Only recruited Petra and Bernie. Didn't want a giant army and I wanted a little heartbreak. :P
lol this is me
Yeah I agree, it was so fucking weird. It's so stupid because of what happens later, too.
NG+ doesn'yt increase the difficulty (though if you played on normal you can move up to hard). It's primary function s making things aster and easier so you can see the other routes quickly.Alright, I've finally finished my first Golden Deer playthrough (bless you Lysithea and your Luna for actually finishing the job). It was fun! But I do have a couple of comments and questions.
Apparently I can start a new game+ now. The game goes through all the extra things you can do, but does the difficulty increase too or is it just the same as a regular new game? I don't want to feel overpowered in my new playthrough.... but I don't wanna miss out on any new stuff either, blah!The second part felt shorter than I expected. I mean, the time spent between missions was longer thanks to the ever increasing professor level, but I didn't expect the game to actually wrap up at chapter 22. I figured it'd atleast do the full 24 months - two years. And the wrap up was... really sudden? A short cutscene where you land the finishing blow and... that's it, we're done? It almost felt like I was watching a Godfrey Ho movie
Still so many questions, but I suppose that's why there's multiple routes. I was originally planning on playing Blue Lions after finishing Golden Deer route, but I suspect it's largely similar when it comes to the story maps. I've also heard bits and pieces of there being a different fourth route and I suspect this one is only available through the Red House, is this correct? Depending on how different it is I might go with the reds instead.
Also, does one of the routes allow for all characters to live on, or do all of them end up with the main lords of other factions dying and the best you can do is just recruit as many sidecharacters as you can? The 14 characters I juggled with the small pool I had actually worked fine and I'll probably not go on a mass recruiting spree for my next playthrough, but it'd be nice if I could do atleast one playthrough where all my precious students stick around ;_;
Golden Deer cast was really fun with their supports, can't wait to get to know other house characters better too. I also followed the students' intended goals a lot, but I want to play around a little more and try to make some weird builds. Have mages gauntlet punch and let the axe warriors heal.
There is a reason for that
Flayn is a decent dancer. If you make Marianne a dancer, you'll need another healer.
Flayn gets rescue and fortify, two spells amazing for dancers IMO. She's my go to dancer in general.
Flayn then! Thanks yall
I used her in my two previous playthroughs!
Looking it up, seems I can decline stuff like keeping previous items that I feel would make it too easy, but it allows for more renown and new ways of experimenting with class builds, which sounds fun. Think I'll NG+ it then
The three best dancers are:
Character spell list
I don't mean recruitment, I mean just joining your party automatically. A bunch of pre-promotes and Cyril did that in Silver Snow, so I'm wondering about other routes.
Which of those units will stay with you is dependent on the route. Crimson Flower basically cuts you off from all of the Church-aligned and pro-Rhea characters.
I'm not planning to, but it's still early and I'm unsure if I'll be able to resist my best girl.
I didn't recruit anybody but church knights and faculty and my biggest heartbreak was Bernie. Just look at her face in Part II. That's the face of someone who doesn't want to be here.
I was playing normal, but I felt archery was really good in this game. They get close counter and twice the range at the master class.
I kind of agree with you there. I get why they did that but only playing one route will make you miss a ton of detail, up to some important history elements.
