Efficiency! Abuse!

[Icon of Sin]

Definitely an abuser. Love to steamroll though the game while the enemy misses and tinks.

[Ike-Mike]

I'm more on the efficient side.

I've been only wasting turns in the GBA FEs because the support system sucks.

[Mage Knight 404]

I mix it up. Sometimes I just play to play, sometimes I do some abusing, sometimes I quick speed through.

[geozeldadude]

interesting question. i used to be def. in the middle, leaning towards abuse. but having played a lot of FE "mastered" the game mechanics, the more i've been looking for diff. challenges. for FE9 and FE10 next PT i'm going to use the BEXP limits on # turns to make things more interesting. haven't looked at them that closely, so i'm not sure if that's going to be hard or not, though. also am going to start keeping track of how much gold i have and total # of turns at the end for the games that don't have a built-in ranking system.

[Progenitus]

My first playthrough for a game will usually see a little bit of support abuse, maybe some arena. Once I feel more comfortable with the game I go for efficiency.

[Mr. Francis York Morgan]

I flip flop between abuse and efficiency. Depends on the game, characters, map, and the whole nine yards. In fe9-10 I always go for maximum bexp so I am always efficient in those games.

Edit: Aside from a few maps in por. Like the prison and the desert maps. Then I'll just bumrush the map. Although everyonce in a while I do go for the bexp rewards on the maps if I am using a lot of late game units.

I voted abuse because I will take my time if there is no bexp to farm, chests to open, or villages to save.

Edited September 19, 2009 by Lancelot

[Barrylocke]

In the middle, but I lean towards abuse because I have arena abused a couple times. I dont rng abuse, and I try to never use savestates for emulated games.

[Orlouge]

Depends on the game. If it's FE3 or FE5, I'll probably try to get the chapters done as fast as possible. Mainly because you have the tools to kill all enemies from the start, you just have to use them. That and stat caps at 20 mean level ups don't matter as much to me.

If it's FE4, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, I'll do as Raymond does. I'll make sure all items are gotten, as much normal battle experience is attained without arena or boss abusing, and maybe heal a few of my units for free experience at the end of the map. In fact, the ends of maps are usually where a lot of any abuse I give is, such as feeding kills, getting as much healing done as possible, and grabbing some support juice if applicable.

[ReformBlade]

Abuse.

Abuse abuse abuse! I think the first time I played FE was the only time I didn't abuse! That and FE9, but even then, I BA'd every playthrough after my first! It's so easy and useful, I'm puzzled by people who don't do it!

/endraving

[Tatsumaki]

Mostly abuse. Depends on the game, but I lean towards abuse over efficiency.

May be just me, but abusing arguably makes clearing maps quicker and easier, no?

[Narga_Rocks]

Mostly abuse. Depends on the game, but I lean towards abuse over efficiency.

May be just me, but abusing arguably makes clearing maps quicker and easier, no?

Probably easier. Once you've figured out how to keep a unit alive while gumming at a boss while it self heals you basically just have to repeat the same command over and over and it's fine, then you have a unit that can't be killed and destroys everything around it. Can't see how it's quicker, not in real time or in turn counts.

[Kriemhild]

Efficiently. I sometimes abuse though like in FE5.

[Ein]

Kinda depends on the level itself and which FE we're talking about.

In FE 7 I only abuse in some levels and only two arenas. Other than that in the middle most of the time.

FE 8 I usually play in the middle then abusively once Valni tower comes along...

FE 9 I boss abuse and favor some characters such as Mist, Marcia, Mia... The list goes on. Although after a while I do tend to try and complete chapters as quickly as possible.

FE 10... It has save states and I'm a perfectionist... You do the math.

Oh right FEDS. I abuse the arena when I see them. When they're aren't around I try and complete the levels as fast as I can while keeping everyone I'm using in a decent level.

Edited September 25, 2009 by Ein Silver Rose

[Mister Cold]

abuse, I pick like 5-7 chars I train to the top (mainly reset if I get less then 3 stats up lvl)

that's about it, I arena abused like the first time I played FE7 (was afraid I couldn't my out my chars XD)

never done it after it (once in HM tho, for the kicks)