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That wasn't too bad. Silken Knight Merida with an HP booster and a small shield did have just enough HP to survive Matagroth and was able to destroy his ass with the Thunder Sword. Maybe standard Merida can do this too, considering she can use actual medium shields. Chapter 5 was really fun. Lots of really good tweaks. Feels almost like a different map. Unfortunately I had to burn through pretty much the whole Doyenne, because Aslanne's squad and Nina are under a lot more pressure now. Kinda annoying having to fix it this early. Probably should have relied more on Aslanne's Critical Reprisal, to save up on weapon uses, even if Aslanne has little use for all that exp. Also Yaeri just learned a new command skill that has her deal a guaranteed critical hit. Not actually sure how useful that will be in practice, because just like Pulverize it prevents double attacking.

Oh wow, Matagroth is even sillier now. He carries a large shield for an effective 26 defense. Wearing down shields is also not really a feasible strategy. They just have way too much durability. And it's not depleted if the attack wouldn't have dealt any damage anyway. Still, I got plenty of new tools too. So maybe this will actually turn out to be easier than before.

Jean gets Pulverize now. Except unlike in Berwick Saga, it does not double attack. It triples it. Doesn't allow for a double attack. But it's not like many things will survive that first hit anyway. It's all pretty crazy, honestly.

Bonacel gets the Guard skill and now has build in effective damage against cavalry. Prody lost Good Neighbor and has a random chance to not lose weapon durability. Prody is definitely not doing so hot. Hopefully he was at least blessed with a different skill to replace Good Neighbor II. Guard is also a lot stronger here then in Berwick Saga, considering you get to move all your units at once.

That new skill and it's variations that Prody and others have seems to increase attack power by 50% under specific circumstances. Just gotta figure out what those circumstances are, I suppose. Still no clue on Jean's new skill. Also seems you can save whenever you want. But any time you load a mid-chapter save, it lowers your score on that save.

I wonder why the game drops a Rusted Axe on the first map now. It's gonna be a long time until it can be dropped in a lake. Maybe it can be dropped elsewhere now. Idk.

Oh cool, that's the unused alternate portrait he has.

Right out of the gate way more new stuff than I expected. Bonacel got Guard now. Prody has some weird skill with a flat 30% activation rate. They also both have another skill, whatever that one does. Troy gets a pref spear now if he talks to Zech. God knows he needed a buff, famously low tier as he is. And he has his pride flag which just like a real pride flag causes all nearby assholes to attack the wielder.

She also gives a massive support boost to Lea. Not quite as high as the one Barzelphen gets from Benette, but it's still insanely beefy.

But this whole affair is how you get resources. Not like there is a convenient "collect everything" button.

The addition of Delta to 30xx is pretty great. Finally someone with a Megaman Zero-like playstyle. Never been a huge fan of the way X4 and beyond handled X and Zero. One guy shots, the other slashes. That feels more like splitting a single moveset across multiple characters. Idk, I would rather have a single character with a deeper movepool.

How? Not like they ever remove their mouth from your crotch. In any case, considering a playable character to be "minor" doesn't make sense to me. Unless maybe it's something like a guest unit. Like Lea's grandmother, for example. Doesn't even get a name.

Yes, the site only lists the UK names. Interesting that they didn't simply keep the German number names for the English translation, though. Not like anyone complains about Frieren at the Funeral using simple German verbs as character names.

Now his lance shall rest. One might even say it would be "cringe". My boi Salamander is finally back! Huzzah! Although the way he describes him and Naga, it sounds more like Bantu and Tiki. Just a bit of dragon blood is all it takes to gain super powers? Did no one in Akaneia ever try that, between all the manakete the humans killed there? "Recently"? Could you not sense the "aura of Naga" in all the years taking care of her? And if you didn't know, what else was so special about her that back then you felt compelled to take care of her personally? Surely there was no lack of war orphans you encountered during your travels, who also were in dire need of a caretaker. Finally a whole army where everyone has Great Shield. Well, at least now his lance can rest. I suppose I do prefer the angry face over... well, other depictions of possession. I do like that he tabs a little into the Fala side of his heritage for the final battle. You would think that they have the Delta Attacke, but I can't say I've ever seen them try to set it up. Unlike the mage trio, they don't seem to prioritize attacking foes in melee. Well, not like her offensive stats had much room to grow in the first place. They are named after the numbers 1 to 12, but in German. Yeah, but what can you do? Axe users are more associated with speed than strength. If it helps, I believe I can faintly hear August scream "bullshit!" from the distance. Shadow Dragon reversed that and used the numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese instead. I suppose Ichi is not that bad of a name for a generic.

Weren't you supposed to have killed her ages ago? How hard can that be? 7 years ago. So it's not like Ishtar's boyfriend turning evil is a recent thing. Most certainly on another level than his brothers.