Live Blogs Ein Draft von Feuer Emblem

JonnasN2011-07-11 11:32:32

There you go. A Fire Emblem Draft. A playthrough of one of my favourite games of all time, now as a competition with heavy restrictions. Plus, I'll be playing it in German, because I need that practice.

My draftees: Oswin, Florina, Sain, Canas, Isadora, Harken/Karel

My opponents: Barrylocke, Alfric, montagohalcyon, xiphoniii, Hnd 03

General rules

-Undrafted units cannot fight, break walls/trees, visit villages or rescue drafted units. They can meatshield, trade items, rescue undrafted units, recruit new units, find buried items and buy and sell items;

-Hector, Merlinus and Athos are free for all (so, they should be added up there, but whatever);

-Marcus is free up to, and including, Chapter 15. After that, he's banned;

-Matthew can be freely used for (and only for) thievery purposes. Legault is also allowed to steal that oh-so useful Member's Card;

-Any break of the above rules incurs in a 4-turn penalty. Yikes!;

-I do not have to get every item and character, nor do I have to keep everyone alive, but I want to, if possible.

And with that, I shall begin. Wish me Viel Glück!

Comments

montagohalcyon Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 12th 2011 at 5:35:59 PM

I would think it'd be hard just reaching Eubans in four turns, let alone dealing with the other enemies in the way and killing him once you got there.

Of course, you also have a lot more mobility than I did at that point with three mounted units and an extra two draftees.

JonnasN Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 12th 2011 at 6:10:19 PM

It was all thanks to Isadora. She starts in the right place, and from there, it's just a matter of keeping her path open.

• Turn 1: Move Isadora next to the cracked wall (previously attacked by Canas), use Angel Robe. Enemies bust the wall on their turn;
• Turn 2: Oswin creates an opening in the enemy lines, Isadora approaches the eastern exit, but is blocked and needs to kill someone there;
• Turn 3: Canas, Oswin and Sain finish the enemies blocking her way. Isadora manages to reach and kill the ballista dude with a Hand Axe;
• Turn 4: Reached Eubans, Halberd kills him by hitting him once in my turn and again in his.

The trickiest part was keeping her alive (Isadora is surprisingly frail), which I did via Angel Robe and Heal staff.

In theory, it should work with any Paladin, with other supporting units, as long as said Paladin can kill Eubans in one turn. So, only Barrylocke and Alfric could potentially do this as quickly as I did.

And yes, my choice of units is probably my biggest advantage.

Barrylocke Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 12th 2011 at 11:38:08 PM

I was pretty careful in this chapter so it took me 3 more turns than you. Now that my units are pretty self sufficient, I need to stop bringing so many meatshields.

Alfric Since: Dec, 1969

Sep 12th 2011 at 6:22:20 PM

I took 5 more turns than you. I'm rather disappointed in how this chapter went for me, but I do have to give props for finishing this obnoxious chapter in 4 turns.