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I'll open it tomorrow. I want to finish my S Rank HNM run first.

I am going to finish this tonight. Otherwise, I'll be slightly upset. Chapter 27 - Pale Flower of Darkness (Jerme) Team: Hector, Eliwood, Bartre, Serra, Guy, Kent, Wil, Canas, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Geitz, Pent, Louise, Harken (Turn 9) Notes: I'm going to get Kenneth's map for both hard runs. The EHM run will get Karel and the HHM one will have Harken. This chapter is surprisingly easy thanks to the enemies only appearing in small clusters of 3. Jerme is absolutely pathetic, going down to a combination of Guy and Canas. Eliwood, Guy and Serra all promoted with Serra getting a slightly early promotion. Hector 20.00 |34|17|13|17| 9|20| 4| C Eliwood Eliwood 1.77 |40|16|16|16|18|13|13| C Hector Bartre 4.18 |47|23|11|14| 6|14| 7| Serra 3.19 |31|14|15|16|16| 6|18| (Promoted at 17.32) Guy 3.40 |43|15|20|22|13| 8| 5| Kent 6.39 |43|18|22|17|10|12|10| C Sain Wil 3.40 |39|17|16|14|17| 7| 6| Canas 2.92 |34|15|14|18|12| 9|17| Fiora 4.72 |39|14|22|23|12|11|20| Legault 15.25 |27| 8|13|16|12| 8| 4| Ninian 13.22 |22| 0| 1|21|20|11|11| Geitz 6.10 |41|19|14|15|11|11| 3| Pent 7.72 |34|18|22|17|15|11|17| Louise 5.10 |28|13|14|18|16| 9|12| Harken 8.00 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 15/22 Exp - 2186/1800 Run stats: Tactics - 185/193 (5 stars) [ENM 188] Exp - 27146/18100 (5 stars)

Chapter 26 - Unfulfilled Heart Team: Hector, Eliwood, Serra, Guy, Priscilla, Lyn, Kent, Wil, Canas, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Heath, Hawkeye, Geitz, Pent (Turn 1), Louise (Turn 1) Notes: Let's start with the big thing. Vaida is dead. First time I've ever killed her (mostly because I've never tried) and I might regret it because of the Spear that she comes with. Oh well. Shit happens. Hawkeye + Devil Axe = Awesomesauce. Hawkeye basically mountain-hopped. Heath dropped him off just outside of Vaida's range and Hawkeye used the peaks to move closer to the Armoury. Vaida managed to hit him twice in about 9 turns (she doubled him too). Pretty much everyone promoted this chapter with the exception of Guy (wasn't holding a Hero Crest), Eliwood (level 19) and Serra (level 17 but I might promote her before 27 starts). That's Kent, Fiora, Wil and Canas I'm talking about. Hector 18.84 |32|15|13|17| 8|19| 4| C Eliwood Eliwood 19.76 |35|14|15|14|17|12| 9| C Hector Serra 17.32 |27|11|12|15|15| 4|15| Guy 20.00 |36|12|19|20|12| 6| 4| Priscilla 12.82 |17|11|11|12|14| 5|10| Lyn 18.35 |30| 8|18|18|16| 6| 3| C Florina Kent 3.80 |40|17|19|15| 9|10| 9| C Sain Wil 1.79 |37|17|15|12|17| 7| 6| Canas 1.58 |33|14|14|17|12| 9|17| Fiora 2.85 |37|14|21|21|11|10|18| Legault 14.68 |27| 8|12|16|12| 8| 3| Ninian 11.72 |21| 0| 1|20|19| 9|10| Heath 13.58 |33|15|11|10| 7| 9|10| Hawkeye 7.74 |52|18|15|13|14|14|10| Geitz 4.36 |41|18|12|14|11|11| 3| Pent 6.44 Base Louise 4.52 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 12/11 Exp - 2104/1000 Run stats: Tactics - 170/171 (5 stars) [ENM 169] Exp - 24817/16300 (5 stars)

I don't like doing the Mine Glitch. Makes me feel like I'm cheating. I actually think I figured out another way. And it involves Hawkeye going to the Armoury on the last turn.

I still need to get to the armoury. How am I supposed to do that? Distracting Vaida isn't enough.

Quick question, Inui. Treck starts at level 4 in Chapter 7. Are you telling me that he somehow got 9 levels in 3 chapters with his 7 AS Iron Lance and 5 AS Javelin (preventing him from doubling anything)?

Chapter 25 - Crazed Beast Team: Hector, Eliwood, Bartre, Guy, Erk, Priscilla, Kent, Florina, Wil, Canas, Fiora, Ninian, Hawkeye Notes: A lot easier than I thought it would be. Guy and Eliwood took the west, the peg sisters went east and everyone else headed north. Wil took the Ballista and cleared out the pegs and archers across the ocean. Snagged Pascal's fort on turn 4 with Hawkeye, the Bishop's on Turn 5 with Fiora and Guy grabbed the Warrior's on Turn 6. Fun fact. Hector doubled Pascal with the Wolf Beil and left him with like 2 HP (23x2 damage). I love Hector. Oh and Bartre managed to promote which was cool except that he's mediocre. Kent's sitting at 20/0, Wil, Canas and Fiora are all a stone's throw away from 20/0 and everyone else is doing great. Hector 17.72 |31|14|12|17| 7|18| 4| C Eliwood Eliwood 18.36 |34|14|14|14|17|12| 9| C Hector Bartre 2.16 |45|21| 9|13| 6|14| 7| Guy 18.57 |34|11|18|20|11| 6| 4| Erk 15.28 |27|11|10|12|10| 3| 9| Priscilla 11.56 |16|10|11|11|13| 5|10| Kent 20.00 |36|14|17|14| 9| 6| 8| C Sain Florina 15.81 |28| 7|13|17|14| 6| 7| C Lyn Wil 19.73 |33|15|13|10|16| 5| 3| Canas 19.35 |29|14|14|13|12| 7|14| Fiora 19.38 |31|11|20|20|11| 8|15| Ninian 10.62 |20| 0| 1|19|18| 9|10| Hawkeye 4.60 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 6/0 Exp - 2223/0 Run stats: Tactics - 158/160 (5 stars) [ENM 157] Exp - 22713/15300 (5 stars) Now I'm having problems with the next chapter. Not because it's hard but because it pisses me off. I want to get to the armoury in order to buy a Killer Lance and Killing Edge. However, IS decided to fuck us over and put Vaida pretty much in front of it. What do I do to get to it?

I disagree. Seth is a positive throughout the entire game. He rapes the earlygame even moreso than Marcus and is actually decent at the end with Vidofnir. Marcus is "good" in the first 6 chapters and then starts to suck horribly once the Lycia Alliance Army arrives on the isles. If you honestly think that being good for the first 1/4 of a game and then being terrible for the rest is better than raping the first 1/2 of the game and being good for the second half of the game, gimme whatever you're smoking.

Then I say Seth just because Seth is epic from start to finish while Marcus is shit past Chapter 8.

Wrong. Sigurd in the Prologue of FE4 probably wins that award. He's the only unit who can double and kill, not to mention that he has ridiculous move and canto. If you used Sigurd only to seize in that chapter, forget about saving half of the villages.

Chapter 23x - Genesis Team: Hector, Eliwood, Bartre, Guy, Priscilla, Lyn, Florina, Wil, Legault, Ninian, Hawkeye Notes: I won't lie here. I fed dozens of kills to my 3 lords and just barely made the 50 level requirement. Eliwood scored with 3 levels while Hector and Lyn had 2 apiece. Also, Hector is now faster than Legault. Kinda sad. Fast completion here. I gave Hawkeye the Devil Axe to OHKO the cracks and cleaned up the left side with Lyn. Eliwood and Hector tagteamed the other route with Bartre, Wil and Ninian providing the proper support. Wil got rid of Kishuana on Turn 8 and it took 2 more turns to get rid of all the enemies. Hector 16.03 |30|14|12|16| 7|18| 4| C Eliwood Eliwood 17.30 |33|12|11|12|14|11| 8| C Hector Bartre 13.86 |37|16| 7|10| 5| 6| 3| Guy 13.60 |29|10|15|17| 9| 6| 2| Priscilla 10.52 |16| 9|10|10|11| 5|10| Lyn 17.20 |30| 8|17|18|14| 5| 3| C Florina Florina 13.38 |26| 7|12|16|13| 6| 6| C Lyn Wil 15.77 |30|14|11|10|13| 5| 2| Legault 13.13 |26| 8|11|15|11| 8| 3| Ninian 9.02 |20| 0| 0|18|16| 8|10| Hawkeye 4.10 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 10/21 Exp - 1090/650 Run stats: Tactics - 142/147 (5 stars) [ENM 136] Exp - 18275/13900 (5 stars) Chapter 24 - Four Fanged Offense (Linus) Team: Hector, Bartre, Serra, Guy, Kent, Wil, Canas, Dart, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Heath, Geitz (Turn 3) Notes: I think my core promoted team is going to be Bartre, Serra, Guy, Kent, Wil, Canas, Fiora and Eliwood. That's 80k on promotions which seems high but I spent the same amount last time (Hector, Lyn, Raven, Rath, Florina and Lowen) so I should be good to go. What's nice is that I'm trying out new guys when it comes to promoting (I've never once promoted Bartre and I usually don't promote Fiora, Wil and Canas) which should give me a sense of what they can do and what they can't. I pretty much raped the Tactics and Exp requirements for FFO. The only things left standing were 2 Wyverns that had just spawned over the lake and 3 Pirates on the lake. Everything else was absolutely destroyed. Bartre with the Brave Axe was so clutch as he quad hit a pirate (actually hit 1/4 times but the point is that he was doubling). Wil just rode Ballistas the entire time and other people (Canas, Kent) were vital to destroying the horde. Oh and Guy spent about 5 turns at the arena with 2 refreshes from Ninian. Oh and Canas got the Afa's Drops for this run. Hector 16.75 |30|14|12|16| 7|18| 4| C Eliwood Bartre 17.03 |40|20| 7|11| 6| 9| 3| Serra 16.04 |27|10|11|15|14| 4|14| Guy 16.54 |32|11|16|19|11| 6| 3| Kent 19.51 |35|14|16|14| 9| 6| 8| C Sain Wil 17.03 |31|15|12|10|15| 5| 2| Canas 16.61 |26|13|12|11|10| 7|12| Dart 11.58 |36|14| 8|10| 3| 7| 2| Fiora 16.67 |29|10|18|20|10| 7|12| Legault 13.64 |26| 8|11|15|11| 8| 3| Ninian 10.02 |20| 0| 1|19|18| 9|10| Heath 13.03 |33|15|11|10| 7|12| 2| Geitz 3.88 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 10/13 Exp - 2215/1400 Run stats: Tactics - 152/160 (5 stars) [ENM 157] Exp - 20490/15300 (5 stars) I've finally overtaken my ENM turn count but I'm about to lose the lead thanks to Crazed Beast. Yay...

Changed my user name to reflect my support for Russell. He is absolutely hilarious. Episode 9 Update: Rather boring episode aside from JT probably handing the game over to Russell. Courtney got the boot. Russell -> Courtney Parvati -> Courtney Sandra -> Courtney Danielle -> Courtney Jerri -> Courtney Courtney -> Jerri

Spoon, changed my name to King Russell. Put me in.

King Russell is in the house.

Chapter 22 - Kinship's Bond Team: Hector, Eliwood, Marcus, Bartre, Priscilla, Lyn, Sain, Kent, Raven, Canas, Dart, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Isadora (Turn 1), Heath (Turn 2), Rath (Turn 4) Notes: I don't give a crap what anyone says. This is probably the hardest chapter to complete on time in Hector's mode (or at least on Normal). 5 turns to kill Eubans who's sitting at the bottom right hand corner? That's fucking ridiculous. Hector, Eliwood and Lyn basically got about 0 Exp. It's 5 freaking turns and they move slow. Plus I'm dealing with Reavers and the only Reaver weapon that I have is on Kent/Marcus to take out Eubans. Sitting Bartre or Dart in front of Knights is asking for death because the Monks also snipe them (Monks hold Divine, fuck them). Kent, Sain and Marcus were key here. They rushed down to Eubans with Sain holding the Longsword and Kent/Marcus doubling up on the Lancereaver. Sain managed to kill Eubans on the back end of Turn 5 for the win. Bartre's honestly going to suck this playthrough but he's definitely getting a promo (first time I've ever done this, to be honest, never gotten Karla before). Canas is decent, both my healers are turning out nicely (Prissy's getting exclusive access to the Physic to catch up to Serra's level) and Lyn's getting shafted on this run. Hector 13.69 |28|13|11|15| 7|16| 3| C Eliwood Eliwood 14.46 |30|12|11|12|14|11| 8| C Hector Marcus 4.49 |34|15|15|11| 9|10| 9| Bartre 13.42 |37|16| 7|10| 5| 6| 3| Priscilla 9.55 |16| 9|10|10|11| 5|10| Lyn 13.58 |26| 7|15|16|13| 4| 2| Kent 17.28 |33|14|16|13| 9| 6| 7| C Sain Sain 15.80 |31|16| 8|11| 7| 8| 3| C Kent Raven 11.91 |31|13|17|14| 4| 6| 1| Canas 10.68 |22|12|11| 9| 7| 5| 9| Dart 10.66 |36|13| 8|10| 3| 7| 2| Fiora 12.94 |26| 8|15|18| 9| 6|10| Legault 13.01 |26| 8|11|15|11| 8| 3| Ninian 8.02 |19| 0| 0|18|16| 8|10| Isadora 1.00 Base Heath 7.56 Base Rath 7.49 Base (started at 7.39) Chapter stats: Tactics - 5/5 Exp - 893/1150 Run stats: Tactics - 123/117 (4 stars) [ENM 114] Exp - 15842/12250 (5 stars) Chapter 23 - Living Legend Team: Hector, Bartre, Serra, Matthew, Erk, Lyn, Florina, Canas, Fiora, Legault, Heath, Hawkeye (Turn 2) Notes: I've always hated deserts. And while this chapter is easier to complete in 9 turns than the last one was in 5, it's still really hard to keep Pent from killing one of the bosses. But then again, that's why the game gave us 3 fliers by this time. But I don't know how I'm going to get 7 levels in the next chapter for my lords. Hector 14.06 |29|14|11|15| 7|16| 4| C Eliwood Bartre 13.51 |37|16| 7|10| 5| 6| 3| Serra 14.91 |25| 8|11|13|13| 3|14| Matthew 13.56 |25| 9| 9|19| 8| 5| 1| Erk 14.45 |26|11| 9|11| 9| 3| 9| Lyn 15.34 |28| 8|17|18|14| 5| 3| Florina 12.50 |25| 7|12|16|13| 6| 6| Canas 13.37 |25|12|12|10| 9| 6|10| Fiora 14.97 |28| 8|17|18|10| 6|10| Legault 13.12 |26| 8|11|15|11| 8| 3| Heath 10.58 |30|13|10| 8| 7|10| 2| Hawkeye 4.00 Base Chapter stats: Tactics - 9/9 Exp - 1343/1000 Run stats: Tactics - 132/126 (4 stars) [ENM 123] Exp - 17185/13250 (5 stars)

CATS, I want you to answer this question properly. Are you purposely being stupid or are you hoping that I'm going to get sick of arguing with you? Here's a list of Bal's units from CoD. Look. Hector 20.00 Over level 16 Ninian 19.82 Over level 16 but not the point Priscilla 7.37 PROMOTED Serra 10.01 PROMOTED Florina 10.29 PROMOTED Farina 7.20 PROMOTED Fiora 7.19 PROMOTED Louise 7.09 PROMOTED Pent 9.25 PROMOTED Gietz 6.97 PROMOTED I'm sorry that I didn't write "over 16/0" because that's what I meant. Now do you see what I mean or are you once again going to say something stupid for the sake of it? The point is to hand-wave the damage that Marcus does to the Exp rank in order to say Marcus >= Raven. If you can't see that, you're not reading it properly. Bullshit. It's called a majority. If the majority of a class fails an exam, does that mean that the class is stupid or was the exam too hard? What about it only one person fails it? Is the test too hard or is that person just stupid. Now substitute "army" for class and "Marcus" for "person" and you should see what I mean. You're making a completely retarded case in order to say that Raven hurts the Exp rank... Wait, that's not it. You're penalizing anyone who promotes just so that you can say that Marcus is no worse even though "Raven" or whatever unit gets almost double the amount of Exp by the end of the game that Marcus does over the same time period (the entire game). Now do I have that right?

I have 35 units that are either promoted or sitting at level 16+ at this point. They're not gaining much Exp. Honestly, I don't understand or like this argument because I think it's trying to eliminate Marcus' penalty for the sake of eliminating his penalty. I understand that using Raven late game gets you the same Exp as using Marcus early game. The problem comes when you use Marcus early game instead of another unit who will actually gain a lot more Exp at that point. Marcus is the only unit in (tossing out a random chapter) NLoC who suffers a severe Exp drop-off. Everyone else (even Oswin) will gain at least 2x the Exp from a kill than Marcus. When you say "Raven has the same problem in the late game", you basically say that it doesn't matter that most of your army has the same problem because the point is that Raven suffers from an Exp drop-off. It makes no sense. If a problem like this affects at least 50% of your army the same way (drop-off Exp), it's high time that you stop penalizing them for it because it is now the standard. Why not just credit (at this point) those who don't suffer from it? It's why Nino is higher than she really could be and why Exp units (Rath, Bartre, Heath...) are also sitting at higher spots than they should be.

I am Life... Wil's actually pretty useful. Lot of sniping for him to do over walls and stuff.

Chapter 21 - New Resolve Team: Hector, Eliwood, Bartre, Serra, Lyn, Kent, Wil, Florina, Lucius, Legault, Ninian (Turn 1) Notes: I actually did this chapter once, realized that I had to get 13 levels in 3 chapters in order to get Geitz, swore to myself and redid it. It's a rather easy chapter. Everyone moved forward while Florina grabbed all the western villages and went shopping. Hector, Eliwood and Lyn managed to get most of the kills, including Oleg. Oh and Legault stole the Hero Crest. Hector 13.36 |28|13|11|15| 7|16| 3| C Eliwood Eliwood 14.15 |30|12|11|12|14|11| 8| C Hector Bartre 12.90 |36|15| 6|10| 5| 6| 2| Serra 13.62 |25| 8|11|12|13| 3|13| Lyn 13.58 |26| 7|15|16|13| 4| 2| Kent 15.72 |31|13|14|11| 9| 6| 7| C Sain Wil 15.13 |30|14|11|10|13| 5| 2| Florina 11.45 |25| 6|12|16|12| 6| 6| Lucius 7.65 |19|11| 7|11| 4| 1| 7| Legault 13.01 |26| 8|11|15|11| 8| 3| Ninian 7.52 |19| 0| 0|17|15| 8| 9| (Started at 7.02) Chapter stats: Tactics - 5/5 Exp - 827/950 Run stats: Tactics - 118/112 (4 stars) [ENM 109] Exp - 14949/11100 (5 stars) Not bad so far. Wil's looking really nice.

Pretty sure it is.

Cool beans? EDIT: I want to post what GreatEclipse said on GameFAQs, only because I really can't answer it without swearing. GE, feel free to answer me here, I like being able to use proper language. I hate the filters there. I like swearing. Are you fucking kidding me? Why don't we just punish everyone not named Nino because Nino gets more Exp at the time that she appears? Use your brain. I have 35 out of 36 characters in Cog of Destiny that have this so called "penalty". I have 1 out of 13 in Talons Alight with this "penalty". Am I going to penalize Raven when everyone suffers the same fate in CoD? No, I'd rather just give credit to Nino. Am I going to penalize Marcus when NOBODY suffers the same fate in Talons Alight? You bet your ass. Honestly, this is fucking retarded. It's almost like Inui saying "well that 20k for Farina doesn't matter". IT DOES MATTER.

Name has been officially changed.

I'm having Lyn vs. Heath flashbacks... Sure. You want to open it or should I? Also, I'm going to be arguing Ranked as I don't do Efficiency runs.

Anyone up for an FE7 debate? I'll take Canas vs. someone reasonable.

I love LOST and yet I'm confused. I just hope Desmond's not dead.