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Oh, that's very cool! Thanks for your help.

If two characters have a support level, do they have to be standing next to each other to receive the stat bonuses? This seems to be implied in the guides I've read, but it's never mentioned explicitly. I want to confirm because I don't think that's the way the FE4 love system works, which is what the support system is based on. I'm about to embark on my first playthrough actually doing support stuff, so I would love to clear this up. :-)

Sorry, my tone just reflected my perspective that spending the absolute minimum number of turns is not the most fun way to play.

Oh look, another asshole...I guarantee you I've never spoken to you before, as I've only made a handful of posts today. Anyway, I stand by what I said. I suppose that makes sense. If I end up playing again at some point, I'll give him a try.

I made an assumption and I apologize. I'm still not sure I understand why you use the criteria you do, but I didn't mean to be annoying or anything. Thanks...a very interesting read.

Thank you. I will definitely give it a read. Why thanks. Was it so much to ask? By the way, I'm switching up the order of characters in your response...which will make sense as you read this post. Canas This seems like a pretty weak argument. First of all, as this is not a ranked list, the price of Dark tomes is pretty much irrelevant. There's ample gold available to give him as much as he needs. Ditto how "rare" dark tomes are. Why wouldn't you just stock up on them? As for him being not particularly good, I suppose the best way for me to respond to that is to ask... - Is balance of physical characters and magic uses so unimportant in this game? If not, which mage would you use over Canas? - Is coverage of the magic triangle so unimportant? Also, his DEF seems a bit high for a mage, which is nice. Nino Why bother? Umm...because she's good, and because at join time, your promoted units exp growth is quite low? I'm not saying that she's a top-tier character of anything, but she seems worthy of consideration at the very least. Marcus and Matthew Ah, this certainly clears a lot up...apparently the criteria for this list are not what I imagined them to be (and yes, I did read the Ranking FAQ). To me, it seems a matter of course that one will be leaning on Marcus and Matthew early on, and, in the case of Matthew, until quite late (sadly). I had assumed that characters higher on the list are more worthy of investing experience in so to use for the last few chapters of the game, your 'final team', if you will. I understand and agree with what you're saying about Marcus and Matthew, but it seems like something of a non sequitor for them to be be ranked highly because of it - because they are characters you want to MINIMIZE the amount of experience they gain, right? Mist: I had no idea people were so concerned with "efficiency". Your remarks made good sense in light of that. I'd also love to hear how many levels people are gaining for their promoted characters after 28 which Nino is stealing. Oh wait, efficiency..hmm, doesn't sound very fun, does it?

I've never been involved in such a thing. I'm a rather casual FE player, coming to the board to see what other people's thoughts are on character choice for this game. There are no explanations as to the logic underlying the list, so it should not be surprising that some of us have some questions. If there is a thread I can read that has already been written which answers such questions, I would appreciate it if you could point me to it, as I am quite new to the forums.

Excuse me? If you have no intention of addressing my questions, isn't it you who is spamming?

Why is Marcus anywhere near the top? He seems like one of the worst characters, as he is FE7's Jeigan, with very low growths. Why would anyone ever use Matthew over Jaffar? Despite the fact that Matthew could be considered stronger assuming both are on the same level, because the Fell Contract is in 28x, they won't ever be on the same level really. You get Jaffar before that, meaning he has at least a 13 level lead, plus promotion gains. Why is Nino so low? Of course she comes very late and must be fed kills, but 28.x is perfect for her to do a lot of catching up. Not only that, but at that point in the game, she should be one of your only unpromoted units, meaning that the combat exp goes farther when fed to her. Lastly, can someone explain why they don't think it's important to cover the magic triangle, i.e., use Canas, the sole Dark user.

Excellent. Thanks again. ^_^

Ah, okay. I get it now. Thanks guys. :-) Although, it says there are only two Heaven Seals - one you get at the start of chapter 26, the other which you get at the end of 28. When do you get the third seal?

The FE7 page says that the Heaven Seal only promotes Eliwood in Hector's Story...so how does Lyn promote?

I've encountered two pretty serious glitches in Fire Emblem 4 today. I have no way of knowing whether or not the second issue is caused by the first. The first occurred near the end of chapter 10. Alvis is the only enemy still alive. The glitch is that Celice all of a sudden stops getting turns. At the beginning of each turn after that, if Celice acted the previous turn, his sprite is still grayed out. He is listed as not having acted on the Unit menu, however. I can dance and get him a turn. If I dance for him, and then not use that turn, he does start the next turn normally. Next, after I seized the castle at the end of chapter 10, Celice is gone. The throne is empty. He still appears on the unit list, however. When you select him on the unit list, the cursor goes to Corple in the castle. Fortunately, I can refer to a save after taking Miletos, so I'm not losing a lot of time to fix this, but I thought I should report it. I'm curious whether anyone else has encountered this.

Thank you very much for your help! I used the 'delete header' function of SNESTool and the NP version of the patch works perfectly! :-)