I've got to chapter 16 myself. I'd be farther but I got hooked on support conversations, so I've been supporting my characters rather then going farther
Though I have to move on I guess, replaying the dlc maps does get tiring (I'm on Lunatic so those random Risen battles are about 10+ times harder then normal levels so I haven't beaten any, also do they really need to boost the enemies I find by streetpass, I dislike them having, silver, killer and plus weapons all the time, why can't they their steel weapons and Elspells instead that they are tagged with?).... I really want to keep supporting them, figuring out who should marry who based on who gets along.

She doesn't die, she just retreats from battle, as do many other characters who play an important role in the story. She doesn't fight again through the rest of the game, however, and you can't support with her. So, essentially a "dead" unit that isn't actually dead.

I know when I downloaded the DLC on my 3DS, my husband had to download the DLC onto his own — the game acted like it had had no DLC downloaded at all. I'd imagine that, once you re-buy the game in your situation, the game would behave as if you'd downloaded the DLC on one file and started a brand new game on an empty slot; the already-downloaded maps wouldn't be accessible until that one spot on the map opens up, but they'd be there for you to access as soon as it was available.

Really? That's cheap... So basically if the character is important enough to appear in cutscenes, they don't die but just become unusable. Must be all that free soda.

What I like: The characters, they all are really fleshed out and unique. The units, A lot of mage units that can also use melee weapons. The music. The battle chatter between units, kinda like Xenoblade. And Sully. She's just badass.

What I don't like: All of the side missions and stuff. It seems like a distraction to me, detracting from the main story. And the game's kinda tough, I think you're expected to grind at least a little. Not saying difficulty is bad, it's just that I wanna be able to play the story without having to grind.

Just got Panne married to Gaius, Frederick married to Sully, and Yarne married to Noire. None had super interesting supports (Except maybe Panne having to get Gaius down from a cliff) so I was kinda disappointed.

thats what happens when you get married in real life too.. sometimes you want to jump off a cliff

Lol. Some days but most are good!

streetpass....do you need to go to new internet places or can you just stay home and hook yourself up to the net to get streetpass or does each new spot give you new stuff

You need to carry that 3ds with you every where my friend. It's only for passing other with the system and the game as well. Spotpass will update you on New dlc and give you free stuff occasionally. Make sure you set up a team for street pass to work though!

I'll be darned if the landmass to the north of Valm doesn't remind me of Tellius, Goldoa and Gallia.

I'm loving this game a lot, just like I thought I would.

But seriously, why don't they have feet? So distracting.

If we find out down the road that everyone is descended from minotaurs or something, then I'll understand. And if that's what's going on, please nobody spoil it for me.

y'know, the 'no feet' thing didn't bother me, but it really bothered my husband. i wondered what the big deal was for a while, and then i realized — FFIIIDS, FFIVDS, FF:4HoL, and Theatrhythm have all kinda already desensitized me to it, lol, with their characters' tiny-footed designs. i think it's cute :3

It annoyed the hell out of me at first, but I got used to it.

When I played the demo it drove me crazy, but now I don't even notice.

Wait.....they didn't have feet?!?! I didn't notice!

It bothered me for a little bit, but after I got sucked into the story and gameplay, I never gave the notion a second glance.

I just got to the final level... it's hard. All the enemies are level 20 advanced classes, and my level 50-ish avatar (he hit level 20 twice and is now level 10 or something) was destroyed. On previous level he'd lose maybe 1-2 health maximum when I put him in the middle of a group of enemies, and now he get's destroyed. I should've expected that since it's the final level, but it's still a pretty big difficulty spike.

Is that on Lunatic @SkywardLink98?

Well, they do have feet. They're just really small