Is that a scratch between the two lenses?

CROM WANTS YOU

Can't decide whether I made the right decision choosing Classic mode rather than Newcomer. I mean I've played strategy games before and the whole perma-death thing is the whole point, right?

I tried hard and classic.

I'm not smart enough for this difficulty.  Think I'm on cheaper 3 or 4 and have had to restart each mission multiple times.

There haven't been any cheap deaths, very punishing on lazy tactics, so I can't stay mad at it.  Learning, slowly.

Don't think any game is meant to be played by resetting!!

I just got this from Game with a nice mini artbook. Not sure when I'll get a chance to play. When I do, it'll be on newcomer as I've never played a Fire Emblem game before, even though I own one already (Path of Radiance).

NO ONE CAN DIE!!!!

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Got this as a download from Game, had some points on my account, so paid around £31 for it and got the DLC too while its still cheap.

Enjoying it all so far, with the exception of the oohs and aaahs in conversations, think the missus thinks I'm watching 3D porn!

Going with normal/classic as never played before, have reset about half a dozen times so far, but enjoying the learning process that comes with it.

The point of FE for me has always been about doing it right. No one dies, recruit everyone possible, get all the treasure and steal anything that's stealable. Keep resetting until it all goes to plan. It's less a case of accepting what happens and more a case of setting your own difficulty level by choosing how perfectly you want to do stuff. Otherwise, just getting through the chapters is pretty easy. At least in all the other FEs I've played.

Thought I'd be all over the DLC for this, but having played the free map I'm not sure it's worth it, even at the knock-down price.

Birdorf wrote:

Thought I'd be all over the DLC for this, but having played the free map I'm not sure it's worth it, even at the knock-down price.

Where is the DLC ? I can't find it in the store or from the menu in game

I forgot something - that is, maximising XP. First off not using the higher level character it gives you at the beginning at all. And then trying to get lower level characters in as much as possible. And not promoting until level 20 (assuming it's the same here).

It's generally not a good idea to use everyone either. Best to select a varied group and stick with it throughout, adding some of the new recruits as you go along. That's less of an issue in Sacred Stones and this one, from what I've read, as there are opportunties for grinding. Always thought that was against the spirit of the series myself. Especially since there are limited promotion items, so what's the point anyway?

I don't think sticking to a small-ish, strong varied first team is a "must" in this - you can use the reeking box(?) to replay maps an XP-grind for lower level characters so you can have everyone at a decent level, and less soul-crushing deaths. Unless there's a finite number of reeking boxes...

Haven't used it yet, but heard the DLC maps can be used to grind, I'm busy picking up on the side quests.

Regardless of strategy an unlucky critical from an enemy really pisses me off and has sent me back to the home screen a few times already. But determined to have no deaths.

Probably my lack of experience tbf JonB and while tutorial is ok, the manual is lacking in detail. For example, I had to figure out the weapon compatibility stuff myself, but again that's more my lack of knowledge with this type of game as I'm guessing people would understand the grading system.

I'd left Vaike out on his own and he got mugged, so part bad luck, part bad positioning