Topic: Fire Emblem Kakusei (Awakening)

@SkywardLink98 & @tbd - All right, thanks for your advice. I've heard about how beast Donnel and guess I'll just continue leveling him up and keep fighting with him. I guess the Weapon XP System makes sense, since I was wondering what that was all about anyway (I must've missed an explanatory note somewhere about that). Well, guess it's back to grinding with him...

@Birdman As long is Aptitude is equipped Donnel's stats will go up much faster than normal. Aptitude increases how often that stat goes up, like IGN said so his health always goes up, and other things are mostly 75%+ chance of going up, meaning he'll be much more powerful than his level warrants.

I evolved, for lack of a better word, my avatar and Sumia just now! I'm really enjoying this game more than I expected. I did the peaceful village prologue and everyone died!! Wtf! Those idiots kept running TOWARDS the risen! >:[ Ugh. I couldn't bring myself to restart since I got really good experience for Donnel.

Tried Classic/Lunatic and only got as far as chapter 2. Congrats to anyone that got farther. At least in Casual mode I can use everyone as a decoy while I army kill with Frederick, lol.

Also, Leif as a Trickster? lol, I'm guessing because he had the Light Sword? Still weird though.

I did the same thing the first time around. I reset several times until I was like "Screw them, they're too stupid to live!" The second time around I got one, maybe two, safe. And they do give you good items for your trouble should any be left alive.

Lol. I loved how they like went after the risen and I was like "you guys are going to die xD"

Luckily. One pulled through, and I got the reward

Yep.

I'm not sure how to embed yt videos so lol

Dang, I'm sure I was giving up a great reward but oh well. lol

105 Health, 75 Strength, 35 Magic, 65 Skill, 70 Speed, 100 Luck, 65 Defense, and 40 Resistance, as a Villager, a few increase slightly when you change him into a Fighter or Mercenary. (I reccomend leveling him into a Fighter, and then turning him into a Mercenary at level 10, as Max HP + 5 and Crit + 5 are pretty good skills, and you seriously cannot be without the Armthrift (Mercenary.) Skill, once he maxes luck (which he will.) he'll have a whopping 4% chance to use a weapon.)

@Retro_on_theGo: I forget what the reward was for that prologue, but it wasn't great enough for me to fight for it a second time — it was just a weapon or something iirc because one of 'em lived in my first game. this time around, they all died... those villagers are pretty effin' stupid. i got Donny up to level 10 in that fight so I couldn't bring myself to reset it either, hellooooo Mercenary.

also, the best part about Donnel (i think) is the low percentage hit-rate enemies will have on him later in the game. it seriously gets to the point where you can just throw Donnel and whomever you married him to (mine was Maribelle) onto a map, pair 'em up, and just walk him into a group of enemies and watch them never be able to lay a finger on him while he crits every single time he counterattacks. it really makes up for the hassle of getting him to that point, haha~

@theblackdragon - It is two weapons and a stat boosting item if they all live

I beat it, Lunatic is cleared Oh and I choose to strike down Grima
WARNING HAS SPOILER OF EXTRA CONTENT AFTER YOU BEAT THE GAME BUT IS SOMETHING YOU DO IN GAME ANYWAYS
And I know I see this is going to take for ever to 100%..... It records every marriage and non-marriage, plus parent and non-parent support conversation and I HAVE to have all of them. Now it is the time for the real test, I've proven myself an expert through Lunatic, now to prove myself completely out of my mind and play Lunatic+ .....wish my shreds of sanity that remain luck.
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Edit: I'm terrified of the new abilities they gave my foes!

/waves meekly from the Normal difficulty.

Did you level him up to level 15 first so you could get Weak Beats Strong? It gives you a 50% hit and evasion boost when your level is lower than the enemy. _{(laol, just kidding it actually gives 15% boost, but it does help once the game gets harder.)}

Wow, I never realized how easy leveling is in this game. Kjelle (who was still a level 12, first class) is now on her third class, (Knight to level 20, general to level 20 and Assassin to level 3.) and I got her there in less than an hour by grinding on more appropriate spots. Before, I was just grind the same couple levels until they didn't take a bit of damage, but that was waaay slower than just giving her an elixir and having her battle 'till she was close to dying.

it's 'underdog' you're thinking of, and no — my husband told me about it only after i'd switched his class. i'll switch him back to a villager and get it when i'm done with him as a mercenary, or when i pick up a few more Leif's Blades so i can bullion farm (and thus have the extra second seals lying around).

@theblackdragon - It is easier to farm by turning a male into a Barbarian and learning Despoil

@Aqueous: i would do that with Vaike, but i don't think i have him at 10 yet (he should be getting there soon though)

I didn't even know you could grind. Can you replay levels or something?

@TheKingofTown: You can't really replay storied chapters, but there's an item you can purchase (the Reeking Box) that will allow you to summon random enemies to a specific chapter you've already beaten on the map. The levels of the enemies depend on which chapter you're calling them into (they'll be around the same levels of the actual enemies in the story chapter you played there). People you've streetpassed and stuff will also show up on beaten chapters and you can replay the maps by choosing to fight them.

@TheKingodTown - DLC maps may also be played again and again