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[Life]

Chapter 13x - The Peddler Merlinus

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Lowen, Rebecca, Dorcas, Bartre, Hector, Oswin, Serra, Matthew, Guy

Notes: Puzon really isn't that dangerous when he tries to take out Marcus. Marcus hit him once for 20 damage, allowing Eliwood to finish him off. But I need to check what he does on HHM.

Lowen is wonderful. 10 Spd? Pretty sure that my Kent doesn't even have that much Spd at level 7/8.

Eliwood    6.08  |23| 7|10| 8| 8| 7| 3|
Marcus     1.38  Base
Lowen      7.08  |27| 8| 8|10| 3|11| 1|
Rebecca    5.56  |19| 6| 8| 9| 4| 3| 3|
Dorcas     8.91  |35|12| 9| 7| 7| 6| 0|
Bartre     4.90  |31|10| 5| 3| 4| 4| 0|
Hector     5.32  |23|10| 7| 7| 4| 9| 0|
Oswin      9.75  Base
Serra      6.41  |22| 5| 6| 9| 9| 2| 7|
Matthew    6.13  |26| 6| 5|15| 5| 3| 1|
Guy        5.07  |22| 6|11|12| 6| 5| 1|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 8/7

Exp - 815/700

Run stats:

Tactics - 33/35 (5 stars)

Exp - 2916/2450 (5 stars)

Chapter 14 - False Friends

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Lowen, Rebecca, Dorcas, Bartre, Hector, Oswin, Serra, Matthew, Guy, Erk (Turn 2), Priscilla (Turn 7)

Notes: Fun facts. Soldiers suck so much that base level Oswin doubles them and level 9 Dorcas one hits them with the Steel Axe.

The cavs are strong, though. Even though most of my units 2RKO each one, they can still deliver decent damage to my fighters and lords. Guy had it easy against the pirates, though. And Erik died before the rain came down (Hector, Rebecca and Eliwood), which helped.

Eliwood    7.34  |24| 7|11| 8| 8| 8| 4|
Marcus     1.46  Base
Lowen      7.64  |27| 8| 8|10| 3|11| 1|
Rebecca    6.61  |19| 6| 8|10| 4| 3| 3|
Dorcas     9.19  |36|12| 9| 7| 8| 7| 1|
Bartre     5.47  |32|11| 5| 4| 4| 4| 1|
Hector     6.20  |24|10| 7| 8| 4| 9| 1|
Oswin     10.07  |29|13|10| 5| 3|13| 3|
Serra      6.96  |22| 5| 6| 9| 9| 2| 7|
Matthew    6.13  |26| 6| 5|15| 5| 3| 1|
Guy        5.71  |22| 6|11|12| 6| 5| 1|
Erk        6.97  |19| 5| 8|11| 5| 3| 5| (started at 6.15)
Priscilla  3.12  Base

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 8/10

Exp - 713/850

Run stats:

Tactics - 41/45 (5 stars)

Exp - 3629/3300 (5 stars)

[Life]

Chapter 15 - Noble Lady of Caelin

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Lowen, Hector, Oswin, Serra, Guy, Erk, Lyn (Turn 1), Kent (Turn 1), Sain (Turn 1), Florina (Turn 1), Wil (Turn 1)

Notes: 7 turns? That's like almost impossible. Had to send Eliwood and Hector via the mountain route as fast as possible while everyone else went through the forest. Made it in 7 turns but it was incredibly tight. Hector Wolf Beiled Bauker to death.

Marcus with a Steel Lance is probably better than Marcus with a Silver Lance. 1 hit thanks to his -2 AS penalty and he knocks most cavs and other guys down to like 3 HP.

Eliwood is rather freaking durable but he can't double shit. It's getting slightly annoying.

Eliwood    7.46  |24| 7|11| 8| 8| 8| 4|
Marcus     1.63  Base
Lowen      8.10  |28| 8| 9|10| 3|11| 1|
Hector     8.05  |26|12| 7| 8| 5|10| 2|
Oswin     10.45  |29|13|10| 5| 3|13| 3|
Serra      7.62  |23| 6| 6| 9|10| 2| 7|
Guy        6.52  |23| 6|11|12| 7| 5| 1|
Erk        8.24  |21| 5| 9|12| 6| 3| 7|
Lyn        8.93  |21| 9|14|15| 7| 4| 1| (started at 8.49)
Sain       8.24  |25|11| 8|10| 7| 7| 3| (started at 7.43)
Kent       8.63  |27| 9|10| 9| 5| 7| 3| (started at 7.92)
Florina    9.01  |22| 9|12|15|11| 4| 6| (started at 7.81)
Wil        6.29  |23| 8| 7| 5| 8| 6| 0| (started at 6.06)

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 7/7

Exp - 911/1100

Run stats:

Tactics - 48/52 (5 stars)

Exp - 4540/4400 (5 stars)

I'm getting really scared. The Exp rank is stupidly hard to achieve. I'm starting to believe that we've got a false misconception of how awesome Marcus' contribution is in the beginning because I am feeling the negative effects in my 1.4 level buffer.

Edited April 22, 2010 by King Russell

[Interceptor]

Does this mean that you're going to give up some turns on the pirate ship in order to farm up a bit more EXP?

[Life]

Does this mean that you're going to give up some turns on the pirate ship in order to farm up a bit more EXP?

I don't know. Probably not because the Exp from that is meager (2 pegs a turn, was it?).

I think I need to do a ton of arena and reinforcement abusing in FFO. Which might mean an early peg promo which is not something I want to do but I'll do it if I need to. Also, I'll need to go to Genesis for the extra Tactics and Exp there. Mori and I had a bit of a disagreement on that chapter since Mori thinks that Genesis is a waste of time and I feel I can finish the Hard Mode version in 12~13 turns (12~13 turns under the limit).

[Life]

Chapter 16 - Whereabouts Unknown

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Rebecca, Bartre, Oswin, Matthew, Guy, Priscilla, Kent, Sain, Raven (Turn 8), Lucius (Turn 10)

Notes: Guy had to dodge multiple 70 Hit shots by Cavaliers to stay alive. He held off the Cav reinforcements with Oswin because I didn't want Oswin to hog all of the Exp.

Rebecca was actually decent in taking out the archers in the sealed off room. Meh Avo but she always doubled them. Bartre with the Hammer destroyed Bernard while sitting on a piller (1 Def, 20 Avo) which was nice.

Eliwood    8.36  |25| 8|12| 9| 9| 9| 5|
Marcus     1.80  Base
Rebecca    8.54  |20| 8| 9|11| 5| 3| 3|
Bartre     8.37  |35|11| 6| 6| 4| 4| 1|
Oswin     11.92  |30|14|10| 5| 3|14| 4|
Matthew    6.27  |26| 6| 5|15| 5| 3| 1|
Guy        8.42  |25| 6|13|13| 7| 5| 1|
Priscilla  4.24  |16| 6| 7| 8| 8| 3| 6|
Sain       9.40  |26|12| 9|10| 7| 7| 4|
Kent      10.08  |29| 9|11|10| 6| 8| 4|
Raven      5.27  Base
Lucius     6.69  |19| 9| 7|11| 2| 1| 8| (started at 5.52)

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 15/18

Exp - 1458/1100

Run stats:

Tactics - 63/70 (5 stars)

Exp - 5998/5500 (5 stars)

[Life]

Chapter 16x - Port of Badon

Team: Eliwood, Oswin, Priscilla, Lyn, Florina, Raven, Canas (Turn 1)

Notes: Wow, the differences between Normal and Hard are ridiculous. I can only field 6 people including Eliwood? Thank god it's mostly pirates so at least Eliwood doesn't suck here.

This chapter took a lot of tries and then I had to redo it because I felt I could clear out the rushing enemies much faster than my first attempt. It also took a lot of different item combinations. Eventually I gave Raven all of Guy's weapons (an Iron Sword and the Killing Edge), Oswin got the Horseslayer and Lyn and Eliwood used Iron Swords.

Oswin had to hold the southern Damian charge. I got Florina to trigger the pirates on Turn 1 rather than Turn 2 this time but I still got Canas with her. Then she did her flying thing while Raven and Canas guarded the northern houses, Oswin stood fast with his Horseslayer at the south with Eliwood and Lyn went north. Most of the damage I did was on the enemy phase because I kept retreating to make sure that I would expose my guys to unnecessary danger. Managed to finish it off in 6 turns which was a huge boon for Tactics and Exp. I can't wait to try this chapter with a HHM boosted Raven. Oh and here's a little treat.

Do you think that a 20/20 Raven with the Killing Edge can kill him?

Eliwood    9.22  |26| 8|13| 9| 9|10| 5|
Oswin     12.29  |31|14|10| 5| 3|15| 4|
Priscilla  4.68  |16| 6| 7| 8| 8| 3| 6|
Lyn       10.17  |23| 9|15|16| 9| 6| 1|
Florina    9.01  |22| 9|12|15|11| 4| 6|
Raven      7.80  |26| 9|11|14| 2| 5| 2|
Canas      9.83  |22|11| 9| 8| 7| 5| 8|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 6/10

Exp - 727/700

Run stats:

Tactics - 69/80 (5 stars)

Exp - 6725/6200 (5 stars)

5 and a bit level buffer. This is going to end up being tight.

Edited April 22, 2010 by King Russell

[Integrity]

I 5-starred EXP handily until Chapter 18 or 19, and despite not having used Marcus except for Noble Lady of Caelin I can't seem to bring it back. :(

[Balcerzak]

Notes: Wow, the differences between Normal and Hard are ridiculous. I can only field 6 people including Eliwood? Thank god it's mostly pirates so at least Eliwood doesn't suck here.

Oh yeah, coming straight from NM, you're definitely going to be feeling the deployment spot squeeze. This chapter was probably hit hardest, but Pirate ship isn't pleasant either, if memory serves.

Run stats:

Tactics - 69/80 (5 stars)

Exp - 6725/6200 (5 stars)

5 and a bit level buffer. This is going to end up being tight.

I am interested in how these numbers continue to develop, as I lack much early game XP data from my run. I actually had one save still left at the Pirate Ship by the time I realized I was in trouble (Dragon's Gate) and actively started recording XP, so I can finally provide a reference point. My Exp at that point was in the rough ballpark of 6500 (uncertainties exist due to my not having noted Lyn Mode levels), so you're ahead of the curve at the moment, probably due to having used considerably less Marcus than I had. (My Marcus here was at 4.16.)

I 5-starred EXP handily until Chapter 18 or 19, and despite not having used Marcus except for Noble Lady of Caelin I can't seem to bring it back. :(

Are you past Genesis? That was when I finally managed to get back in the black as far as XP goes. Best chapter for rankings, ever IMO.

[Integrity]

21, actually. I'm only barely past what I said, because I panicked and am trying to do Heath's chapter in the most ballsy way possible for maximum XP and it en/rages me :P

[chococoke]

Wow, Fargus is manly. I remember my first playthrough, trying to kill him with Eliwood for "exp." That worked well...

[Life]

Oh yeah, coming straight from NM, you're definitely going to be feeling the deployment spot squeeze. This chapter was probably hit hardest, but Pirate ship isn't pleasant either, if memory serves.

I am interested in how these numbers continue to develop, as I lack much early game XP data from my run. I actually had one save still left at the Pirate Ship by the time I realized I was in trouble (Dragon's Gate) and actively started recording XP, so I can finally provide a reference point. My Exp at that point was in the rough ballpark of 6500 (uncertainties exist due to my not having noted Lyn Mode levels), so you're ahead of the curve at the moment, probably due to having used considerably less Marcus than I had. (My Marcus here was at 4.16.)

I'll talk about Pirate Ship in a second. As for the Exp, I haven't been spamming Marcus but he's seen his fair share of action. However, I loaded him up with the Heavy Spear during Whereabouts Unknown so that he wouldn't double enemies. Worked out nicely too.

Chapter 17 - Pirate Shit Ship

Team: Eliwood, Lowen, Hector, Serra, Matthew, Guy, Priscilla, Lucius

Notes: This one was also a doozy. Since the starting positions suck, the mercenaries and shamans actually fully rush onto the main ship instead of getting stopped halfway. Did my shopping on Turn 1 (leaving enough for 2 Silver Carded Killer Weapons) and then started to fight back. What was nice was that Lowen, Eliwood and Hector are all tanks and took like 1 or 2 damage a hit without being doubled (often). I also abused the pole in the middle of the ship (made a wall with it so that the mercenaries couldn't get to my squishier units like Prissy, Guy, Lucius and Serra) which helped. Matthew stole the two Pure Waters and the Vulnerary from the Shamans.

Once the immediate area got cleared out, Lowen, Hector and Eliwood finished off the rest of the mercenaries on the bridges with Priscilla playing healer. Guy, Lucius, Matthew and Serra slowly pushed their way down to Zoldam. Problem was that Turn 7 rolled around and the reinforcements from the south started coming. Lucius headed back towards the center of the ship while Lowen and Eliwood turned their attention south to the mercenaries. Hector wanted to kill them too but he had to deal with the myrmidons and peg knight coming from the southeast. And since I needed another attacker for the last turn, I had Matthew steal the Guiding Ring from Zoldam on Turn 10, tank a Luna shot and then retreated him back to kill another Shaman on Turn 11. Guy then sat in front of Zoldam with his Killing Edge and finished him off during the Enemy Phase of Turn 11, giving me an 11 turn clear instead of 12 turns.

What made my day was watching Mercenaries tink Eliwood. Honestly, I laughed so hard when it happened.

Eliwood   10.33  |27| 9|13|11| 9|11| 5|
Hector     9.65  |27|13| 7| 9| 5|11| 3|
Lowen     10.90  |29| 9|10|10| 4|12| 1|
Serra      8.74  |23| 6| 6| 9|11| 2| 8|
Matthew    8.32  |27| 7| 7|16| 6| 4| 1|
Guy       10.77  |27| 7|14|13| 9| 6| 2|
Priscilla  5.69  |16| 6| 7| 8| 9| 3| 6|
Lucius     9.49  |22|11| 8|11| 2| 2|10|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 11/11

Exp - 1484/1450

Run stats:

Tactics - 80/91 (5 stars)

Exp - 8209/7650 (5 stars)

TAKE THAT, PIRATE SHIP!

Chapter 18 - The Dread Isle

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Dorcas, Matthew, Serra, Erk, Prissy, Lyn, Sain, Florina, Raven, Canas, Dart (Turn 1), Fiora (Turn 4)

Notes: I decided to do something smart for a change. Before I started the chapter, I checked all of the nearby enemy stats. Guess how happy I was when I realized that Flo can ORKO the thief with the Torch Staff and a Steel Sword Matthew could barely ORKO the Steel Axe Pirate sitting nearby.

The rest is all history. Marcus went down the right side, slaughtering everything in his way. Dart, Serra, Raven and Canas took the island while Lyn, Eliwood, Dorcas, Sain and Prissy followed the land route. Once Fiora appeared, Florina flew back to recruit her and she took out the pirates with her shiny Axereaver (she actually went through half of it but also gained a level and a third). Matthew had a field day against the northern-eastern pirates at the same time. Once the army got to Uhai on the 7th turn, Marcus, Dorcas, Canas and Raven all worked together to dispose of him.

Eliwood   10.67  |27| 9|13|11| 9|11| 5|
Marcus     2.25  |32|15|15|11| 8|10| 8|
Dorcas    10.18  |37|13| 9| 8| 8| 8| 1|
Serra      9.45  |24| 6| 7| 9|12| 2| 8|
Matthew   10.98  |28| 8| 7|18| 8| 4| 2|
Erk        8.70  |21| 5| 9|12| 6| 3| 7|
Priscilla  6.26  |17| 6| 7| 9| 9| 3| 7|
Lyn       11.10  |23|10|15|16|10| 6| 2|
Sain      10.34  |27|12|10|10| 7| 7| 5|
Florina    9.59  |22| 9|12|15|11| 4| 6|
Raven      9.46  |28| 9|11|15| 2| 6| 2|
Canas     10.55  |22|11| 9| 8| 7| 5| 9|
Dart       8.57  Base
Fiora      8.33  |22| 9|12|13| 7| 7| 8|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 7/10

Exp - 1285/1100

Run stats:

Tactics - 87/101 (5 stars)

Exp - 9494/8750 (5 stars)

Almost a 7.5 level buffer. I did pretty well last chapter but I'm going to need a ton of arena abusing to pull this off.

[Interceptor]

That pole in the middle of the ship is pretty awesome. I'm playing through HHM now, and I was having a heck of a time getting my turns down on the chapter until I noticed that fliers (aka enemy pegs) could not pass through it, making it much easier to protect the squishies.

Also, I have to say that it was pretty gutsy to risk not one, but TWO Luna crits from the boss in that chapter.

[Life]

That pole in the middle of the ship is pretty awesome. I'm playing through HHM now, and I was having a heck of a time getting my turns down on the chapter until I noticed that fliers (aka enemy pegs) could not pass through it, making it much easier to protect the squishies.

Also, I have to say that it was pretty gutsy to risk not one, but TWO Luna crits from the boss in that chapter.

Yeah I know. Actually, my first try had Guy getting crit killed by Luna but most of my restarted on the chapter came from killing an enemy that I didn't want dead for one reason or another.

And yeah, I love that pole.

[Life]

Chapter 18x - Imprisoner of Magic

Team: Eliwood, Hector, Matthew, Priscilla, Kent, Florina, Wil, Dart

Notes: Silver Card! Silver Card!

Aside from that, yeah. I pretty much destroyed this chapter, even taking out all of Kishuana's guards and the mage reinforcements. I also spent an extra turn here but when you look at my Exp gain over the chapter, you'll see that it's kinda worth it.

Eliwood   11.67  |28|10|14|11| 9|11| 6|
Hector    11.53  |29|13| 8|10| 6|12| 3|
Matthew   12.35  |30| 8| 7|20| 8| 5| 3|
Priscilla  6.95  |17| 6| 7| 9| 9| 3| 7|
Kent      10.63  |29| 9|11|10| 6| 8| 4|
Florina   11.63  |22|11|12|17|12| 4| 6|
Wil       10.00  |26|12| 9| 8|10| 6| 0|
Dart      11.30  |36|14| 8|10| 4| 6| 1|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 11/10

Exp - 1397/1000

Run stats:

Tactics - 98/111 (5 stars)

Exp - 10891/9750 (5 stars)

[Life]

Chapter 19 - Dragon's Gate

Team: Eliwood, Marcus, Rebecca, Dorcas, Hector, Matthew, Erk, Priscilla, Lyn, Sain, Lucius, Fiora, Legault (Turn 5)

Notes: I think I fully replayed this chapter about 4 times to try to maximize Exp and Tactics gain. And every single time, I end up with just under 1500 Exp when I need 2100. The Exp rank is fucking ludicrous.

I loaded Marcus up with the Silver Card and sent him towards the bottom right Secret Shop accompanied by Fiora, Erk and Sain. Lucius and Rebecca hung around the entrance, killing Mages, Peg Knights and Archers. The three lords headed north to Darin while Prissy floated around doing healing work while Bartre and Matthew cleared out the treasure room.

If anyone has a strategy to gain a lot more Exp, please tell me. But then again, I'm trying to gain a 6 turn surplus on this chapter.

Eliwood   12.35  |29|10|14|11|10|12| 7|
Marcus     2.49  |32|15|15|11| 8|10| 8|
Bartre    10.26  |37|12| 6| 7| 4| 4| 1|
Rebecca    9.67  |21| 8|10|11| 6| 4| 4|
Hector    13.07  |31|14|10|11| 8|14| 3|
Matthew   12.35  |30| 8| 7|20| 8| 5| 3|
Erk       10.93  |21| 6| 9|13| 6| 3| 8|
Priscilla  8.00  |18| 8| 9|10|10| 3| 7|
Lyn       12.77  |23|11|16|17|10| 7| 2|
Sain      12.16  |29|13|11|11| 7| 7| 5|
Lucius    10.49  |23|11| 9|12| 2| 2|11|
Fiora      9.91  |23| 9|12|13| 7| 7| 8|
Legault   12.10  Base

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 10/16

Exp - 1493/2100

Run stats:

Tactics - 108/127 (5 stars)

Exp - 12384/11850 (5 stars)

Back down to a 5 level buffer. I'm getting really scared. Bal, you got any guesses as to what your Exp at this point was?

[Balcerzak]

Chapter 19 - Dragon's Gate

Notes: I think I fully replayed this chapter about 4 times to try to maximize Exp and Tactics gain. And every single time, I end up with just under 1500 Exp when I need 2100. The Exp rank is fucking ludicrous.

If anyone has a strategy to gain a lot more Exp, please tell me. But then again, I'm trying to gain a 6 turn surplus on this chapter.

Run stats:

Tactics - 108/127 (5 stars)

Exp - 12384/11850 (5 stars)

Back down to a 5 level buffer. I'm getting really scared. Bal, you got any guesses as to what your Exp at this point was?

~11650 at this point, so you'll be a fair bit more comfortable than I was it looks like. I had fallen to 4 stars here, and this was my wake up call. Well, more of the fact that it didn't immediately bounce back when I finished New Resolve, but close enough. This is when I started keeping detailed recording of XP gains.

At any rate, I honestly don't think there's a way to both end with a reasonable turn count here and get much more XP than that. Dragon's Gate is just one of those chapters, I think.

[Life]

~11650 at this point, so you'll be a fair bit more comfortable than I was it looks like. I had fallen to 4 stars here, and this was my wake up call. Well, more of the fact that it didn't immediately bounce back when I finished New Resolve, but close enough. This is when I started keeping detailed recording of XP gains.

At any rate, I honestly don't think there's a way to both end with a reasonable turn count here and get much more XP than that. Dragon's Gate is just one of those chapters, I think.

Thanks for making me feel better about how I'm doing. And now it's time for my Funds analysis.

Funds total to date: 248500 G

80% of Funds: 198800 G

Net Funds: 228177 G

Surplus: 29377 G

Not bad.

[Life]

Chapter 20 - New Resolve

Team: Eliwood, Rebecca, Serra, Florina, Raven, Lucius, Dart, Legault, Ninian (Turn 1)

Notes: Wow. This chapter can get really hectic. The general idea is that everyone moved east and killed stuff while Florina did the shopping and village visiting.

Honestly, I love the arena. Legault got a couple of levels, Rebecca got a level, Lucius got some training in and even Raven took a whack at a guy. But the Hard Mode enemies are too hard. I saw a Soldier with 44 HP (level 15 IIRC) which was ridiculous.

Eliwood is a tank. He literally is. 30 HP and 12 Def at level 13. Last time I had a Spd blessed Hector. Now I've got a Def blessed Eliwood (supposed to have 8.6 +/-1.6 Def at this level). This happens about 1% of the time. Awesome.

Eliwood   13.35  |30|11|15|12|10|12| 7|
Rebecca   11.44  |23| 8|11|13| 7| 4| 4|
Serra     10.96  |25| 7| 7|10|12| 2| 8|
Florina   12.58  |23|11|13|18|13| 4| 6|
Raven     11.78  |30|10|12|15| 3| 6| 3|
Lucius    11.59  |24|11| 9|12| 2| 2|11|
Dart      12.15  |37|14| 8|10| 4| 6| 1|
Legault   14.64  |28| 9|12|16|11|10| 4|
Ninian     5.63  |17| 0| 0|14|14| 5| 7| (started at 4.70)

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 9/9

Exp - 1277/1200

Run stats:

Tactics - 117/136 (5 stars)

Exp - 13361/13050 (5 stars)

I think I'm about to start increasing that Exp buffer.

Edited April 23, 2010 by King Russell

[Life]

Chapter 21 - Kinship's Bond

Team: Eliwood, Lowen, Rebecca, Hector, Matthew, Guy, Erk, Priscilla, Lyn, Sain, Ninian, Isadora (Turn 1), Heath (Turn 2), Rath (Turn 5)

Notes: Wow. I just realized that Eubans moves in Hard Mode. And killing Eubans ends the chapter. Which sucks when he moves into your range on enemy phase 2 and you taken down about 1/6 of the enemies present.

Holding my ground in the middle of the map without a chokepoint really sucks. But this is where Eliwood's walling really helped. And Oswin would have been played but Guy needed the Exp more. I also loaded up Isadora with the Silver and Member Cards to have her buy some Physics. Ended up getting 3 of them for the low price of 1875G each. Both Serra and Prissy are going to get one and the last one is just in case.

Got Heath recruited on Turn 2 and then had him, Isadora and Matthew hold their ground against a bunch of archers and peg knights. Rath and Rebecca ended up sniping tons of Wyverns on the right with Sain and Guy eventually helping out. And the rest is history with Eubans biting the dusk on Turn 11.

Eliwood   13.89  |30|11|15|12|10|12| 7|
Lowen     11.31  |29| 9|10|11| 5|12| 1|
Rebecca   12.69  |24| 9|11|14| 7| 4| 4|
Hector    14.33  |32|15|10|11| 8|15| 3|
Matthew   13.95  |31| 9| 8|20| 9| 6| 3|
Guy       11.74  |28| 7|15|14| 9| 7| 2|
Erk       11.56  |22| 7|10|14| 7| 4| 8|
Priscilla  9.61  |18| 8|10|10|11| 3| 7|
Lyn       14.37  |23|13|18|19|10| 7| 2|
Sain      12.70  |29|13|11|11| 7| 7| 5|
Ninian     6.84  |17| 0| 0|15|15| 6| 8|
Isadora    1.32  |28|13|12|16|10| 8| 6|
Heath      9.23  |29|11| 9| 8| 9|10| 1|
Rath       9.45  |26| 8|10|11| 5| 8| 3| (started at 7.22)

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 11/11

Exp - 1660/1700

Run stats:

Tactics - 128/147 (5 stars)

Exp - 15321/14750 (5 stars)

Edited April 23, 2010 by King Russell

[Life]

OK, I'm having problems with the desert chapter.

I've always hated deserts and believed that they could just crawl into a hole and die. Does anyone have some tips on how to tackle it in 9 turns and still max Exp? I would love to field one of Lyn/Hector because I need 50+ levels to unlock Linus' FFO.

[Balcerzak]

Anyway, you mind posting a tally of your Exp totals every chapter? Would really appreciate it.

Ch	T	T Goal	XP	XP Goal
20	7	9	981	1200
21	10	11	1520	1700
22	11	9	1109	1200
22x	15	25	1583	650
23	30	22	3815	1900 (Linus)
24	12	11	1562	1500
25 	17	18	1980	1550 (Kenneth)
26	16	15	1674	1800
26x	20	28	2791	2250
27	21	20	3468	3650
28	11	10	721	850
29	12	11	2591	2050
29x	6	5	449	0
30	19	15	3923	6150
Final	11	10	1514	3000

OK, I'm having problems with the desert chapter.

I've always hated deserts and believed that they could just crawl into a hole and die. Does anyone have some tips on how to tackle it in 9 turns and still max Exp? I would love to field one of Lyn/Hector because I need 50+ levels to unlock Linus' FFO.

My Lords' levels.

   Ch 21 Ch 22 Ch 22x
Eli 14.10 14.49 16.01
Hec 13.59 13.59 17.83
Lyn 16.75 16.75 18.88

Nobody got much in the desert chapter, but about 8 levels were gained by the three of them in Genesis. You seem to be couple levels lower than this. So maybe just try feeding Lyn the boss kills on this chapter if that's feasible? She looks like she has monster strength, and can probably borrow a Killing Edge if you can't get enough crit from Mani Katti and are having troubles.

As for strategy, I'm sure you know you have to carefully lure the Guiding Ring monk so he doesn't suicide, and then luring the Boss on the next turn is probably for the best too if rescuing Pent looks too risky at that stage still. Anyway, as you can see from my stats dump that I gave up on a 9 turn here, I can't remember if that was for the XP or for the buried treasure, so I'm not sure I can give you really solid strategy advice for this one. Field all three fliers, Serra, a thief, Lyn, Ninian, and hope for the best?

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Chapter 22 - Living Legend

Team: Eliwood, Serra, Lyn, Florina, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Heath, Hawkeye (Turn 3)

Notes: Holy fucking shit. I hate deserts with a passion. And deployment sucks in this chapter. Not to mention the abundance of Mages and Shamans while Heath has shit Res and Avo.

Thank god that Ninian has ridiculous Avo. She's 2RKO'd by Wyverns that have a lot of move. But since they have to hit her with ~35 Hit (22.11% Real Hit), they can't touch her. Serra is very similar except that she's got about 15 less Avo. Not to mention that Serra + Physic + Ninian is wonderful for the Exp rank. I'm so glad that I bought 3 Physics in the last chapter.

Lyn managed to get 3 levels which was awesome. She actually killed both Paul and Jasmine with a couple of Mani Katti crits which really helped. Eliwood also got a level, which helped a lot. Now I only need 5 levels in Genesis. The pegs avoided so much shit and really fought back hard. Heath gained a couple levels too but he didn't really help much during the enemy phase. He needs his HHM bonuses to actually do something in this chapter.

Eliwood   14.07  |31|12|15|12|10|12| 8|
Serra     13.61  |27| 8| 8|10|15| 4| 9|
Lyn       17.06  |26|14|19|20|12| 8| 3|
Florina   15.14  |24|12|15|20|15| 5| 6|
Fiora     11.67  |24|10|14|14| 8| 7| 8|
Legault   15.68  |28| 9|13|17|11|10| 4|
Ninian     7.91  |18| 0| 0|16|16| 7| 9|
Heath     11.26  |31|12|10| 9| 9|12| 1|
Hawkeye    4.15  Base

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 10/9

Exp - 1413/1200

Run stats:

Tactics - 138/156 (5 stars)

Exp - 16734/15950 (5 stars)

Edited April 25, 2010 by King Russell

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Chapter 22x - Genesis

Team: Eliwood, Rebecca, Hector, Serra, Priscilla, Legault, Ninian, Hawkeye

Notes: Note to self. Buy Chest Keys before I try this chapter in HHM. And a second Unlock.

Eliwood and Hector were stars here. Both got enough levels to send me to Linus' version of FFO but Eliwood's Silver Sword really came in handy to do a lot of damage to the Druids and Sages here while Hawkeye did more chipping than killing. Hector was ORKOing Generals with his Wolf Beil at the same time.

Honestly, I couldn't have done this chapter without Rebecca. You need an archer in case you want to clear away Kishuana if you don't have enough keys because they need to snipe him with the Longbow (Kishy doesn't move in Eliwood's mode). She also did quite a bit of killing with the Killer Bow that I picked up back in Dragon's Gate.

Eliwood   17.50  |33|12|18|12|12|12| 8|
Rebecca   14.93  |26|10|13|14| 8| 4| 5|
Hector    17.47  |35|16|12|12| 9|17| 3|
Serra     15.54  |29| 9| 8|10|16| 4|11|
Priscilla 10.98  |18| 9|11|11|12| 4| 7|
Legault   15.70  |28| 9|13|17|11|10| 4|
Ninian     9.51  |20| 0| 1|17|18| 8|11|
Hawkeye    5.32  |51|18|14|11|13|15|10|

Chapter stats:

Tactics - 17/25

Exp - 1490/650

Run stats:

Tactics - 155/181 (5 stars)

Exp - 18224/16600 (5 stars)

And Mori says that this chapter is actually a negative... Hah!

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I'm just taking a slight break from FE in general right now. I just got a new job and I'm playing Tales of Vesperia and Borderlands because I can.

[Life]

After days and days of playing ToV and Borderlands, I'm back to FE. I finished my first playthrough on Borderlands (enemies are raping me on my second try and I can't afford an SDU for my Sniper Rifle) and I'm currently on 1/7 runthroughs of ToV (beat the game using every character when possible and get all of the achievements) which I might create a playthrough log of in the Other Games section.

Anyways, about to attempt FFO for the first try. Here goes nothing.