and then try to replay it with the green tiles. Takes a decent ear and good memory. If you succeed, your troops will get buffs.

This is like some weird RP shit between two writers who want to take things in drastically different directions

Even with such mindreading abilities I would assume you couldn't even predict this

Whoa, blue weapons. Time to buy mwahaha

Fuck my units can't use them; they probably need a promotion first...

>ominous title

Looks like I need to cut a path in the bottom left corner by destroying that mound of gravel.

NPC stats are so comically low even generic light infantry can make short work of them

A familiar boss shows his face. He reiterates to Nivernais that he's not going to shoot civilians

I skimped out a bit on level grinding. It's showing. Lannes has lower stats than the enemies. The game does expect you to level grind, especially if you are to complete some of the challenge objectives like this one.

Arty to arty.

Adelaide actually got hit? Holy shit

Crossing the bridge will be an ordeal, as the light infantry are on terrain that boosts range.

It's only 3 turns in and Nivernais is going to start making her way to the corner. Oh shit.

Dragoons are the first to cross

Can't double me if I get you first

Paulette gets doubled by the entrenched riflemen, but she's the only one who can fire back. Good thing I got Eugenie and Ami to heal and dance.

Enemy reinforcements show up as I cross the bridge

My forces are getting bogged down. I need to cut through that mound of gravel quick!

>0 damage

Hubert's forces get creamed

Utilizing Fortify, Oscar baits Philipp and takes minimal damage. She also deals minimal damage in return.

It starts raining. Nobody's gonna dodge, which mostly works out in my favor when dealing with speedy folks like Philipp.

Philipp retreats. Again.

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

>Hubert

>amounting to anything

I rush Charlotte ahead, but she failed to dodge the enemy dragoons...

It's up to you now, Adelaide. Nivernais has literally no chance of hitting you.

CANNONBALL, I CHOOSE YOU

I failed the challenge objective. Didn't have enough time to wipe out the enemy.

Hubert (who was defeated earlier) lays claim to the arrest of Nivernais.

Nivernais questions Pauline on why so many units with maid abilities are so quickly gathered. She hints to Pauline to question the royal family, her employers, about this.

By the way, this would mean Hubert can get his hands on the armoire de fer!

Mirabeau is questioned. He says that it seems we have failed to prevent the course of events predicted by one of Julie's paintings. He himself was supposed to have died from illness years back but the power of the blue gem (presumably now in the Armoire) saved him. Pauline believes that her army is a tool for the royalists to use (eventually) to fight the revolutionaries, but Mirabeau states that for the time being the royals are needed and can be controlled due to some clever signatures and documents that can be used to blackmail the King as needed.

Unfortunately, all such documents are in the armoire de fere. Robespierre will definitely act on this information if it comes to light, but Mirabeau will keep him from taking action for now...

Oh dear, he's sick again. I bet it's tuberculosis, lung cancer, or heart failure

An unknown amount of time passes. Pauline wonders what his her purpose.

I have more practical concerns. I need medals as now I need to consider units for promotion to advanced classes.

We're back to the front again with the Austrians. Everyone's getting redeployed.

So, Frank Man is Lafite. I presume he's based on Jacques Lafitte, governor of the Bank of France.

Not sure who Dutheil is based on, but a quick google revealed a Nicolas François Dutheil who organized royalist agents from London.

Damn, you're savage.

IGdood · October 7, 2020

Got a quick update

Previously we caught Nivernais but were forced to hand her over to the Jacobins for interrogation.

We're also falling behind our enemies in terms of stats and combat efficiency, so.....some grinding was done.

I'm not going to post every level up screen but it seems the cap is at level 15, after which a unit can be promoted.

They also learn their final class skill at level 15. Some units who don't have promotions continue to level up.

Defense Line seems like a useful skill for Lannes to have. Will be useful to essentially keep cavalry away from other more important units.

Some level ups!

Line Infantry, the ultimate bait

I rarely use the wine item for Paulette, so I'm replacing that skill with Artillery Suppression

The female heavy cavalry tend to have better combat stats but the men have better accuracy and leadership stats

After so long, Zhiyun gets a better weapon for once out of coincidence

There are branching promotions in this game. One tends to confer more offense/gimmicks, the other one defense. The alternative promotions are locked behind side battles like this one.

There really wasn't much to this battle other than just having to keep everyone together on the bridge to limit exposure to enemies and utilize adjacent bonuses.

RIP fifer

With Lannes' skill of HP recovery with each successful attack landed when his health is low, I think he'll be the ultimate tank. Grenadier for him.

Can you hear the Fire Emblem music

Pauline gets the Grenadier Old Guards.

Next up, the heavy cavalry challenge.

Not much to say about this map... Our units have defensive stats so high the enemies can't touch them.

Achievements yeet

How much more OP can Cosette get

Oscar's armor would go well with the Cuirassiers. She'll be more unkillable than she already is.

Nivernais is Nevinel? Is Devdan most certainly not Danved?

We find Nivernais' journal and Adelaide gets excited which is apparently not the norm for her.

Anne Wellesley shows up again! From back in Chapter 1. Or was it 2?

Either way, seems like everyone barring Philipp is a magical witch.

Ohohoho, who's this Green Jacket rifleman?

Nivernais thinks everyone's a pawn. I'm sure she's a pawn herself to the British. We're all just using each other right?

This sidequest was interesting. I failed the challenge however. Most of the enemies will miss Nivernais (whom you play as!) because of her True Lies ability. However 3 of them have heroic attacks ready to be unleashed and you're supposed to talk to the named Bandits to be persuade them to join you, after which they may be able to be lured to eat some heroic attacks.

However as you can see i failed pretty hard because as soon as I convinced one of the bandits the other 2 generic bandits killed Raven in one round. Holy shit

Oof. Weaksauce Raven.

The persuaded bandits also will not wander around, which means you have to lure enemies over. But the dragoons have higher MOV than Nivernais does...

Yeah! Eat a generic heroic attack.

All the named bandits are dead and the enemies have started to move on their own. Time to fail the challenge objective. Oh yeah, you have very limited ammo especially since it's raining.

Well...finished the sidequest.

This was probably in reference to the chapter where we gut a shark and find a bunch of bandits at port.

To be honest, is there really a Nivernais who was impersonated? The characters do wonder who is real and who isn't.

I lack the funds to promote everyone, so I can only do it as I complete missions.

Desaix shall be an offensive powerhouse with the Grenadiers a Cheval. He has better accuracy than Oscar does so I think the offense boost will be put to good use with him.

Edited January 27, 2021 by IGdood

IGdood · October 11, 2020

Back to the frontlines, Pauline!

Our job is to scout out this area and face off against Coalition forces.

British Riflemen pop up. I really like the design of these generics.

Gee, you look a bit familiar. I'm betting she's Philipp's sister.

Ernestine, like most Tirailleur classes, has high dodge and speed, low melee defense. She's item-reliant though, which will make using her costly. I might just stick with Adelaide + Cosette.

The mission starts off with rain, and the boss has 2 skills of note.

She gains massive dodge when it's sunny, so this is probably an implicitly timed mission. She will also flee if her HP goes below 40%.

Ernestine apparently talks like Leanne from Fire Emblem. Okay, she's gaining some approval from me.

Oh hey Laure, you gonna join my army too?

What are the odds that Laure is also a maid? Alas, she does not show up in my army.

>Polita

Okay that's cute

Achtung! Oh man. This is good.

Difficult to deal with? I've got advanced classes now and ultra mustaches. No problem, Desaix.

Sometimes I wonder if these enemy bosses will end up in our army at one point. Highly unlikely.

Light infantry, regardless of their nation of origin, will fall like bowling clubs to well placed artillery and cavalry charges.

Meanwhile on the left flank Zhiyun is powering her way through enemy redcoats thanks to the healing factor in poor weather.

>1 damage
hahahaha ultimate tank

Gonna have to deal with enemy healers

Okay Oscar is still kinda weak against bullets. So much for that armor.

Charlotte gets sent ahead to bait enemy riflemen.

Meanwhile we clear out that little land bridge

Ernestine putting in good work.

>82% chance to get hit

Adelaide dodges it anyways. In rain or sunshine

I'm digging these new hats.

Charlotte's high bullet defense renders Prussian snipers useless

>Knock on door expecting NPC conversation

>It summons enemy reinforcements

Fuck you, Banner of the Maid.

Oscar's in a bit of trouble. Time to send her in the bushes and hope she survives the next turn.

Pauline is sent to plug up that little alley

Desaix can't reach enemy riflemen, so I send him to the bushes also

Murat is able to block off, thankfully.

One thing I didn't expect is that when the terrain is so poor that it decreases MOV all the way down, it can actually make it go down to zero. So Paulette is unfortunately stuck there for the rest of the mission.

Aimee can't move forward without potentially getting sniped.

Ah well, we'll just have to rely on Eugenie.

Nobody dies the next turn, thankfully.

More enemy reinforcements? Yeah that's fine.

OOF.

Eat Croissant, gain HP

Heavy cavalry can beat light infantry if they get first strike.

The weather changes to heavy fog. Good, I was afraid I was going to run out of ammunition.

Now the Prussian riflemen can't snipe and can be easily counterattacked.

Cosette can't snipe either, but she has reasonable dodge and defense.

Dodge rates go through the roof now that rain is over.

But we really have to push ahead to the boss because who knows how long the fog will last.

>Double miss

British Maids? Pah, it's all about French maids

Come one come all, I'll make haggis out of you

She's not that strong, it seems.

Finally, some houses that don't spawn enemy reinforcements.

Get a load of this.

PLUNDERED

Alright Ernestine I'll let you do the finishing moves. You need more EXP

Uh oh

Niiiice

Looks like all this was just a delaying action. Surely it felt like a full battle though.

IGdood · December 12, 2020

Hey everyone! Sorry for a very delayed update. Been caught up in the whole COVID business at work (I'm in healthcare)

Hope everyone's been safe.

Recap from last time, the British forces pull off what seems to be a feigned retreat.

Will Pauline and Desaix fall for it? We shall see!

Pauline and Desaix talk about ideals again.

For un vaterland

It's okay if the revolutionaries killed most of your family in the process, traumatizing your poor sister

*Cue crisis music*

Time to save onii-chan Nappy

Time to sell treasures and loot and promote the worthy

Finally, we can use the Fine tier of weapons

But of course it's sidequest time. I'm sure Rose and Napoleon can wait a bit.

Looting battlefields is always a lucrative business. Just ask many museums across the world.

Random, commas, punctuation, everywhere!

There's a time limit. Grab what you can, kill whom you can, and get the hell out.

The best way to beat this is to just divide up your forces. You're not gonna be able to cover much ground if you escort Paulette around all the time. Cosette can take care of herself. Ernestine is still a bit underleveled but with proper terrain usage and healing items she can hold her own.

There's some terrain that enemies won't cross but Paulette's range can get them.

She will be a worthy counterpart to Adelaide.

By turn 9 (i could've been faster) you should start planning to get to the destination edge of the map. Paulette and Aimee are incredibly slow so start having them retreat

Well actually I delayed until Turn 11... not my best thought process

That was a decent haul.

I'm sure the citizenry appreciate the influx of loo-err.....goods

Somehow a cup makes you bulletproof but more prone to getting slashed up.

Rank up = fancier hats

Next mission involves a soft time limit in that we have to rescue Duthiel (one of Rose's subordinates) before he gets killed. RNG is likely to play a role here.

That's a lot of cavalry to break through

Geron Duthiel, the pessimistic, well-dressed guy.

He introduces a new job class, that of the Sapper.

He's definitely on the defensive side, and he needs it given that he'll likely get doubled by most enemies. He can fight back to some extent but he's definitely not a front liner.

Job Skill - Resupply: Restores 1 ammo to adjacent characters at the start of the turn. This ability will be incredibly useful. It means I can spam the more powerful weapons.

Character Ability - Hated Guy: Grants all male characters +1 Move at the turn start

Other skills - Routing: Ignore 20% of enemy DEF when in combat. Artillery Def: Half damage received from enemy artillery

Oh shit we're up against big bad Wellesley

Her main skill that I fear is Bulwark. If the damage done to her is less than 9, automatically reduce it to 0.

So we gotta pound her hard or don't bother at all.

Main character skill - Leader: Being a maid, whenever she finishes an action all units within 2 grids receive Heroic status, and all enemies within 2 grids have Heroic status removed. So I should just inflict Heroic damage on her on my turn before she debuffs it away

Aside from Duthiel there's a few allied artillery units that are being slaughtered. They also serve as a soft time limit for the mission.

Hubert's a dipshit from the very beginning. Isn't it obvious?

If you look closely at the map, some areas are less muddy compared to others. One should cross those areas.

Adelaide got pretty unlucky.

One NPC dead....few more to go....

Fear the might of the baguette army.

"Is there any job where I can get paid without working?"

Try a comfy government job. It's nearly impossible to get laid off and you get a good pension afterwards.

There's still so many enemies remaining!

Come on you footsloggers, keep at it

We're breaking through!

With Eugenie serving as the "Dancer" Murat and Charlotte can cross over

Duthiel's men are outranged in this map, but sometimes the AI will do something stupid and walk within bombardment range.

Piss off you Austrian dragoons

Oscar's lack of accuracy has always bothered me

But she can double artillery so that's ok

Murat takes a Heroic hit to the face but survives

Uh oh they're starting to bombard Duthiel. Gotta hurry up

I'm going to reverse the rock paper scissors through sheer stats

Wellesley shows off her Bulwark ability. Swords won't do shit to her; her Armor is too high

Oscar is near death but I send her to kill off the remaining cannon

Face off of the century. Pauline vs Anne.

Adelaide OP

Lol I expected something more dramatic, but ok

Rose is trapped elsewhere, the next mission will be to rescue her

'

He really likes calling that guy a maggot

Trycex · January 2, 2021

I don't gonna lie, this game actually picked my attention(idk why steam never show me this before). Hope you can finish this LP

BTW, happy new year.

IGdood · January 24, 2021

On 1/1/2021 at 4:49 PM, Trycex said:

I don't gonna lie, this game actually picked my attention(idk why steam never show me this before). Hope you can finish this LP

BTW, happy new year.

Thanks, happy belated new year to you too.

Been busy with work but got an update.

I replayed this level on and off over the last few weeks due to the fact that I'm shit at tactical games and this was actually really difficult for me.

To recap, we rescued Dutheil previously. Now we have to rescue General Rose, our big chested artillery maid who seems more proper than our other big chested artillery drunkard. Common theme it seems.

But first we do a side quest.

Medals for everyone

Dutheil is a great utility unit but his stats are shit and he's horrifically underleveled compared to most of the team. He won't survive enemy light infantry attacks

Adelaide is OP and she's gonna get a rifle that will turn her into Cosette on steroids.

Promotions

Dutheil and Ernestine get some level ups from grinding

What a tsundere

A small sidequest with some significant decisions

Pauline has to go to an auction.

Jeez these sound like codenames for certain characters

That was not fruitful

Disloyal members of the army should be punished.....

All this got me was a relationship boost with the Jacobins, who as you remember sell firearms and upgrade their selection the more points you have with them.

Lol so much for brotherly love, asshole

Poor Pauline. She should just stick to the battlefield.

>only 500

Fuuuuu

She seems rather forgiving.

Okay, let's get to the main mission.

I swear. Fuck this chapter.

Your forces are scattered all over the place.

You're surrounded by a lethal combo of promoted snipers (2 range ugh) and heavy cavalry

The new units that the game gives you are essentially useless, as the high mobility of the enemies mean that they can easily be one-rounded and surrounded

Leonore is back

Why don't my units get protection like that? Not like they get doubled often

Lafite has a useless ability.

How often are you going to get your artillery unit melee'd?

And even with the bonuses, his stats are so low that he'll get OHKO'd by anything that can get close.

Something something Hubert's a dipshit but he has to be protected for some reason, probably as a result of telling the future

Please, save those cannonballs!

The most effective strategy (after retrying this like 5 times) is to just do your best to move everyone to the center.

Both types of enemy units can heavily damage most of your units except for Desaix and Oscar. Adelaide can get 2-shot and her dodge against the enemy cuirassiers is RNG dependent. The enemy heavy infantry can be easily killed off.

The light infantry are arguably more dangerous than the cuirassiers, but cuirassiers require 2-3 units to take down.

Fuck that range

Letting the heavy cavalry run around taking out as many snipers as they can

Not even Cosette can kill off cuirassiers in one round

One thing that was lightly hinted at earlier: Rose will point out enemy bombardments. Thing is, she can be killed by those bombardments and she doesn't move from her terrain as she earlier said she'll be bait. She needs a healer nearby or else you get insta-loss if she dies

>1 damage

Duthiel pls

Your stats are shit and I can't protect you as much as I'd like

French forces taking heavy casualties

You guys see those footprints on the map? There's 3 sets of them.

The reinforcements also act on the turn of their arrival.

Gun to gun, sword to sword, but for the time being we're scraping by.

The healers have little space to move around, and they can easily get 2-shot or even 1-shot

Let's go heal by the fire

Bad timing, 4 enemy light cavalry units show up

Ah jeez

Right flank has collapsed

Adelaide's RNG is giving me heart attacks

Ugh poor Eugenie

Pauline can't even counter

>It starts raining

Duthiel can't even heal up

RIP, despite being heavy infantry the light cavalry double him and inflict 10 damage per round. He doesn't have the HP to survive it

Honestly I'd rather he die than anyone else. I don't know if the mission will last so long that resupplying is needed

There's just too many of them

Someone's gonna die

Oof, 15 per bombardment in the red ring of death

They decided to go after Adelaide instead of Duthiel. Maybe he'll live?

Get some exp damn it

Treasure #1 get

Oof

Lafite couldn't move fast enough in the rain. RIP

The rain actually gets worse

>Dutheil, do your best to resupply

>Gets chopped to pieces by light cavalry reinforcements

Man I'm a horrible tactician

It only took me 6 turns and 2 casualties to get everyone together!

Look! 8 enemy reinforcements from the right side of the map. Thankfully they're only Tier 1 classes.

Treasure #2 get

Now Eugenie or Aimee can debuff the shit out of enemies

I had to look up "Feigling"

It means "coward"

Adelaide singlehandedly slaughters them all with counters.

By Turn 8, the enemy boss will move to attack you

Light cavalry? Useless against my heavy cavalry and an Aegis-buffed Pauline

Heavy cavalry fucking OP in this game

Oscar proceeds to fuck Leonore up

Murat gets the honors

I guess if you don't get completely slaughtered, you will easily be able to kill off the boss wave and finish the challenge.

>my best subordinates

If they're your best, that explains why everyone has gets slaughtered so fucking easily

CUTSCENE TIME

Come on Desaix, you've taken worse

Granted if you look at the combat animations, the officers actually never get hit. It's the troops who do the actual killing and dying

We have money and promotions.

Well I'm gonna do some level grinding to promote a few other folks

The game actually encourages grinding because you'll need to use all the classes for unlockables later on

IGdood · February 18, 2021

Sorry for the slow posts guys!

We get some level grinding in for our units

Maybe sappers can be useful for some things

The job description says howitzers have more range than cannons, but in-game they're the same.

To recap, we rescued General Rose from utter destruction and then our forces were scattered in the retreat. Pauline and Desaix are together, and Desaix has been wounded, possibly mortally.

Pauline, you're not just a Maid. You're actually a good soldier and leader

There's not much to say about the mission other than GTFO as fast as you can. It rains in the beginning so I would recommend using Desaix to soak up enemy attacks as Pauline will use up her musket ammunition very quickly

Oh man he's dying isn't he? He's actually a damn good unit

Despite the reduced attack he still manages to clear a path

Oh man

Oh noooo

Fade to black

Whoa, actual blood

Rip General Desaix

How will I progress with just one heavy cavalry unit

Who will be the replacement goldfish?

Oh man that slaps

Will Antoinette be the replacement Desaix? Her maid power is that she learns other people's skills right?

IGdood · February 20, 2021

That was quite an update huh? RIP.

Moving on to the next chapter, our army has regrouped and are prepared for a defensive battle.

News travels fast. The queen is confronted by Hubert who seems to have figured out her powers and makes it clear that he's about to think of a way to send the royals to the chopping block.

WITCHCRAFT, HERESY, AND MUTATIONS

We've got no time to mourn. The British are upon us.

So what exactly is the Maid power to a normal person?

Is it magic? Is it just charisma or intuition?

Fuck that Hubert fellow.

Hooray, it's decision time again. Looks like if you decide not to arrest people, information will certainly go out to enemies, making them more aggressive or something. But your own soldiers will not be compromised in their fighting abilities.

I thought Nivernais was dead/caught/imprisoned or something but I lost track of that part of the story. Charlotte resists the temptation to give in to blind rage and revenge.

I don't see enemy spies, just loads of enemies

I feel like something is lost in translation with this line.

The Brits have the terrain disadvantage. I've got good terrain on my side, healers, and artillery ready to rain death on my enemies.

And I've got plenty of cavalry to make mincemeat of those light infantry who want to hit us from the back

The mission from 2 chapters ago was hell; now it's payback

Cosette can snipe folks

The redcoats march against my sandbagged infantry and die horribly

It's a massacre

Charlotte can 2HKO Bridget. This one's for Desaix.

I haven't received any notification that I killed a spy and delayed an attack

Fog sets in, and the artillery can't bombard anymore. Time to relocate

I thought I'd be able to interact with that tent but there's nothing.

Leonore shows up as the 2nd mini boss.

You'd think parking units on footprints on the edge of the battlefield will stop them from reinforcing. Jokes on you, they just teleport past your units instead.

Totally not worried right now. It's rainy and Mu Zhiyun's got her healing bonus

Lucky dodge

The British break. Your named characters are exposed and I'm about to run you down!

More pointless reinforcements

What this

BLAMMED

All that's left is Anne Wellington.

lmao 0 damage

DIE. DIE. DIE

THIS IS FOR GENERAL DESAIX YOU FISH N CHIPS EATER

"lmao good job but see you next time"

Roaring Rampage of Revenge? My thirst for blood is not slaked.

Edited February 20, 2021 by IGdood

Golb89 · March 19, 2021

Spoiler

The game's plot in a nutshell:

Maybe.

Speaking of, hi FAMAS:

On 9/7/2020 at 12:23 AM, IGdood said:

And Scout:

On 8/30/2020 at 9:20 PM, IGdood said:

And C-93:

On 8/17/2020 at 5:30 AM, IGdood said:

And Enfield:

On 8/12/2020 at 5:41 AM, IGdood said:

And Tanya:

On 8/17/2020 at 5:30 AM, IGdood said:

And Yuffie:

On 8/16/2020 at 8:47 PM, IGdood said:

And Istina:

On 8/30/2020 at 9:20 PM, IGdood said:

Incidentally, if Eugenie had long hair she'd definitely be my favorite character by a long margin: hope Laure will become playable at least...

(But really, with the amount of gratuitous fanservice this game has i'm amazed it's not actually a SFW version of some hentai game...)

(Also, sometimes you really ought to post the pictures BEFORE their descriptions in your LP)

Hoping to see more of this again in the future, even though i most likely won't be posting comments here anymore.

IGdood · March 27, 2021

On 3/18/2021 at 7:32 PM, Golb89 said:

Reveal hidden contents

The game's plot in a nutshell:

Maybe.

Speaking of, hi FAMAS:

And Scout:

And C-93:

And Enfield:

And Tanya:

And Yuffie:

And Istina:

Incidentally, if Eugenie had long hair she'd definitely be my favorite character by a long margin: hope Laure will become playable at least...

(But really, with the amount of gratuitous fanservice this game has i'm amazed it's not actually a SFW version of some hentai game...)

(Also, sometimes you really ought to post the pictures BEFORE their descriptions in your LP)

Hoping to see more of this again in the future, even though i most likely won't be posting comments here anymore.

Well....I suppose i'll have to reformat my posts now that multiple people ask for it.

Am I the only one who finds it awkward to read and interpret? It all feels so backwards to me. But anyways I'll do it for popular demand.

The resemblances are....uncanny....that's a very detailed post.

It's winter and we have to get home. Laure's backstory is dwelled into; seems like even in the 19th century people confuse science with witchcraft. Doesn't appear like she's a mad alchemist; as mentioned before she does try to find new cures for disease. Oh and she's also a sniper.

Her stats are really good, even better than Cosette's and definitely superior to Therese's. And she can buff any gun-wielding unit's range!

But before we go into Laure's chapter, let's take a side tour...

As you recall, Zhiyun is a Chinese pirate and has been searching for a treasure that a British merchant took from her

But before we can get into Zhiyun's story, we must first take a detour of a detour to Leonore's story....

The nice thing about the sidequest mission design is that you can't really power level your way through them. You command set armies with generics with certain abilities and you need to figure out the way to crack the formula to win. Here you have equal parts heavy cavalry with the same abilities on both sides. Your units will recover HP in the presence of a defeated enemy unit. Certain leader generics will cause multi-tile damage if the enemies are in a straight line. Leonore is present who can 1-2-round KO certain enemies but she won't last long either if 2-3 enemies gang up on her.

That's a lot of units. It quickly devolves into a shitshow. You bunch your units to stop them from getting flanked but the enemy leaders have the Eviction capability. Basically you need to try and cycle out the injured to the campfires and also don't let your units line up.

Note how I've got the enemy lined up so I can send my captains to Evict them

Healing by the fire

Sending some units to commit suicide as a distraction

Just gotta wipe the the enemy's right flank. Granted they are gonna wipe my right flank too

Ah shit, enemy reinforcements don't stop coming.

MUST HEAL BY KILLING

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Due to the drawn out nature of the battle I ended up disabling animations. I didn't meet the challenge objectives either...too many units have died

IGdood · May 26, 2021

Real life really likes to cut into my gaming time.

Adulting is overrated. Why can't I be a kid again?

Previously Zhiyun and Pauline are talking about the lost treasure stolen by perfidious albion.

Rose is somewhere and Desaix died a heroic death.

We now visit Laure's home village which has unfortunately become one of many battlefields during the Napoleonic wars.

Zhiyun is one OP pirate when there's rain on the battlefield.

Let's sell some loot and buff some characters

Sir are you part of the revolutionists too?

Dutheil is insufferable

Promotions

>no bonus challenge

Oh man, is this mission so hard that a challenge would make it impossible?

While browsing for new items, the characters had interesting things to say

Seeing as Hubert essentially figured out the Queen's maid ability, he's probably plotting something

The enemy has set up positions in favorable terrain with high dodge. Line infantry will essentially be useless here.

In front of each cabin/house there are spots you can visit

Poor Laure. Science is witchcraft even in that age.

It seems most of the enemies are afflicted with cold. Might be useful.

This is the boss. Good thing all the OP units are women.

Oh shit, what's going on in Paris???

Not a great time to be a noble. That nefarious Hubert must've started something

Therese is pretty underleveled at this point. She'll need a lot of babysitting. Hopefully she's like an Est.

Charlotte can probably deal with these guys singlehandedly.

Oh crap

The enemies refused to leave the grass. I'll have to take the initiative.

It's no longer snowy either, so there's no debuff to take advantage of.

I should probably leave out leveling Therese until the side quests

Oscar really carrying the day here as a tank. I miss having Desaix too

Line infantry are really dying to the light infantry in the grass

Cavalry to save the day

Adelaide has not been dodging well at all this mission

I mean a hit chance of 13%!?

As you visit the houses Laure will give some backstory

We are making progress....slowly.

Despite the paranoia and prejudice towards her, Laure really cares for the villagers

Therese's growths seem acceptable so far

Sir you're not supposed to hurt women so much!!!

DIE ALREADY. He also has no lines when defeated.

We're heading back to Paris now. It seems like we're leading into the Reign of Terror now

Edited May 26, 2021 by IGdood

IGdood · June 16, 2021

Previously on Banner of the Maid, shit has hit the fan in Paris!

We now are treated with a gory spectacle.

What has Hubert done now?

No Assassin's Creed will save you now

Careful, Josephine. Such words can get your head removed

I do wonder, will we end up with new enemy types like Royalists or Revolutionaries or something

Can Robespierre be trusted?

RIP.

Let the blood flow.

Surprised you're still alive, sir.

Getting some people new skills.

Pauline never says anything stupid. Only inspirational things.

Sidequest time.

Mon dieu, it's boss rush time isn't it?

Speak for yourself sir, you self-styled wisecracker

Lots of snow, but thankfully the enemies seem grouped by unit type.

Big John's men are no match for Laure.

Baldur is an annoying shit. Starts off full morale. Good thing Lafite is tanky.

ONE FUCKING HP

Moved the heavy infantry in front of Lafite.

Oh shit

Eh...56%. At least she didn't get doubled.

Sir, you have fallen into the trap square of artillery

35%? Worth a shot

>High ground

It's over! We have the high ground now!

Remove simp

He can't fight women

Tactic for this map: Camp next to the fires

The rock-papers-scissors system of this game really makes it hard for job classes to defeat their weaknesses.

Therese gets to shine.

Boss rush removed.

And we only get 500 gold. So little.

Time for sidequest #2

It would appear Pauline is NOT wearing her uniform as advised.

It seems everyone believes in the Maid powers now

We're just going to be tools huh

What ARE your ideals?

Lmao imagine if he saw the political echo chambers today

A night battle!

Sounds like artillery may be useful

The enemies are all scattered.

Seems like they can be picked off

I can only wonder why the sounds of guns going off don't alert enemies

Interestingly enough, the attacked units don't sound the alarm despite surviving. So no, you don't need to one round kill them

>17 ATK

>not strong enough

Your little trench won't protect you

Annnnd they've been alerted. Seems like it's the guard posts that sound the alarms. But at this point our units can mop up

Ruh roh

I pull Lannes back so the cavalry will push too far ahead and die to counters before the rifles can catch up

How do you miss a horse?

Princess is putting them down.

Diiiiiee

Uh oh

Die ye royalists

Power to the people

Noblemen, swerve

Serfs will rule

Stat bonuses in sidequests only? Interesting.

Unlocked the next tier of unaffordable items

IGdood · July 24, 2021

And time for our monthly update!

To recap, in the previous update we started fighting against French Royalist rebels. The machinations of Hubert are starting to be made apparent.

Oh snap, ~~waifu~~ Rose is an enemy! Nooooooooooooo how will we face up to her cannonballs.

Interestingly there is no challenge objective. Just defeat enemies and don't lose more than 2 units.

From the way the dialogue goes, maybe there's a way to convince Rose to join us?

Ayy it's Philippe. Time to deploy Ernestine.

Double artillery attack time

Therese is coming into her own

Dodge master

Making a push with arty cover fire

Lot of high HP enemies on the flank

Sadly Oscar didn't make it... but she took quite a few enemies with her

Finish them off!

2 groups of enemy reinforcements arrive, all cavalry

[Together We Ride intensifies]

Cheeky. I did hear that foreigners' stereotypes of Germany are actually more applicable towards Bavarians.

Do you not realize they wear similar clothes?

Don't even let them get close. Use the power of cannonballs.

Dutheil is the ultimate tank.

So hard to 1-round enemy heavy cav nowadays

Level ups abound

Now that we've handled the enemy reinforcements, we can finally march on Rose. Gonna skirt her attack range.

>only 6 damage

You lack balls, sir

Okay that hurt a bit more

>relationship has grown closer

Well damn, do I have to talk to her with multiple people?

>no option for Dutheil to talk

Sorry Rose, guess I'll have to kill you

Stun so she can't counter, then finish off

Meanwhile Ferdinand can't be spoken to, and he's a bit of a pushover

Mop up

Rose didn't die!

I wonder how many chapters this game has

>Egyptian campaign

Oh man, will we get to go? I want to recruit some Mamluks

Damn, I stay in Italy

Fuck Hubert

Who dis

She's definitely an Est. She's still unpromoted, low-leveled, and has traits that give her an edge against tougher enemies.

It seems she's the female version of Nicolas Charles Oudinot, 1st Count Oudinot, 1st Duke of Reggio,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Oudinot

She will promote into the line infantry classes

The NPCs have things to say too about the royal family

IGdood · November 13, 2021

Damn, my posting and playing speed is really slow.

Where did the time go?

Feels like all I do is work and the pandemic isn't helping.

So to recap, Hubert is grabbing power and the Italian front has a lot of heavy fighting.

No battle update this time however.

I guess Robespierre is a man of his times, regardless of how "enlightened" he may be.

Not sure what Robespierre meant by that, who is Pauline resembling?

You PC bro?

I feel like this is going to be one of those choose some answers, gain or lose relationship points situations

Am I just Robespierre's pawn to combat Hubert the dipshit?

I'm gonna try and pick answers that I feel would be most reflective of Pauline's personality. She's an adaptable tactician right? Socially awkward, but adaptable

The introvert in me is sweating

Alright Pauline time to go full turbo awkward

Knowing I just went full turbo awkward, time to go the opposite direction and become mainstream media

How to appeal to populism?

I wonder if faction support alters the ending rather than just unlock different items

Noice. I think Charlotte the fallen noble deserves the crown

Mirabeau either has lung cancer or tuberculosis

Some level ups from grinding before I embark on the next chapter

Looks like Wellesley is back with some mini bosses. Kill 'em all.

Map is separated into 3 parts with different enemy troop compositions. Will have to adjust accordingly.

IGdood · January 22, 2022

'Ere we go for a slugger of a battle.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Each battle group will need to overcome the initial adversary before they can link up with each other to storm the boss.

May also like ~~Jeralt~~

Someone's hinting at a weather change

On the left we need a group of people who can smash line infantry but can contend with the lights in the rear. Therese buffs nearby cavalry so her escorts should be able to tank everything that comes their way. She's grown into quite a capable sniper herself.