By eventually, I mean four months later

Started my Lunatic run for FE13. And it's definitely hard. Maybe I should have started on Hard first? But that wouldn't be much fun, now would it? I have my Normal file still hanging around, mostly for continuing to build supports and to check out the newest DLC episodes.


Actually, I "finished" it a little while ago. Since you can carry over units from previous and current playthroughs (among other units) if you register them into the "My Unit Compendium", I carried over a few units that I maxed out from my Normal file. My curiosity got the better of me for Lunatic+, so I split off my legit Lunatic run to race through to the end. Then when poking at the Prologue stats...

HOLY CRAP IT'S QUITE LITERALLY "THE COMPUTER IS A CHEATING BASTARD" UP TO ELEVEN.

A bunch of them had Absolute Hit, Luna+ and Vantage+. It's semi-randomized too, so it's possible to really get screwed with the distribution. Oh, and all of them have Pass, so no bottlenecking (not that you could in the Prologue in the first place without dying horribly). Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out how to proceed in Ch.6 without losing anyone, without cheating. I don't want to reduce deployment because it'll screw up EXP distribution, but deploying the max number is pretty much suicide at the moment. Can't use skirmishes since by the time you reach Ch.5, they're practically at max stats anyways (it's barely manageable on Ch.4 with Frederik+Chrom on a fort, and he needs to have gained at least 2SPD to avoid being doubled if there are Myrmidons). Don't want to use the DLC to train them, although I've run through the more manageable ones to nab their rewards so I don't have to deal with it later. It's a little difficult when you're working with 3 maxed units. I should probably finish maxing Rufure from my initial Normal run already. In terms of skills, not stats. Almost done with that, including Limit Breaker. *ahem* Gaia is proving to be a bit of a pain since he starts as an enemy. I haven't checked if he attacks anyone in range. If he doesn't, I might be able to use that to my advantage. Not counting on it though.

I really need to figure out how to distribute EXP more evenly. It's a little disconcerting when MU is sitting at 16.99 with Chrom trailing behind at 9.58. Everyone else is sitting around base or has gained a level at most. Or if it's Frederik, sitting at 30.18. I think I fed him too many kills... I know that I gave him a lot of EXP during Ch.5 because of he choke point, trying to kill anything that would kill Mariabell and/or Licht. At least MU got some EXP from initiating Dual Attack every now and then. Ronkuu scored a few kills while going west. Then I had him sit on a fort to prevent reinforcements, because those would have ruined my life and he needed the healing because Liz was too far away due to using Rescue on Mariabell+Licht and staying out of range of the incoming Dragon Knights. And in order to even use Rescue on them, Liz needs at least MAG8 to reach them. The other option is using Sumia and Frederik (requires a Change Proof to give him wings). Since I also put the restriction of "No Fame Bonuses", no Change Proofs, so limited to efficient killing and/or using Rescue. And you're only going to have Rescue if you've completed S1 or gotten lucky with a Merchant. And S1 was a nightmare in itself if you want to recruit Denis. Good thing you can lure and trap Archers... Or else he'd never get the EXP. Could always risk fighting the Thieves or Barbarians, but getting doubled and Weapon Triangle disadvantage.

I think that's about enough for FE13. Next bit has spoilers for an ending...




Been watching Bio6 vids. Also been poking at Pixiv. The amount of art Piers is getting is rather disproportionate to everyone else that's featured in the game. The only thing more popular from what I've seen is Jake/Sherry. Not individually either, but as a pairing. Capcom pretty much doomed him from the start anyways... So it's not exactly surprising that a lot of them refuse to believe that he's dead. If the Haos doesn't survive an underwater facility blowing up (after being electrocuted in the damn ocean), I don't think Piers has much of a chance either considering that he was still somewhat human when it blew up.

And just like with Emma, he has an article of clothing that I liked. Instead of a cool hat, he has a nice scarf (I have a soft spot for scarves...).

I think the funniest thing I've seen so far of Piers is him as a Pikachu (ピアチュウ, and it makes sense in context. maybe). Or him as a puppy. Attacking Jake. He is rather puppy-like, isn't he~?