What are some of the better classes people are finding? 

I love the assassin or master ninja class. Like Lon'qu in Awakening, Saizo is a good bet with Lethality skill and sting shuriken.

You bailed it in terms of the three ranked. Oboro was a tank in mine

I've now caned dlc pack one. Debating getting pack 2

Finally finished Birthright on the way home.  Bucking the trend, I didn't enjoy it.  FE fatigue was partly to blame, but oddly enough (coming from someone who despises grinding in almost every other game), the lack of grinding killed it for me.  I only managed one paralogue too.  I think I need a leisurely grind as part of my routine on this, so I'm pleased to see the optional battles are back in Revelations.  I'm so fed up with the dialogue and storylines that I've been skipping everything except the stunning anime scenes. 

Onto the final stretch now though, good as it is I'll be glad when it's over, there's way too much content for my liking.

Yep, sorry.  I've finished two so far.

Good to hear.  Grinding is go.  To celebrate I just upped Azura from level 4 to level 15 on the first post branch mission by repeatedly singing at Mootsy.

When you're 'courting' in the private quarters, what happens when it says 'something interesting might happen!' when you hit a mid row heart?

Not in my version.  Been disckslapping the slug'abeds awake and everything.

Finally finished this, thank God - you can definitely have too much of a good thing.  The clock shows 91hrs 50mins, two hours shy of Mario Golf.  Trials Evolution aside I can't think of another game I've played for that amount of time, certainly not a story-based title.  I'd love to know how long I spent on certain things as a kid, but that's veering off point.  At its best Fates is as good as I'd hoped it would be, but at worst the top-tier quality is spread too thinly, the story is a big pile of wank and the castle management is a bore.  I would've preferred a tighter 40hr campaign with no branching gimmick, but they pulled off what they planned to do well enough, I s'pose.  The script is terrible and the 'always do the right thing' moral compulsion of your avatar is sub Mike the Knight wrap up stuff, but I can't knock the game too much as the battles are good/great throughout.  [8].

Nope, that's the outrealm gate stuff. You've got the three core games

Not until you've exhausted your other 100 hours of content. Only thing I would say is buying the map that gives you xp boosts can be useful if you're finding conquest tough.

By the time I got to revelations I had turned off the battle animations. Finished that fucker on a train to yokohama

Conquest is a beast on Hard/Classic

Finally did it! Took a slightly different approach, waiting for an outlaw to open the treasure chest instead of trying to get kaze over there. Time to get back on with this!

Yeah it is. Was fixated on making sure I got the chest and the two enemy drops, I also don't like pairing units up but it was necessary to get out quickly.