Virion seems unable to attack without getting something in reply for me, so he's getting on my tits as one counter attack + one hefty hit and he's done for anyway.

TEACH GOT TENURE.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Virion seems unable to attack without getting something in reply for me, so he's getting on my tits as one counter attack + one hefty hit and he's done for anyway.

With a bow?

Try to just attack enemies that have short range weapons etc.

I didn't know about relationships until this morning.  I've made characters talk to each other, when prompted, every time the pre-battle option appears, but that's it.  I've started pairing Frederick and Sully in every battle, does that help?

Don't attack mages with Virion...check.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I've made characters talk to each other, when prompted, every time the pre-battle option appears, but that's it.  I've started pairing Frederick and Sully in every battle, does that help?

On ze money.  As the friendship/relationship grows in rank, so will the dialogue & other things.

Vela wrote:

The Daddy wrote:

Vela wrote:

There's a powerful black mage character who is about on par with him, who I wont name unless you do just in case its a spoiler. Which will probably make up for not having Donny.

Spoiler:

Who?

Spoiler:

Tharja

Cool. She's married to Donny on mine. Their offspring's a bit rubbish though.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I'll keep an eye on that, thanks.  Makes sense that Virion's stopped preening himself since Lissa died.

Put another hour in last night.  Can someone explain reeking boxes to me please?  I know what they are, I'm just not sure whereabouts I can actually use them.  I was thinking of cracking a couple open and spending the day levelling up.

Open a reeking box somewhere on the map and some baddies will appear at that location at a difficulty proportional to the difficulty of the chapter at that location. You earn your money back as you'll get a small bullion every time.

I just used an item and turned a level10 Vaike into a different class, and I'm holding onto another because I wasn't too taken with what it did to Chrom's stats (currently my only other level 10+ character), so I'll use it one someone else.  This is getting deep. 

As usual for me with these games, deciding who to give a one-use constant stat upgrade item to is all a bit Sophie's Choice.  As soon as I pick someone I regret it; always always happens.

The stat upgrade items aren't hugely rare, they turn up in the pop-up shops from time to time as well as chests. I stayed off just giving them to the avatar character, but he ended up being a bit overpowered compared to everyone else. I share them about a bit now. Stats will eventually max out so it doesn't matter too much, just don't give it to someone with green numbers (maxed stat).

As for re-classing, the master seal will improve the stats and max stats, focusing on skills appropriate to that class. I've used master seals (promotes to an advanced class) on some of mine as soon as they reach level 20, some others I've used the second seal to learn some key skills from other classes first (with minimal impact tbh). When you reach max level (even after master seal) you can re-class back to level one in the same class or change again.

Characters on a map or characters in a mission?

If its in a mission, parlay is often what you have to do to trigger a next step in a mission; ie rescue or give them a chance to surrender. Can't say specifically since there are some late game spoilers where its more common.

If its characters on the map itself, those are spotpass characters from bonus box/update which are optional challenges. Many of them will kick your arse. A great way to level up though if you dont have reeking boxes.

Just destroy him. I've got a guy on my map from street pass who looks soft. His team are immense, absolutely destroy me every time I try.

Am I right in thinking that second seals can be useful even after a master seal has been used?  Initially I thought it was either/or, but the fact that the second seals are still being offered as specials by merchants makes me wonder if units retain stats even after they switch classes again.  For example, I used a master seal on Vaike at level 10, but he's approaching level 10 again now, so if I use a second seal on him will his stats drop to the base class second level of whatever he becomes, or retain some of his attributes and become a kind of third tier unit?

Also, what does restock mean in the inventory?  Cheers.  Absolutely loving the game - I honestly can't remember the last game that I never wanted to end.  Even my favourite games leave me feeling a touch relieved when the credits roll, I've not had any qualms with short games for well over a decade (in fact I actively seek them out).  This has gripped me like the first Advance Wars did.

P.S: Gregor am so best.

That spoilers not really a spoiler Geeza. Marriage is different depending on how you pair and the post battle chats. One thing I never tried, but must on another play thorough is get someone to try to marry someone while already married. I nearly did with the young wizard marrying someone too old for him. Wanted him to get bored as she aged and trade her in for a younger model, but they always fought so well together I couldn't split em up

After a good few battles of breezing through it, this has started to get tricky again. The lava level with disintegrating surfaces was a toughie when it came to keeping everyone alive. Frederick has reached level 20 now - is he maxed out now, or should I second seal him?

Ah OK, thanks.  So Vaike has maxed out his HP on mine, I wondered what the green text meant (annoyingly, his strength stats have dropped off a fair bit - Gregor and Lon'qu leapfrogged him as my heavy hitters ages ago).  I'll probably spend today re-classing, mopping up on the map and using a couple of reeking boxes then

Edit: and I won't mind the grind one little bit.  3DS clock says I'm up to 30hrs on this, in game clock a fair bit less because I'm a weak minded fool and I don't want a repeat of what happened to me on the first GBA one (too many deaths, reached an impasse).