Let's Play FE8 with Sky/Phobia

[phobia]

Okay guys, hi.
I'm bored, so I'm gonna start playing FE8.
I'll try to be funny and what not, but mostly I need some suggestions. I'm gonna play Hard Mode, I know that much, and I will probably use the Tower for a little while (especially right after Chapter 8 and after I get Knoll and Gerik if I'm using them).
So what I need is a list of six characters I'm gonna use, which don't include Eirika and Ephraim because I'm using them and I'm also using Ephraim's route cause Phantom Ship is gonna be fun. I KNOW IT.
So six characters. Please and thank you. also tethys

CHARACTER LIST:
Eirika
Ephraim
Rennac for opening chests and unlocking doors ONLY

Tethysded lol

1. Berserker!Ross
2. Wyvern Knight!Tana
3. Mage Knight!Lute
4. Hero!Gerik
5. DuracelDuessel
6. SETH

Poll will run for until I get to chapter 18. Which could take a little bit more than a week. I'll add up the yeses and nos, reasons doesn't matter.

Edited May 17, 2013 by phobia

[Randa]

Berserker ross

[phobia]

Some men just want to watch the world burn

[Aisuko Lyrical]

Mage Knight:Lute Wyvern Knight:Tana

Edited April 7, 2013 by Vaporeon

[Randa]

I thought it was a PMU.

[phobia]

I thought it was a PMU.

It is, I dunno why she picked all six

EDIT: I guess I'll use those two that Vaporeon picked

and I asked my friend and he said Sniper Neimi hero gerik

Edited April 7, 2013 by Skysentinel

[secondworld]

Duessel's man-beard shall aid you!

[phobia]

And now I need one more

[charlie_]

Valk Natasha.

Wait no, Seth.

Edited April 7, 2013 by Serious Bananas

[phobia]

And that's all 6. I'll update this when i finish the first chapter~

[spoiler=PROLOGUE!]

I don't need to play pussy Normal mode. Let's do this.

That's great! *hits enter*

Yup, none of this is new. ON WITH THE SHOW!

Spoiler alert: Seth is blind as a damn bat.

TIME FOR RAPIER SPAM!

But this first.

OKAY NOW RAPER RAPIER SPAM!

First attack of the game is a critical hit. Excellent.

She took him out and the other guy is at 1 HP...

THE DOUBLE PLAY!

Gotta play it safe.

And we end the prologue with a not-too-shabby level up from the Princess.

Hooray.

OKAY MOVING ON

I'm gonna do at least three more chapters today, and probably more like a good portion of the game cause it's Sunday and I have all the time in the world and whatnot.

Edited April 7, 2013 by Skysentinel

[phobia]

[spoiler=CHAPTER ONE!]

why don't you look outside dumbass

Here we get a glimpse of a character I'm going to use! But not for 8 more chapters.

BITCH I AM A LEVEL 2 LORD AND I'M GONNA FUCK YOU UP

Sorry.

This guy really bugs me. Anyway, Eirika to house for obvious reasons, and Seth to corner so I can level Eirika a bit.

Another masterful level-up for the beautiful Eirika. Also setting Animations to 2 for backgrounds. And shoving Gilliam and Franz into the corner cause they're useless.

This soldier is following her but he's not even attacking her, what the hell?

Managed to Critikill this Fighter. I'm gonna need to give her Franz's Iron Sword soon. Also, I'll let Seth mop up the reinforcements.

\

Crit on the stalker soldier and managed to get another fantastic level. That's three in a row. She's due for a bad one.

They's gon' have babies.

Took out the two soldiers in front of the castle.

ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THEIR LEADER

You got dis.

GOD DAMN IT

She missed one. Ugh. Okay, now to savestate and kill him, hopefully on the first try.

First try and another FABULOUS level for Eirika.

and then I seize the gate and take this loser's cash.

END OF CHAPTER ONE

Chapter two coming right up cause short

[phobia]

oh my god are you shitting me i was halfway through this post and i hit backspace and went back a page UGH

Whatever, let's try again

[spoiler=take 2/chapter 2]

This was the end of phase one, Gilliam and Franz emptied their stuff into the convo and the usual chapter 2 shenanigans ensued.

Recruited Ross, put him on the forest, emptied Vanessa's stuff.

NOT GONNA HAPPEN

That's better.

Also better. I left Ross out in the open so I could take out this guy, who was at 6 health, BUT...

Assholes will be assholes.

I was gonna meatshield with Seth...

DIDN'T WORK

ABORT ABORT

ABORT

And this beauty of a level. I think I forgot to show her getting to level 5.

edit: i didn't

Now, I'm back to where I was.

How does he not recognize the fucking Princess? Is he really that uneducated?

Whatever, I'm gonna kill him anyway.

A crit is fine, too. I was gonna feed Ross the kill, but who cares.

EIRIKA DOESN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF A MEDIOCRE LEVEL UP

And so ends the chapter.

Heh.

I'll be back in a few, guise. Not that I see anyone here.

Edited April 7, 2013 by Skysentinel

[Momentai~]

I hope your Eirika's strength catches up to and surpasses her speed. That would be the most hilariously lopsided Eirika I've ever seen.

Ah, the dreaded backspace. That's why I do my stuff in a document first so I don't lose everything because of a button slip.

[phobia]

okay, back.

[spoiler=the mighty bazba]

Alright. The plan here is, take out EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING with Ross and .

let's do this

Sadly, all Neimi will ever be used for.

A decent level, but I wish he procced Str or Spd...

I suppose it was necessary to get rid of this guy near the chests, but whateverrrr.

Well, I suppose that's okay, too. I need Strength, though...

A shield of meat.

HELL yeah.

Meanwhile, Colm got all the chests and is working on the Javelin, which is in the same room as Seth and Ross and I hope the Bandit attacks Seth instead, seeing as Colm can actually hurt him...

Dumbass. Now Ross has to take out the Thief on the right of the room, and then watch out for the Archer and the Bandit with the Hand Axe.

I will be using Colm to snatch that Pure Water, too.

Nice, res and str. This is still a nice level. Actually, it's really nice.

Whatever.

REALLY!? REALLY ROSS?!

Good news is, he'll cap his HP, most likely...

Not risking this. MOULDER!!

Thank God! Also, he'll take out that Bandit with the help of Seth-shield and then bam, level 10. Then I can use Eirika and Seth to take out Bazba.

On the first support convo? Gosh, Eirika...

And now, all aboard the meatshield train!

A decent level. Okay, time to storm the boss room.

I'm sure it is.

And so ends this post. Onto Chapter Four, in which we can finally ditch all the people holding us back (probably going to take them all to Vigarde in Chp.8 to get murdered)!

[phobia]

So I had to redo the end of the chapter cause I forgot to screencap the promotion off Ross but I think his levels ended up the same anyway.

SO!

[spoiler=monsters]

I am okay with this.

Time to spam him some more. And Lute. And Eirika. Mostly Eirika. I want her to be level 20 when I get her back, but that's probably wishful thinking.

Extra cash and convoy space is always nice.

Okay, let's do this.

hahaha goodbye

Dead by the second enemy phase. Ross got the axe, Moulder's waiting up top, and Eirika and Seth are by the snag, about to bust it open and get Lute, who will take care of the bottom half of the map while Eirika takes Seth and his support bonus to take out the reinforcements and Ross gets the others. I GOT THIS ALL PLANNED OUT.

You're a Pirate, not a Warrior, dumbass, and thanks for dying. Now I have to restart the chapter.

Restarted the same way, only this time I brought Vanessa and Neimi along so I could kill them off, too

Also, gave Ross the Pure Water so he doesn't go and fuck up again. Stupid eyeballs.

yay yay yay

Moving on.

An OKAY level, and he lived. That's the big part.

Better!

This Eirika is fucking awesome.

Eirika, you don't just bust into a musical instrument's house and ask them who they are. Where the fuck are your manners?

doodoodoooooo

ANOTHER good level. Look at her Strength... holy shit...

BURN! BURN, DEMON!

Eyeball thing.

Shitty level. At least she procced speed.

Eh. I do like Lute's luck. This was from killing the boss.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK!

Sorry, keyboard froze and I didn't want to lose this. Gonna finish up it now, though.

okay done. I'll do 5 and 6 tomorrow, probably. Gonna go on chat now... cause VBA makes my keyboard wonk out. srs.

Edited April 8, 2013 by Skysentinel

[phobia]

this thread needs more activity

anyway

[spoiler=the one where we get a toy for eirika]

Joshua. Oh, Joshua. If he didn't have such a nice weapon, I'd mow him down with Seth or something.

Also, I'm just gonna abuse the arena for like a few turns...

Brought along a few people to use as bait

I think I'll send Moulder and Lute to the left, and Eirika and Ross can hold out the choke point while Seth gets all the stuff... Or something like that. Let's proceed.

Maybe Seth did, but I came here to get a nice item for Lute.

...FUCK

At least he didn't die. Ugh.

All that bait.

Bye bye!

ANOTHER GOOD LEVEL FOR EIRIKA!

And for Lute! I'm liking this.

Ouch. Gotta wait awhile for the Hammerne. Good thing I get the Armorslayer here, too.

Just missed Ross, but he got HP, Str, Spd, and Def. Which is great. froze again, brb

HIT BACKSPACE AGAIN, TOO. I'm messing all kinds of shit up.

one sec

Good bye!

Gotcha. Now Natasha is gonna get smashed by the Bandit Ross couldn't double and the Soldier up there. Whatever, even though I think that I get an item if she lives...

She just killed that Fighter above her. I think she and Ross both got a level I missed, too. I know she got Mag and he got like Spd or something.

Well, I think they might be deaf.

Good riddance.

Eirika, slow the fuck down...

Seth's first level is a fantastic one. I am impressed. Ross? Ehhh, not so much.

I got scared as hell until he missed... Anyway, now that I'm back to where I was before I hit backspace... Just the boss is left. Screw the arena, I'm taking this guy out as soon as he kills Joshua.

It sucks, cause I really love Joshua. But, he's not Lute, Ross, Tana, Gerik, Seth, or Duessel, so... Goodbye.

All I have to say is...

DAMN!

Having second thoughts about doing Ephraim's route. A great end to this Chapter.

Speaking of Ephraim, I might do 5x later. I got stuff to do.

Edited April 8, 2013 by Skysentinel

[Doga]

That's the first time I've seen a remarkable Eirika. Kudos to you.

[phobia]

That's the first time I've seen a remarkable Eirika. Kudos to you.

I agree, she's turning out extremely well. Ross and Lute need to step it up...

[lonelyVoxel]

I like it!

[phobia]

I would do 5x as soon as possible but it's my least favorite chapter aside from Queen of White Dunes/Father and Son or whatever it's called

[phobia]

I would do 5x as soon as possible but it's my least favorite chapter aside from Queen of White Dunes/Father and Son or whatever it's called

Edit: how did i end up double posting this? okay this'll be where 5x goes

[spoiler=the worst chapter in any fire emblem game]

Well I was wrong, got it anyway.

Considering Ephraim is the only one I'll use, I gave him all the good stuff and gave Kyle Orson's crap.

Ephraim started tanking hits on the pillar, and for some reason can't hit the damn archer. sTUCK ALREADY

This makes me happy. ALL IS WELL!

That extra Strength allowed him to take out the Archer with the Javelin and the Fighter with the Reginleif. And then the Merc. Now for the Knight, and then the guys in the room and to get the Killer Lance, then take out the Shaman...

This happens first, which would disappoint me if it wasn't Ephraim. He needs to proc speed soon.

Dat crit.

Now, I'm starting to worry...

Still doubles this weenie. Now to open the chests.

Needing this.

Finally, this part of the map is cleared. Now for the easy part, storming the throne with the Killer Lance and Reginleif.

Yes! We're back in business, baby.

>Fire Emblem

>counting chickens before they hatch

>shiggy diggy

Ephraim's procs are bipolar.

EXPLOSION! P-P-P-POWER!!

saving this cause i almost hit backspace

okay let's gogogo

Due to Ephraim's low Res I had to be careful when taking on the three magic users... Didn't turn out the way I planned, cause they mobbed me but he lived!

And got this:

Thanks for the Spd proc, level-up gods.

HAHAHA, oh wow. 9 hit.

With my luck he'll kill me.

Pre-mortem epiphanies are the best epiphanies.

And we seize with Ephraim after this:

I might end up ragequitting this game cause whenever I use VBA my keys get stuck and it's really damn annoying. Whatever

I'm gonna do Chapter 6 really quickly because it usually takes me two or three turns because I always rush the boss.

Edited April 9, 2013 by Skysentinel

[Wake]

How did... is this a hack or something? My Eirika always blows all the way to the endgame

[phobia]

I don't know, she's just getting lucky, lol.

[phobia]

My plan in this level is to just rush the hell out of it with Seth. I always do that. I gave Ross the Secret Book and gave Lute the Dracoshield, cause they needed them most.

I might not even need to spoiler this, it'll be so short.

...heh.

Only thing I'm worried about is the sneaky cavs killing Lute and the dude with the... Halberd?

Fort!Seth can take on half of the map, though, so it's not a big deal. I also get a nice Iron Blade.

Nothing fancy. stuck

Dunno what even happened that time. But I killed the Halberd guy, so the chapter's pretty much over now. Just gotta work my way up to the boss blindly.

Anyone who ever said Seth was a Jagen is an idiot.

Magic proc and a possible danger for Lute...

Yeah, she died. I savestated before moving her there, just in case. *is a dirty cheater*

New plan? Put Eirika on the Fort with the Killing Edge and get everyone to safety. I actually plan on taking out the boss on the next phase, so hopefully Colm can get over there so I can see him.

She's just doing amazing.

Colm can't reach but I'm assuming Novala attacks early in the phase, so I put Seth next to where he is.

That's all, folks.

I swear this is the best chapter to have after Unbroken Heart.

Edited April 9, 2013 by Skysentinel

[phobia]

I know no one's really paying attention but I was busy two days ago and grounded yesterday, will do some today