Currently progressing through chapter 6! I'd read through this thread and watched GhostWheel go through a bit of it before starting, so I was very excited to rise to the challenge of another rom hack. :)
I hope to give a more detailed opinion of it overall once I've completed more. But for now what I can say is so far I definitely feel that it's polishing to the point where the game's difficulty is not to be taken lightly, maps often look ridiculous and neigh unclearable, but are definitely within the realm of "clearable" especially once mistakes are made and re-tried. You are "forced' to use nearly all the units at your disposal, but it's not suffocating, rather you're glad to pick up and attack with any unit you are able. Magic feels fairly "broken" at the moment, I feel it was fair to have that bishop be the challenge to obtain another tome.
I'm still rather curious to know what was in the villages to the southwest I was unable to get on that one chapter (the second I think, with the armory?) and might try to go back and see how difficult it would be to try to clear+purchase weapons+save those southern villages?
Chapter 3 felt like it did rely on quite a bit of luck. The run I had where Ben did enough damage to 1-cycle some of the shamans really helped versus the ones where I was unlucky and Inka and or Ben got hit multiple times without kills. That being said you created the level very well I'd say, to where if you try your best to safely plough through the units standing initially in your party's way, you will make it in time with /someone/. I was scratching my head about where the silly girl could've dropped the chest key, happened to place Florimel where I did while making my way over and found it. Wasn't in an unreasonable place.
All in all it feels like you made the maps very well matched to your current party/units' levels and it feels rewarding to clear each one. Well done! I can't wait to keep playing. ^^ My last broadcast was cut short due to computer issues, but if you'd like to stop by and giggle at how poorly I struggle with my tactics I'd be very happy~
I streamed from Chapter 1 to partway through 6, and plan to go as far as I can.
https://www.twitch.tv/sayuha