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I'm sorry for doing nothing but make topics since I joined here; I promise I'll be more active on the forums in the future Anyway, I'm not sure how this will work out, but I wanted to compile a list of maybe 10-15 limitations, 10 banned characters, and 5 "forced" characters. The playthrough would be on hard mode, obviously, and I've got a couple rules/limitations I've already set: 1. No laguz royals (I'm including Skrimir here, just because he wrecks everything with resolve and can get SS pretty easy) 2. Nothing higher than E level weapons (mostly bronze, "Heal" staves only, and base-level tomes), with the exceptions of Laguz (can level strike) and Ike in the 4-E-5 (since Ike is forced to use a "certain sword" to kill off a "certain boss") 3. No healing items that aren't named "Herb" or "Vulnerary;" this includes concoctions, panaceas, antitoxins, olvia grasses, and lolpure water (I might limit it to just herb, though). 4. Only one of the following can be used: Resolve, Wrath, Adept, Savior, Pavise, and Paragon 5. Resolve and Wrath can not be paired. 6. No stat-boosting items. and so on... Is this idea even worth trying? I'd love some more suggestions here for banned/forced characters, limitations and things like that.

You might as well stick Paragon on Nolan until someone else promotes; I don't use more than 2 or 3 DB units generally, so they're usually at about 20/5 by the endgame. Unless you're trying to use everyone (which you should never do), the Master Seal seems a bit necessary. Definitely post your team, though, so we can give some more specific advise. Another way to go, by the way, is to slap paragon on Volug (I think he can take it in Part I); I wouldn't recommended it, though.

Bexp... I'm really pretty new to the whole thing, but "Battle" experience is generally referred to as "combat" experience... Unless I just misunderstood everything. But thanks for the help, everyone... I think next playthrough, I'm going to try using Kyza, jut for teh lulz.

An update, here... Ranulf- Level 40, capped everything but Res (1 point off :/) Ulki- Level 40, Everything but Skill (3 off) Volug - Level 36, and not really close to capping anything, except speed and luck (maybe Hp, too), which are capped... Everything else is 2-3 points away, at least. Either I totally misjudged Bexp, or got RNG screwed. Oh well. He might still cap skill, so he's salvageable.

As of right now (3-10, I believe) Ranulf and Ulki were BEXP'd up to lvl 35, and Ulki has capped HP, Str, and Spd, and is one point away from Def and Res (his luck is up there, too). Ranulf capped Str, Hp, and Skill and is pretty close to everything else. What should I do with Volug (go for Cexp or Bexp)?

Sorry for the late reply, haven't gotten to the computer in a while... Thanks for the advice, everyone... I think I'm going to go with Jannaff or Ulki (probably Ulki, still not sure), Volug, and possibly Ranulf. The problem I could see is during 4-E, with only 2 Laguz Gems... Should I cut Ranulf, maybe?

In addition to the "standard" Jill/Nolan/Micky, I'm thinking of trying Meg (just for fun)... The problem is she can't really make use of Paragon until after she really needs it...

Thanks for the replies... I figured Janaff/Ranulf would be pretty popular. Should Volug get DB's Paragon, or is that better on Jill/Nolan? And also how would I raise Nealuchi's strike to S in 1-P?

Something I've never done but always wanted to try is using a few non-royal (and non-heron) laguz in the endgame. I'd like one of them to be Mordy... Any suggestions for the rest? And also how do I make them suck less (Bexp vs Cexp, stat items, etc.)?

Lol I forgot I posted here... I'm from FL, so that's where the username comes from... It's in the 80's here

I'd love to use Kamura (his growths are aweful lol, IIRC)... I just can't use bosses you have to kill, so Nedata it is (also terrible generic growths). As for the last unit, Jill is fine, so is Volke/Sothe (who is viable since I can promote him).

2 more! Since I'm new to this... Do I pick Oscar's second weapon? Or do I leave that up to you, too?

If I get Mordi and the Hawks, too... >_>

No Tormod, please. And I'd like 1 original GM, at least. The endgame dragon will be left up to the RNG, and since I'm using action replay, I can recruit most enemy bosses, as well as some NPC units (Sigrun, Nealuchi, Griel, etc.) Sothe can also be promoted. I'll pick my first unit. ^_^ 1. Ike 2. Geoffrey 3. Rhys 4. Mia 5. Ilyana 6. Lethe 7. Haar 8. Oscar (Axes) 9. Rolf 10. Boyd 11. Marcia 12. Elincia 13. Nedata 14. Papa Brom (Didn't see till just now, sorry) That's it then... I might use Volke/Sothe for chests and things... Obviously I'll be bringing Jill in to recruit Haar, as well.

So I just made an account? If there's anything I should know before I start posting, let me know.