FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 17x and 18 thesiaoz 2022-12-06 | Can't believe both chapters don't have a boss quote for the thumbnail. Initially wanted to add yet another chapter but then I remembered the gameplay for this romhack usually takes very long, so yeah.Anyway, chapter 17x is a no brainer for a warpskip, there is absolutely no reason to actually play through a FoW that gives no EXP, no item drops, nothing. All you need is a base Syna (high Pwr, staff rank), Sanna (refresh), some fliers and obviously Chroma. Chroma can copy anyone, so she can just copy a flier and 1-turn cheese this with some seals and a bit of planning. With more planning (also waste more warp/rescue staves), you can even visit the village too. Thought I could recruit the 2 NPCs until I looked at the recruitment list, oh well.Chapter 18 on the other hand is just the prep chapter with a little twist. An arena with more cash gamble, but no EXP or weapon EXP throughout the chapter, so if RNG is on your side (or simply savestates), you can basically earn infinite gold. I feel like there should be a turn limit (suggest 10 turns) but restore the arena EXP to counter the savestate exploit, this will make the player feels more inclined to use the arena (also the current arc is about reclaiming Marsel, so the prep shouldn't take too long). We also have 2 NPCs that cost 40k gold to hire, although their items (if sold) are worth around half of it after recruiting them, but given the large cast and the lack of deployment slots, I still don't think they are worth it unless you are playing 0% growths and need units with high base stats, or you simply have too much gold to spare.Good thing there is a recruitment list once again, the stones/flowers from the shops boosts Sibyl's stats (Melanie does hint about buying presents at the beginning), but I'm not sure how they actually work so I just buy a few more, just in case I receive another cutscene request.---Recently, I'm not really into the game compared to when I first started (especially after split path). Story wise, it's becoming kinda stale, given that Rakel, the one with the most character change, is gone, while Beryl stayed (well he's the MC), but at least the plot armor from Valysith is gone now. Gameplay wise, it's slowly leaning towards warpskip strats given the recent chapter requirements, and I don't feel like playing through the later chapters unless the rewards are worth the effort, and most of them aren't. Lastly, the game keeps trying to remind me of something irrelevant (to the plot) every single chapter. Yes, it's good to know, but stop reminding me every time. Focus on Beryl instead, he is still the same as in chapter 1, the only difference is just the knight title.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 17 thesiaoz 2022-12-04 | Warp skip to save time or spend time for rewards? This time, the stuff are actually worth getting (rescue, stat+ S rank weapons), so the player might reconsider not cheesing the chapter.Anyway, this chapter is pretty straightforward, just talk to Gail and that's about it, so fliers are much more flexible for this map if you don't want to waste that warp staff. Despite the stat-stacking foes, this chapter is still a alot easier than most of the previous ones, even when I played this without skipping.---Kinda off-topic, but I'm not sure why this romhack recently keeps focusing on a certain trope. While I don't have any issues with it, but it seems like the game keeps trying to include tiny details relating that topic, which has nothing much to do with the plot.In any case, I would rather see more of Beryl's character development, which is pretty much absent since he's still the same from back in chapter 1. While that might not be a bad thing in some cases, but the thing is that he's the main character. Even Tero, who only had a few seconds worth of screentime, had more character development.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 16 thesiaoz 2022-12-03 | I have no idea why this took me 2 hours, as this chapter is just moving my units towards the right. Maybe it's because I didn't bring a second thief, Emma had to do basically everything. Ironically, she's also currently my strongest combat unit, so she's doing most of the enemy baiting too.The S rank tomes are annoying, when I'm not the one using them. Even if they weren't equipped, the user still gets extra stats, and that's annoying because of the Luna siege tomes (Doulam) that the 2 bosses have. Anyone with lower HP than their Atk (45++) are goners if they move too close. Good thing the tome is really heavy so it's easy cleanup during player phase with the rest of my units.Rae getting S rank in bows is really unexpected. Imagine having supports plus the S rank dark tome and bow in the inventory, Rae will be able to walk around with just Nosferatu. I wonder if anyone else can get multiple weapon ranks, that would be a game changer.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 15 thesiaoz 2022-12-01 | The tower chapter. The amount of siege tomes is really tedious to deal with, especially when you get Nuar right before this, unless you skip the gaiden chapter. The thing is only Nuar can silence some of them (if you want to) before the staff breaks, but as long as you keep Nuar away from siege tomes (until she can tank a hit), Silence is better against Fila to disable her Munio tome straightaway. As for Lada, just let her use bolting and your physical attackers can easily take her down during the following player phase.Lots of doors to open for extra gems, although the top 2 doors are a little questionable whether you can get your unit to open them. With RNG abuse, it's definitely possible, but I don't want to waste time on something that might potentially hang the game again. If anyone managed to open both of them before the thieves do, please leave a comment.Seriously, the anti-turtle reinforcement tho. 40 Atk Luna siege plus a horde of phantoms is just overkill. Well, at least their appearance timing is alright for me.--While I feel like focusing on units with better endgame stats, I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to break my support chain just for that, especially the 3 cavs.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 14x thesiaoz 2022-11-30 | The longest, yet the shortest sidequest so far. Shortest due to having the warp/rescue staff while this can be completed within a turn, but longest due to having the extra goodies in treasure chests while having ranged foes in a map full of walls, also that generic enemy "boss" with an "untouchable" set of seals at the end. This chapter also have many issues. Firstly Rae's having some sort of identity crisis, or maybe it's simply a lack of "proofreading" during the creation process.What I'm going to talk about next isn't in the video, but if you attacked the wyvern on turn 1, Nuar will break the 4th wall and assumes you are using warp, even though you can also use any siege tome too, so to me it seems like a lack of playtest or simply script fixing, then Nuar tells you that there is a glitchy background due to the buggy event sequence. Although this part doesn't break the game (really it's just the background glitches while the combat continues, then the game will be back to normal, for me at least), but if you have Rae talk to Nuar WHILE the wyvern is still an enemy (via rescue staff), and then read the whole conversation afterwards (or only skip with the B button), the game will hang with an ear-piercing screech because the event does not take consideration into that (once again, lack of playtest or fixing). Of course, "experience" might vary for different players with different gameplay approach.While the idea with Nuar and the wyvern is pretty neat, however, the overall event sequence is not, it is full of bugs and glitches, and I loathe the ones that hangs the game. Without the bugs, this is actually pretty fun to play, the player can get to choose between ending it as early as possible (while still getting the 4 staves at the end), or stay longer to get even more stuff. So really, this chapter needs a fix.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 14 thesiaoz 2022-11-29 | I'm not a fan of the recent level design, especially this one. Not because of FoW or because this is a desert, but rather due to a significant part of the map can be fully ignored. At least for the previous chapter, you can choose between rushing the boss on the left or take your time and get the treasures on the right. While this map, even if you aren't rushing for the boss at the top left, there is nothing going on at the top right (e.g. no enemies with droppable items), while only a recruitable unit is on the bottom left if you spot the weird pattern.Speaking of patterns, the location of buried treasures too, my units have been beside multiple ruins/bones and all I got was something right beside the boss where there's no anomaly with the terrain. Unless the reason is that annoying "only thief classes have 100% chance of obtaining items" in the vanilla games, in that case I feel like it needs a fix too. Also, I receive little to no hints here about recruitment in this chapter. unlike the previous ones where paying attention to the cutscenes or conversation in houses will reward the player (like Phoebe), this only gives a vague conversation between Shimo and Rae that happens AFTER you start the battle, and it doesn't hint anything about Lumn. If it wasn't for the recruitment list which I found earlier today, I would have killed Rae and maybe missed out on Tanis.Not only that, the escape route for the thieves too, previously there are staircases, caves for the player to estimate the direction where the thieves are heading. Here, the desert has so many different exit paths that you can only wait until the thief almost reached the exit to determine the direction they are running. Oh right, having 34 Spd phantoms being always close to them aren't helping much either.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 13 thesiaoz 2022-11-28 | So now it's the 2 hour territory, or perhaps still not yet because of the long cutscenes. Actually this is a pretty straightforward chapter, just defeat the boss.. but you know I can be quite greedy, so I tried to get all the goodies before doing that, and waste time moving my thieves around to steal stuff. Also, the Tero babysitting isn't helping either.. but hey, at least he is able to enemy phase an enemy now, I'm so proud of my boy. Hopefully he can fight like the rest in the next chapter.Back to topic, Alven and Naidia are a must here given they have their respective NPCs to talk to while being fliers help a lot in this map. The new units here are also quite fun to use, Vega can easily use his infinite use bow to one round most of the enemies, while Karim is quite beefy for a falconknight, who can sometimes go against weapon triangle, and we finally have our dancer Sanna. How I wish that stupid 25% crit didn't take away my boots, the sole item which I normally prioritize for refreshers before my favourite unit. Oh well.Hopefully I can get another pair of boots later on, or better yet a secret shop that sells them.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 12 thesiaoz 2022-11-26 | Ugh I really hate RNG, especially when it is a unnecessary "help". I lost 2 items because of a 25%. Seems like the gameplay is reaching 2 hour soon, I will have to use the save points instead of random saving for the sake of it.If you don't know me already, I'm not a fan of FoW, but I understand why this chapter has it. Also, the reinforcement spawn locations are kinda weird, seems like nothing is coming from the bottom right. Is it to compensate for that Valysith chapter where 75% of the reinforcements come from the bottom right? Anyway, while we get Alven and 4 other units at the end of the previous chapter, but the deploy count doesn't go up. So much for the generic unit replacement.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 11 thesiaoz 2022-11-25 | This chapter makes me hate bows, that's if I'm not the one using them. The level design consists of many long and narrow pathways that non-canto melee attackers will have trouble hitting stuff without getting bombarded by arrows during the enemy phase. So Beryl/Sagitta is especially useful at sniping off the closer foes while the cavs can attack the further ones with some rescue/drop maneuvers, sadly the infantry melee users will have a hard time here unless they have sky high Def like Brynnel.There's a secret shop, but luckily this time it is not so cryptic that you have to test tile by tile. So yeah, if you haven't saved enough gold, then you will never be able to afford that 60k tome. Although I had barely enough, but I was told to save 40k for something else so ended up not buying it.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 10x thesiaoz 2022-11-24 | Another gaiden chapter. This time it feels slightly more tedious than the first one, as we have less deployment slots while the enemy positioning is as annoying as the ones in the regular chapters.Well, we do have some good enemy phase equipment like the barrier blade, but I don't want to waste too much time trying to calculate so I'm just going with the hit-n-run approach. I mean, it can be boring when nothing is happening on screen while I'm doing my calculations.Even though the boss talked about sending enemies to our rear if we get too close, but I didn't see that happening. I have a feeling that only triggers if my units are close at the end of enemy phase. So basically you can cheese this by sniping the boss and then double rescue drop with your 10 move cavs, then repeat. Hopefully the reinforcements don't have any droppables too.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 10 thesiaoz 2022-11-23 | Wasn't expecting bugs, let alone 2 of them. Well, one doesn't really affect the gameplay, and the other actually is beneficial for me because I managed to recruit 2 units without having to move to their exact spot. So I'm not really complaining, but still needs a fix.This chapter is quite tedious with the ranged weaponry, not only that, there are enemies so powerful that they can one shot most of my units (that 52 Atk one). Still, nothing too difficult though, just a little tedious to position my units. The sword/lance/axe shards made this more of a player phase game now, but I still prefer baiting in enemy phase because I can deal with multiple enemies at once.Looking forward for the sidequest, hopefully I didn't miss any before because I have no clue about the requirement.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 9 thesiaoz 2022-11-22 | The chapter where I start to bench people. By this chapter, we have units with similar traits, especially if they were promoted and share the same weapon type. Still, some were not deployed not because they are benched, but because I wanted to have a stable team first then I can slowly add them back later. Well, more units join here so I have to choose who to bench again later.Glad that I manage to promote 3 units as they reached that sweet 20 unpromoted stat cap. Now the game is going to be a breeze until the next difficulty spike.Uhh. I just realized I forgot to visit the bottom right house with Phoebe. Did I miss an item or something?
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 8 thesiaoz 2022-11-21 | Ugh, seems like you can't play an FE game without having an FoW chapter. This is basically the continuation of the previous chapter where everyone still has to escape.Many droppables here, not sure if I missed anything, but I assumed the enemies are all aggressive (except the bosses) and will just let me get my items while I run away from them. For a boss, Esther is very underwhelming, at least the other one at the top right provides more of a challenge.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 7 thesiaoz 2022-11-20 | Finally, a normal chapter. Wasn't expecting a chapter that allows me to take a break, although it's still over an hour because I wanted to protect one of the NPCs.This chapter is much easier compared to what happened in the previous one. The only tough foes are the anti-turtle reinforcements from the left (I think they are, even though I wasn't really trying to drag the battle). Still, the overall chapter is pretty straightforward, just a linear path, take out the enemies along the way, and then escape.Seriously, this Valysith is protected by everything. From his own men, items and equipment, and now even a hiding place. He is basically your typical shounen anime MC, simply indestructible.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 6 thesiaoz 2022-11-19 | That rare moment when a single blessed RNG saved 2 of my units, makes all these years of bad RNG worth it (actually no, I'm joking). Anyway, the difficulty spikes up to the next level with reinforcement spam (understandable because it's a defend chapter), along with really painful phantoms that appear out of nowhere. Edwin is the MVP here.I really love the NPCs for this chapter, because they do what they are supposed to be doing here. That nameless healer on the left side is definitely my favorite one.Still, I have a complaint about the initial deployment, the left side should have 1 more slot while the right should have 1 less slot, given the amount of enemies able to reach the left side. Even when it looks like most of the reinforcement spawns from the bottom right, but due to the map design, they would still end up moving to the left, making the initial ally units on the right having nothing much to do compared to the left ones, who also have to deal with the reinforcements coming from the bottom left forest and the top left mountain. I even had 3 units (from the right) move to the left since turn 3 because there's really nothing much to do.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 5 thesiaoz 2022-11-17 | Well, no boss thumbnail because of obvious reasons. Anyway, just when I thought this romhack is supposed to be a difficult but fair experience, but this chapter has a small segment which is kinda easy but also being quite unfair. Well, you will see it in the video.On a positive note, I do like how some of the enemies with no droppables are positioned so Valysith eliminates them for me, so I can focus with my own thing without having to worry about losing the droppables.Anyway, Valysith is a broken NPC unit, with high stats and equipped with an enhanced iron rune, anyone who dare to strike him will end up like an FE7 enemy in the desert chapter. It's kinda weird he doesn't talk to Rakel until the battle is over.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 4x thesiaoz 2022-11-16 | Another one? Well because yesterday I was busy the whole day and didn't manage to upload anything, and since this chapter is rather short (compared to the rest), I might as well go for both.Anyway this chapter is surprisingly easy, not complaining though. I don't understand how Beryl's Prf bow ended up in the boss' hands, but once again I ain't complaining if the stuff is droppable, and by that I mean almost half of the enemies here drop something, but expect to fight all of them because they are just designed to charge at you even if you try to avoid them. No EXP gain here, but at least I found a reason to use Olyn and Rakel to fight more often because they are stronger with their higher bases.With all the free stuff, now I'm ready for chapter 5.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 4 thesiaoz 2022-11-16 | The game is getting more difficult now, consistently with multiple enemy units positioned in a way that they can always hit the same unit if you try to enemy-phase them, now with silver weapons. Still, I like doing things that doesn't make sense, like doing enemy-phase stuff in a player-phase game, or specifically using a cavalier to tank a horseslaying weapon hit, along with several others at the same time, but of course I need to make sure the calculations work before I use it. Brent is good boy here, but still not best boy because he hardly doubles.Anyway, Olyn has really high offensive stats for such an early game unit, too bad I have the OCD not to use characters with low EXP gain (due to being an early pre-promote), especially not in a game where everyone has high growths, so each EXP gain is crucial if I want to survive later. Still, I had to use her to fight for just a turn because the amount of enemies is just too much, she can literally cut down the enemy count by herself.Gaiden chapter with no EXP? Let's see what happens next.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 3 thesiaoz 2022-11-14 | Oh no, reinforcements.. and are quite nasty in their own way, but at least the way they are introduced here is kinda justified. Didn't expect myself to take almost an hour to beat just the 3rd chapter, now the save points make more sense given the thinking time required. Hopefully I can use this chance to try a more offensive playstyle (while trying not to make mistakes).That devil axe though, 4x Spd/Luk is insane. I have a feeling I can abuse it in a way later on, especially if this is meant to be a player-phase game. Anyway, Aenny best girl.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 2 thesiaoz 2022-11-13 | My goodness, I am really loving this. The difficulty tweaking is actually based on how much I need to think to move every unit instead of how much enemy reinforcements appearing outta nowhere. The weapon triangle also seems to be a lot more essential in lunatic mode. Strangely enough, I still don't find this too much of a player-phase game since my units are still decent at baiting, I guess maybe it's for later when the enemy density is going to be out of control. Also, there's alot of talk option since the beginning but the support conversations aren't complete, oh well.
FE: Souls of the Forest - Chapter 1 thesiaoz 2022-11-12 | After a week of rest, it's time for another romhack.The amount of changes in game balancing here makes the game more refreshing that what I initially expected. Now everyone are more useful in their own way rather than the usual one-man show. Even have the option to modify the game to enhance your gameplay experience, definitely off to a very good start.What's even better is the level design. At first glance, I thought it's just the usual "spamming units together at a location" for lunatic mode, but when I started playing it, it actually makes me think more on how to move everyone rather than gambling whether a unit can tank everything like in most romhacks. I might have found a gem here, no game plot pun intended.As always, for the people who have played this before, I need your help with the recruitment info, secret shop locations or any other must know stuff before I start the next chapter.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Epilogue + Bonus Chapters thesiaoz 2022-11-05 | After a month of non-stop uploads, it's finally over. I won't be talking much due to the information that I might have to add on later, so I'll just discuss what I liked and disliked the most about the game.What I like the most about this are the characters, well I did not expect something that looks so FE7 at the beginning (a Hector, a Leila, then a genderbend Eliwood..) to have characters with such complex, detailed, and yet believable behavior. Although there are still some of them who are still one-dimensional, but overall the character interaction is my main enjoyment for this romhack. Wish some of the 1D characters could merge (in terms of personality) so we have less people, but each of them having more screen time so I can feel more attached to said characters.What I disliked the most is the amount of shounen cliche in the later half of the game, especially the plot armor some of these characters have, I disliked this even more than the awful hit rates that I always complained about. One plot armor is enough, but too many and it gets very repetitive. You know, my reaction to losing the same character via story is like "Oh no.." at first, then "Oh..", then just "..." because I slowly loses my attachment to them, like as if they are generic enemies.I hate to say this, but I am the type who actually WANTS to know things like the unit data (growth rates/recruitment method), secret shop locations, and some prior knowledge for certain things (like Reya's teleporting places) BEFORE I started playing. This is a strategy game, not a guessing game, and I want to plan, not gamble. The reason why I actually avoid knowing too much info for this playthrough is because I'm giving the benefit of doubt that the creator thinks I will enjoy it more because knowing too much will spoil the experience. Sadly, no. I actually felt like I'm missing out on something simply because I didn't know certain things beforehand.---With the help from some of the viewers, here are the list of secret shops I compiled (will be updated if more details are given.. also I need the exact location too):1) Ch15x: Light Brand, Guan Dao, Shamshir and... a Silver Blade? 2) Ch18 (Debris tile near Arjun's chest): Promotion items + Silver Card3) 25x (Inn): Brave weapons, Physic, Barrier, Giant's Bow.4) Final-3 (upper tile of the middle right pathway which goes off the right side of the screen): Physic, Recover, Silver weapons and A rank tomes, Elixir.I also pinned the comment which consisted of supports/growth rates because the description doesn't have enough space. So refer to that if you are interested in reading the scripts for the lore.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 27-3 thesiaoz 2022-11-04 | The thumbnail sums up my thoughts on this chapter, because it just doesn't feel.. challenging. Firstly, I can simply ignore the entire top part of the map (other than the two 15 range ballista) and go straight for Maximillian/Fuwades directly.Secondly, for the 3 guys who appeared after Max "go even further beyond", I don't even need their help because I still find Max weak enough for my current party to take him out on the following turn. The funny part is that Blair can actually dish out 48 damage with Mada if I actually went for his triangle attack, but I didn't because of some -lame- reason, which you will see later. Anyway, RNG rebelled for the last time and invalidate my initial plan, so yeah.Oh right, this is still not the final part of this walkthrough yet, there's still the epilogue and 2 bonus chapters which I haven't included because I don't have the time (actually because my video editing software cannot handle the weig- I mean the duration of the rendering). The people who knows the character growth rates, secret shop locations, and other stuff can post it there (after I upload it tomorrow). I'll update the description for all the info I get later.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 27-2 thesiaoz 2022-11-03 | Which is scarier, STR consisting of nasty enemies, or enemy A.I. that decides to do their own thing? Personally for me, it's the latter. At least I am used to the former due to FE6.Anyway, this chapter is basically the final showdown against Lyon but with Kishuna in the middle of the map, and you can't get to Kishuna easily because of the ever-so-convenient terrain, also this is a routing chapter so you can't just boss skip this one too. You'd have to split your party into 2 and clear accordingly. Physic staff is crucial as always.Nothing much to take note of other than the usual siege weapons.. and also the fact that some of the stationary A.I. suddenly decides to move on its own. Hey, this is a turn-based strategy game, not a horror game. Stop scaring me like this.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 27-1 thesiaoz 2022-11-02 | Yet another step-on-the-switch chapter. The only difference between this and other switch-tile chapters is that this has same-turn reinforcements (STR), and really nasty ones at that. Killer weapons, and even dracozombies.. Somebody is really having a bad day while making this, I even got crit by a halberdier despite the horrible hit rates.Anyway, I find magic users with B staff rank really valuable here, as physic is crucial in a map where your units are separated and you keep seeing STR. Oh, restore staff too.One accidental press of a button almost made me lose the run.. you'll see it when you reached that point, ugh. Let's just pretend I did the remedy beforehand.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 26 thesiaoz 2022-11-01 | The "plot armor finally wear out" chapter. This has by far the most long range assault in the game. Wherever you go, there's some long range attack going on. I'm not sure whether I'm handling this correctly, but my plan is just to rush in since this is a boss kill chapter. There are a few gambles with RNG though.Anyway, while we are at that topic, we are supposed to kill 2 bosses, and yet one of them is missing for half the battle. What a way to waste the player's time.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 25x thesiaoz 2022-10-31 | The prep chapter. Given that this kind of chapter exists in this game, so I will assume that this is going to be the last time we will ever be visiting a shop, hence I'll spend everything here. No regrets.Actually I wanted to include the next chapter before I started playing this, but I wasn't expecting myself taking 45mins for a prep chapter.. so nope, this will be the only chapter in this video. Hopefully I bought the right stuff for the ACTUAL final battle.Anyway, restricting handaxe/javelin in shops is kinda weird when magic exists. The reason why the former is considered broken in the vanilla series is not because of the weapon itself, but rather the user, like FE7 Marcus or FE8 Seth. Here, most foes have higher Def than Res (e.g. Javelins do way less damage than basic magic tome), along with the horrible hit rates (handaxe has even lower hit rate than a regular axe), so I don't see why the need to restrict said weapons.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 25 thesiaoz 2022-10-30 | This is a 2-part chapter that is very unnecessary to be considered as one. The gameplay for just 1st part by itself is tedious enough for a chapter. Then the 2nd part is even more tedious to play after spending almost an hour on the 1st part, where you meet lots of siege tomes and you'll have to waste more time positioning your units so you won't lose them. Then you have the semi anti-turtle reinforcement which is even more unnecessary given that this is a seize chapter with a turn limit.I have a feeling someone was having a bad day during the creation of this chapter, or SOMEONE was the one designing this chapter.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 24 thesiaoz 2022-10-29 | Maximillian is back.. again. This is basically a defend chapter where his trusted aides will appear several turns later, catching new players like me off guard because I don't know where they will appear from as they are not there at the beginning.Anyway, one thing I don't understand here. How come he let me have Durga, especially when she wasn't even thinking of betraying him? This is weird for someone who told me that he is using us like tools. Oh well, can't complain about an S rank axe user for free.It's sure is annoying to keep seeing "I'll be back" as if the people I defeated are the terminator. Well, at least some of his people stopped having plot armor, there's hope of seeing the REAL final battle.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 23-2 & 23-3 thesiaoz 2022-10-28 | Play both chapters because 23-2 is more like an extended cutscene. Anyway, 23-2 is basically like Jahn's chapter in FE6, where Roy is forced to keep moving around the place, except without the fighting.23-3 is like Lyon's map, but with a more powerful Nergal who teleports around the map. Nothing difficult, but really time consuming if you didn't pick the right units back in 23-1. I believe triangle attack with the S rank weapons will be the fastest way to do it since this game's hit rate are quite horrible. Even Durga with Arjun support barely go over 50% hit rate using Mada. Good thing Siaoz is best girl.Anyway, I really like the boss stat adjustment because it actually makes the S rank weapons feel like what they are supposed to be, unlike the vanilla FEs and most of the romhacks where any weapon can do the trick as long as your characters are maxed out.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 23-1 thesiaoz 2022-10-27 | Different thumbnail because no boss quote. This chapter looks like an FE7 character journey, also plays like one too. There are very few foes, but have relatively high stats, and annoying weapons. Nothing much other than the boss being like something you normally see in MMORPGs.I swear I am so approachable in this game (everyone just finds me for all random things), despite all the insults I received whenever I'm being mentioned by the enemies throughout the storyline.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 22 thesiaoz 2022-10-26 | Durga is back, and she's not that scary anymore because Siaoz is best girl.. uh well I didn't have the chance to fight her because someone equally awesome stole the limelight. Anyway, what happened at the end isn't surprising anymore given how much plot armor these characters have.Anyway, if anyone knows if Arjun can get an item from Durga, or if he can even talk to her here, please leave a comment.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 21x (Ahribaal) thesiaoz 2022-10-25 | This is like the previous chapter, FoW and relatively small map and a semi-unique winning condition. Please, I am already running out of torches, either give me some or stop with the FoW chapters.Anyway, it's kinda funny how this chapter plays out, especially when a tactician like me decided not to follow instructions and use a magic user as the champion of physical weapons, then a physical unit as the one who is superior in magic.. and it surprisingly worked.Siaoz = Best Girl
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 21 (Ahribaal) thesiaoz 2022-10-24 | Well, it sure feels nice to play a smaller map, not a fan of FoW though. Having to defeat the required units at the same time is a nice idea, but it sure is annoying with the low hit rates from this game. The only upside is that I am practically untouchable, especially if I have triangle advantage along with Orion/Wren support, even Fuwa Fuwa Time with her Windsword barely reaches slightly over 20% against me, and she's a swordmaster who is supposed to have high accuracy.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 20 (Ahribaal) thesiaoz 2022-10-23 | The game is getting more and more tedious, and by that I mean more time to spend just to keep my units safe. This is basically Night of Farewells (FE7) in a different setting, even the units and boss starting positions are the same.Things to look out for are the same for both, long range weapons and the flying reinforcements (this one is more brutal due to dracozombies) and that's about it.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 19 thesiaoz 2022-10-22 | Another long and tedious chapter. This time so many things happening once again, ranging from certain people doing certain things to rushing here and there. I think I'm doing pretty good for my first time playing this.Anyway, this chapter showed me that I have plot convenience, and taught me how it is much better than plot armor. So many unlikely (obviously good) things happening in the story because I am the MC, well, of course with the exception of RNG not doing what I want as always.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 18 thesiaoz 2022-10-21 | Slight delay for the upload because the gameplay took longer than expected. Also, I thought I'd have to split this into 2 parts because the rendering took forever, so thank goodness nothing bad happened.Anyway, this chapter is basically FE8 chapter 14 (Ephraim), where many things are happening and you have to keep an eye out for every little detail, like brave bow Khan, the ballista, silence staff, etc. So, just tread carefully, and advance in a slow and steady pace, and that's about it.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 17 thesiaoz 2022-10-20 | Ugh fog again.. Anyway, now that I'm back to my regular self (I hope that made sense to you), it is time to let the others have a chance to train instead of just me soloing everything. Also no boss here so I use Dorothy's quote as thumbnail.Not sure why, but it reminds me of "This is the new Shit" by Marilyn Manson when I saw the people reacted strongly (hyped up?) to someone's words in the ending cutscene."Do we need it?" "No!""Do we want it?" "Yeah!"
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 16 thesiaoz 2022-10-19 | I shut down my brain this time and just yeet myself to the enemies like what I usually do for Fae in PE and Larisa in VQ. Hey, it actually works. For the entire time, I was actually thinking about some unrelated stuff (female Con comparison because graphically it didn't make sense) rather than the gameplay itself.Detailed unrelated stuff:How am I a 9 Con unit when I'm smaller (shorter) than both Freesia (7 Con) and Kiri (she's stacked and yet only 5 Con) in a side-by-side conversation? Oh yeah, Jenna has 25+5 Con. Also what's with everyone not asking Orion (a large and tough-looking armor unit wielding 2 large blades) about protecting/rescuing someone, but instead they asked me (a frail looking mage). Anime logic.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 15x thesiaoz 2022-10-18 | I kept ending my units' turns just in front of the walls after halfway through playing. Perhaps it's the daily uploads, but I somehow couldn't focus here. Also, because I didn't bring my favourite Blair, Freesia had to freeze here (name pun intended) at the bottom split path for a moment because the soldier there has quite the crit rate and I don't want to take the risk. Otherwise this video would be roughly 5 to 10 mins shorter.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 15-3 thesiaoz 2022-10-17 | Forced to use myself because comments, also I think I forgot to check the enemy equipment at the beginning, except for Maximillian. Anyway, this is basically the same as the previous part, just that your party can move out since Maximillian is now weakened. Well, that's about it.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 15-2 thesiaoz 2022-10-16 | I benched myself again because there's still no promotional item, well at least I have an excuse to use someone else. Anyway, this chapter is fairly simple if you just stay there and defend, just be careful of that speedy enemy coming from the bottom. There is absolutely no point in fighting Maximillian as he had capped stats, including Con, in which his bolting could instantly kill anyone without having enough Spd/Res.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 15-1 thesiaoz 2022-10-15 | Did I bench myself? Anyway, a sideboss with brave axe, a ballista on a fortress tile, and your usual lower combat accuracy builds up the accumulated frustration, for me at least. Maybe not for the type of players who just simply yolo every chapter and charge in with the "I can let my units die because I have too many of them" mindset instead.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 14 thesiaoz 2022-10-14 | An escape chapter. Strangely enough, the structure at the top of the map is redundant if you know how to abuse the terrain. With limited choice of movement, Durga can only chase via one path if you simply ignore it. You can then unequip Blair's weapons (or any high defense unit) and have him block the bottom path where the red house is. Then Durga will be stuck behind the weaker enemies who can't even hurt Blair.Anyway, this romhack should really increase hit rates for everyone, well a good 10% increase for all weapons should be a good fix for the horrible hit rates that drags the battle longer for no good reason.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 13 thesiaoz 2022-10-13 | Blair is fun, especially when you hear the multiple "tink" sounds during enemy phase. This time the boss is actually quite painful, unlike the usual Nosferatu ones, but he's really slow so you can double him quite easily. The chapter took longer than expected because I'm greedy for the droppable items.Anyway if you are reading this before watching the video, someone is promoting this chapter. Have fun guessing!
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 12 thesiaoz 2022-10-12 | Previously, the chapter theme is "surprise", now for this chapter I would say it's "cryptic". There are things that I don't really know what to do as there are no hints. Firstly that bandit girl, then the empty house in the middle (although it is automatically explored after half the battle, but still..).RNG is even more cruel this time, especially to my adorable servant. I am actually more annoyed with my luck rather than what the bad guys did in the story.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 11 thesiaoz 2022-10-11 | The most "surprising" chapter so far, not because of enemies, but rather things that suddenly happens, but of course I won't say too much just in case of spoilers. It's annoying to have so many units with the same weapon type (just in case you didn't know it was obviously swords), I have a bad feeling this will be TLP 2.0 when it comes to weapon distribution.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 10 thesiaoz 2022-10-10 | So many things happening in a single chapter, I've kinda lost track of the story. First a dancer, and then every time you open a room door, you get to see new characters (who will probably not be used given how few deployment slots each chapter allow). Not sure how to unlock the middle one, maybe it's just waiting for all the NPCs to leave the map.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 9x thesiaoz 2022-10-09 | A short chapter. The rain is kinda unnecessary given it only affects an area with just only a single enemy. I do like the breakable wall which allows reaching the thief on time, other than that it's your usual lagdou ruins kinda chapter.Come on RNG, Wren learns her lesson already, stop giving her bad level ups.
FE Dark Lord & the Maiden of Light: Chapter 9 thesiaoz 2022-10-08 | Yet another chapter with switches. The map layout is designed to be symmetrical so make sure the things to look out for the left area, should also be the same for the right. Don't mess up like me.Durga will appear after a few turns, but not to worry, she's not reaching the party anytime soon unless you really take your time here.
