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[Zeem]

A New Journey
Turns taken: N/A

Spoiler -

Gold!


The only chapter I'm worried about is Phantom Ship, but I should be fine on it until the boss comes as well as those damn Mogalls. I'm probably gonna stock up on pure waters before hand. Now, onto Fort Rigwald!

Stats (no pictures, sorry):
Ephraim
Class: Lord
EXP: 16.80
HP: 32
Str: 14
Skill: 16
Spd: 18
Luck: 14
Def: 9
Res: 4

Ross
Class: Fighter
EXP: 10/7.59
HP: 28
Str: 14
Skill: 11
Spd: 7
Luck: 19
Def: 6
Res: 5

Garcia
Class: Fighter
EXP: 18.39
HP: 41
Str: 13
Skill: 16
Spd: 10
Luck: 9
Def: 9
Res: 2

Neimi
Class: Archer
EXP: 12.10
HP: 24 (she's definitely getting the angelic robe)
Str: 13
Skill: 10
Spd: 13
Luck: 10
Def: 3
Res: 6

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[Aran613]

You've gotten lots of good level ups.

And Ross owning his dad by 1 strength 8 levels earlier than him and just look at that luck. Unfortunately, not the best def.

[Zeem]

You've gotten lots of good level ups.

And Ross owning his dad by 1 strength 8 levels earlier than him and just look at that luck. Unfortunately, not the best def.

Heh, I just noticed how abnormally high Ross's LUCK is. If only could transfer some of it to his SPD...

Ah well. He'll most likely get Amelia's speedwings, but Garcia's posing some competition.

[Zeem]

Chapter 9: Fort Rigwald
Turns taken: 34

Spoiler -

I start off by giving Ross the dragonshield and Neimi the angelic rob respectively, as they really need the extra help since the first few chapters of Ephraim's route could be a pain.





Aside from our main four and healers, Vanessa and Franz are deployed to ferry Colm over to the chests and, in Franz's case, recruit Amelia. Ephraim can also recruit Amelia, but his goal is to charge on over to the throne. Garcia had to have relatively few kills, since Ross and Neimi need the EXP more than he does. Also, Garcia and Ross hit their C support.

And, surprisingly, all three of an enemy priest's sleep staff shots missed. He failed at hitting Garcia, and failed at hitting Moulder twice. Hooray!


I freaking love Neimi.


Ephraim luckily gets an 11% chance for a critical hit against Gheb and gets the killer axe, as well as an awesome level up. Garcia and Moulder later let Tana out, Colm loots the two chests on the right, and Vanessa gets the one on the left with a spare chest key.

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[Zeem]

Chapter 10: Turning Traitor
Turns taken: 10 turns forced

Spoiler -

Hell yes.


...Fuck.

Thankfully this chapter has an armory that'll supply us with tons of bows. I'd go back to the Serafew armory, but there's a monster skirmish in the way. And as I've said: NO SKIRMISHES. Even if I'd only take part in it, then retreat. Neimi will have to use her final 10 uses on her iron bow scarcely.

As for the chapter itself, Garcia and Ephraim charged down to Duessel and the hero crest village, and Neimi, Ross, and the healers stayed back for the cavalier reinforcements. Ross simply destroyed them with the halberd, but it broke, unfortunately. It really helped this playthrough, and it will be missed.

Vanessa flew over to get the secret book (I don't know why I keep deploying her, I guess it's a force of habit.), and Tana waited out for Cormag. Also, Garcia and Ephraim hit level 20.


...At least his DEF is looking good.

Time to stock up on bows and pure waters, because Phantom Ship is next. I'm..actually kinda scared.

EDIT: ...There are no pure waters in the shop of this chapter. Crap.

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

Oh god, Phantom Ship without Duracell? :o

[Zeem]

The farthest I've gotten in Phantom Ship was getting L'Arachel recruited, but she soon got killed.

This might take a while.

[Zeem]

Chapter 11: Phantom Ship (Part 1)
Turns taken: 10 turns

Spoiler -

I apologize for the delay, but Phantom Ship without Duessel, Seth, or anyone else meatshielding is a pain in the ass. It was so bad, that I had to edit in a rule. Believe me, this will be the only time a non-bow user (Dozla) that isn't Eirika or Ephraim will be used.

Ephraim, Garcia, and Ross were the only ones that were deployed, since they're the ones that died the least in all of my attempts...well, Ephraim died quite a lot due to the RNG being a dick, but he's forced in every chapter from chapter 9 on, so whatever.

A few lucky criticals at the beginning by Ephraim and Garcia helped majorly, and Ross had to kill some monsters flying onto the ship from the north. After that, Ephraim had to soak up all the EXP by murdering everything on the monster ship while I hoped to God that he didn't get killed in the process.


Please be the winning attempt, please be the winning attempt, PLEASE BE THE WINNING ATTEMPT-


Is it over...? Guys, I think it's over! THANK GOD.

Continued on post #35.

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 11:44 AM.

[Sangyul]

Perhaps you should rescue L'Arachel with Dozla ...

[Zeem]

Perhaps you should rescue L'Arachel with Dozla ...

Or Garcia, since Dozla would be more useful to use in this chapter.

[Sangyul]

That would work, too. If L'Arachel won't stop dying, the best solution would probably be to remove her from the battlefield.

[Zeem]

The only chapter in which Dozla can shine. *wipes tear from eye*

[Sangyul]

That picture =

L'Arachel's my favorite troubadour, although I'm not sure what exactly it is about her that makes me like her.

[Zeem]

...
Debating on letting Garcia uses axes just for Phantom Ship.

[Zeem]

Chapter 11: Phantom Ship (Part 2)
Turns taken: 10 turns

Spoiler -

On my many attempts at trying to beat this damned chapter, I figured that promoting Neimi early would be a smart move. Besides, she was blessed, and her caps are fairly low, anyway.

Ephraim practically soloed the chapter, and Dozla was taking care of the enemies on his and L'Arachel's ship. Unfortunately, L'Arachel was removed from the game, since she was heavily injured by a Gargoyle.

Neimi, Ross, and Garcia took care of the boss and the reinforcements from the west. This was definitely the hardest chapter in this playthrough, and it'll take a lot for it to be topped.

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 11:44 AM.

[Zeem]

Chapter 12: Landing at Taizel
Turns taken: 35

Spoiler -

Charging down the middle was NOT the best idea.

Ephraim, Natasha, and Neimi went down the east path, and Garcia, Ross, and Moulder went down the west. Garcia/Ross hit B support, and Ewan was only recruited to give away his dragonshield.

The thing that ticks me off about this chapter most was the fact that the killer bow archer got a critical on Ephraim, who then was killed by a merc and a mage on an attempt. And on another one, Neimi was criticalled by the same archer, and the criticalled AGAIN by the same merc. I know the RNG hates me, but it's still pretty harsh.

Boss was simple, and he was killed so Ross could make use of the swordslayer until he promotes. Our boy also hit level 20.



Recruited Marisa, because why not. And it was funny watching her chip damage off of Garcia.

Edited by ZM456, 27 July 2012 - 10:51 AM.

[Peppy]

Nice job on getting past Chapter 11. Such a pain in the ass to complete...

[Luckystars]

I just want to say that I love the Idea of this thread, I might try something like this.

[Zeem]

Chapter 13: Fluorspar's Oath
Turns taken: 25

Spoiler -

Yes, I'm done being lazy.

This chapter's actually not that bad, despite the tons of enemies. Garcia and Ross's B support really helped here, too. Not only that, but Gerik finally joined our team, and him and his bases of awesome and high sword rank are more than helpful. Tethys is a nice necessity, too.

The plan was to have Garcia and Ross move to the left with Moulder following for healing help, and Ephraim and Neimi moving to the right to meet up with Gerik and Tethys with Natasha following for healing purposes. It was annoying having tons of cavaliers and fighters attack Garcia and Ross, and even more so when the pegasus knights started popping out.





Yes Gerik, yes.



Ross is rescuing Moulder, BTW.



The most annoying part of the chapter was at the beginning, and that's only because of lack of doubling (which is understandable, since Ross and Garcia are slow, the former holding someone once the PKs came) and stupid pegasus knights. The situation on the right had that sniper, too, which thankfully was taken out quickly, since the PKs liked attacking Gerik.



*gulp*

After Ephraim baited out all of Selena's bolting shots, the chapter became fairly simple, since the remainder of the enemies didn't move and attack unless you were right next to them or in their range. The talisman village was visited, but the barrier stave village at the bottom wasn't, which wasn't really needed anyway. It's a good thing the pirates came to the talisman village, too, since it gave Gerik easy EXP.

Selena then was then impaled by Gerik, who was using the Zanbato.



Gerik, you never fail to impress.

EDIT: Removed the spoiler tags so NM will stop reminding me about the quantity of the images.
EDIT TWO: Never mind.

Edited by ZM456, 23 June 2012 - 07:13 PM.

[NinjaMonkey]

Since when does seven screenshots count as "a lot"?

Anyway, it's good to see that you're continuing on with this.

Edited by NinjaMonkey, 23 June 2012 - 07:01 PM.