Thanks! ~
I would say I'd probably just make a hack based on what I like playing. I don't like really long, convoluted, drawn-out maps because they're usually just tedious to play for me, so probably I'd have a lot of maps that are straightforward and very difficult (+ not that this came up in FE7 but I don't even think I'd mind needing a bit of RNG if the map is really short, like 15-30 mins or so, and I'd probably take advantage of that because I'm somewhat sadistic and want to create as much of a hopeless feeling as possible. :3). I like pegasus knights, so probably a lot of pegasus knights and myrmidons, and probably no or very few really slow/bulky units. I like really obscure, drawn-out secrets, though I'd need to take some care to make sure it's not outright impossible. I'd probably make a shorter hack with a lot of paths so that there's a lot of decisions the player has to make, and it's a huge diversion from usual FE style which is a long narrative that usually has the same ending.
As for the maps themselves, there's a few things that FE7 never did that I'd be interested in trying out. One idea I had for a long time is a map where you start off just resting somewhere, and then at night (meaning a fog of war map), the enemy happens to pass right by you without actually noticing you. So, it'd be a survival map where there's infinite reinforcements that just move in a set path from one side of the map to another, except if you move into range and they notice you. That seems interesting since you can either play it defensively and hope to run into as few enemies as possible (but there's also a huge paranoia factor since you have no idea where anything is), or go on the offensive and maybe try to find and kill the boss (really high risk but probably high reward if there's incentive for it). There's a bunch more but I'm totally going on a rant here and I don't want to give everything away immediately. : p Just in general I like things like this which are still FE but feel like completely different scenarios.
I first thought I'd make a cast which is half-original and half-people who show up from FE7 in some way, but after thinking about it I'd rather create an original story with an entirely original cast, though I think it would be cool to toss in a cameo or two. ~
Thanks! They are totally adorable and I actually found it completely on accident when I was just trying random pairings because I felt like they'd be cute together so it totally is not awkward at all. :< Though, I didn't realize how capable of completely breaking the game their love was until my friend told me so my first playthrough I only got them up to lvl C.
