HHD plays Fire Emblem (Blazing Blade)

Ch 7: Spoilers Abroad

I just now made the connection that the banner I got Karel/Priscilla/Ninian from was this game. Well, I guess I know some of the units I'll be using into the end game.

Let's see, who do I not use... I have horse archer now, so letting go of normal archer. And I don't think I'll need a thief. I might miss some stuff, but I'm not going for a 100% run of this game. Keeping two horse guys because they're dependable units for now.

Lucius...is having a male-look-like-female monk a series staple too? And yay a bard.

So...I didn't know that villages could be destroyed. But it was. Hope that wasn't anything important. Lyn just 1-shots the aggressors anyways.

Oh hey, I think that's Hector in that house? That's...random...

And now Eliwood to the rescue.

I see Ninian gets her own "mysterious waif" theme. Unfortunately I know spoilers from Heroes....oops?

Side quests. I don't see any reason NOT to do it so....yeah let's go.

Ch 7x: The Stolen Shadow

Oh hai Ursula. Yeah, they "upgraded" everyone's art for Heroes didn't they...

I see a treasure chest on this map, so let's bring Thief....OH and it gets looted by someone else. Well then, oops.

Yay I can grind up Florina a bit because there are finally sword enemies, including the boss. Party is coming along nicely...I think. I'm going to need a new lance soon though.

Ch 8: Horse-bait of Strategy

Ballista ok. No pegasus...I gotta use Will, ew, but sure. And...someone is leaving my party, and I don't recognize him. I hope there's some other indication for that.

I think I'll actually use Lucius in this one and take out one of the horsemen. I should only need 1...I think...I'll probably replace most of these people later anyways.

I'm bee-lining it to the village this time. And also to the Ballista. I have two horses so they can make it work.

Hm...ok so I didn't notice the mountains in the way. So I ended up just having the ballista waste shots on my horses as they ran around in an open field. Tactics! At least I got the item from the village. Now time to clean up, basically.

Dorcas and Lucius are really strong...huh. I think I'll keep Lucius on now.

So the three guys at the bottom around the boss have reaver weapons. I mean, I was going to attack them from range anyways, but good to know. Anyways, do I waste a bunch of bow durability picking exp off of the boss? Or...yeah, magic sounds like the best idea. I'm going to need new weapons soon though. Maybe I should have bought them earlier...

I suppose "your face is proof of your inheritance" works fine...unless there's a "master of disguise" skill in this world in which case that's silly to assume.

Ch 9: A Foggy Perfusion

Oh yeah, armor units. Hopefully he's as useful as...uh...that other first armor unit in Awakening. There was one, right?

I now promote you from Steiner to Darknut! ...has Fire Emblem ever included chain-flails? Where do those fall on the weapon triangle?

So, fog. This is...a mild inconvenience. I will probably have to plan better about this in the future, since I just ran one of my horsemen into four enemies. He didn't die and actually killed 2 of them but well, this is still the tutorial.

I'm glad I sent Wallace in to fight the boss. Having little dialogue bits like this is a nice touch. I forgot they happened in Awakening. Also, lol chain-axe attack.

Ch 10: The Distant Complaints

Ah, I'm using every unit this time. Ok. I better give people back their stuff...

Tut Tut looks like rain. Mobility isn't really an issue though when I'm basically keeping everyone inside a shell of my stronger units, which means I'm limited by the mobility of my tank anyways.

Moving every single unit forward each turn is getting really tedious....it reminds me of herding students on field trips. A very deadly field trip with black magic and horses. The repetitive music isn't helping either.

I should probably engage the main boss with Lyn to see dialogue, right? Good thing I have Lancereaver. One hit in, and then pelt him with the mages until he dies. Yaaay tutorial done.

And I have to say, not as bad as everyone made it out to be. Though the story is a bit...eh...it's fire emblem.

Tutorial Epilogue

The supports in Awakening really helped you to at least recognize the characters...not so much here though. Suitably happy endings for everyone, hooray!

And there's where I'll stop for today. Will it get better from here? I'm pretty apathetic right now, so probably.

Also people are limited to 5 support conversations each.
Also the stat bonuses provided by having those 2 units within 3 spaces are determined by affinity.
Also meh Eliwood's mode Hector's mode is where it's at.

I've been busy...I'm going to hope I remember stuff about this game.

Chapter 14: False Continuation

Darin = bad guy let's kill him. Ok.

Run Eliwood, Erik has weapon advantage!

Apparently my stats are 5* in survival, exp, and combat, 3* in funds, and 1* in tactics. I can't say I disagree there.

Fortune says axes, rapier, and bring Serra. I mean, I can see all the lances on the map, and I have no reason not to bring all my units...but I suppose it's nice to know. I don't remember if 50 gold was significant but what fun is a game where you have resources and never spend them?

I picked up Erk with Marcus and ran him back, so the "Serra what are you doing here?" doesn't quite work...I had better stop wasting time and go save that village. One of my 5* units from FEH is in there!

So...large map. Hard to keep track of. I didn't run into any real problems except having a bunch of units with nothign to do because they're in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hector's Axe is getting really low too. And I completely ignored the advice about having a tent guard so I lost that. More to know for next time.

I'm basically just doing this so I remember it exists...I'm still busy. But hey at least I have Priscilla now! Who...um...well I picked her up with a random so I'm not entirely sure if I'm supposed to know anything about her yet or what...I suppose I had better try grinding for supports when next possible.