Why should i play fire emblem?

[Vi]

The SMT crossover is going to be an RPG per Serenes Forest.

I'm busying myself with a casualty run of FE9. No stat boosters, no bonus experience, one character dies per Chapter. Somehow I wound up with basically one foot unit (Brom), and he's dying this Chapter.

[Vi]

@Vi: How did the last person left end up being Brom?

The last non-mount non-laguz.

Spoiler: Geeky playthrough stuff that proves that I need a capture card because it would be more interesting

(Ike is free, decided to have a full staff for Ch. 8 so there are double deaths until it comes out to be even)
Ch. 8 - Titania, Oscar,

Boyd,

Rhys,

Soren,

Mia, Ilyana
Ch. 9 -

Titania,

Oscar,

Rhys,

Mia, Ilyana, Mist, Rolf, Marcia (well crap)
Ch. 10 - Oscar, Mia, Ilyana, Mist,

Rolf,

Marcia, Lethe, Mordecai,

Volke

Ch. 11 -

Oscar,

Mia, Ilyana, Mist, Marcia, Lethe, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran,

Nephenee

, Zihark (no BExp. means all of my units are basically horrible)
Ch. 12 -

Mia,

Ilyana, Mist, Marcia, Lethe, Mordecai, Brom, Lieran, Zihark,

Sothe,

Jill
Ch. 13 - Ilyana, Mist, Marcia, Lethe, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran, Zihark,

Jill,

Astrid,

Gatrie (Please die soon Brom)
Ch. 14 - Ilyana, Mist, Marcia, Lethe, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran,

Zihark,

Gatrie,

Makalov

(lol, I only have one axe user left before Largo)
Ch. 15 - Ilyana, Mist, Marcia,

Lethe,

Mordecai, Brom, Kieran, Gatrie,

Stefan

(not the GOOD units!)
Ch. 16 -

Ilyana,

Mist, Marcia, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran, Gatrie, Tormod, Muarim, Devdan (noooooo not my mage who's actually turning out awesome!)
Ch. 17 - Mist, Marcia, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran,

Gatrie,

Tormod, Muarim, Devdan
Ch. 18 - Mist, Marcia, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran, Tormod, Muarim,

Devdan

, Tanith, Janaff, Ulki, Reyson (I can't recruit Shinon, so I basically lose one potential player slot)
Ch. 19 - Mist, Marcia, Mordecai, Brom, Kieran,

Tormod

, Muarim, Tanith, Janaff, Ulki, Reyson
Ch. 20 - Mist, Marcia, Mordecai, Brom,

Kieran

, Muarim, Tanith, Janaff, Ulki, Reyson, Calill
UPDATE - Ch. 21 - Mist, Marcia, Mordecai,

Brom

, Muarim, Tanith, Janaff, Ulki, Reyson, Calill, Tauroneo

I forgot Calill existed and didn't even deploy her in Ch. 20. So, it looks like I have ONE standard foot unit entering Ch. 21.

Ike is down 4 Spd and 6 Res from his average.
Brom was 5 Str over his average at Lv. 20 before he was chosen to die, which made me much more okay with having him around so long.
Mist is a horrible unit on her good days and only becomes worth looking at after she promotes.

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Other geeky stuff: One of the reasons I like FE is because it's a massive exercise in managing risk, and it features all the applied probability you could ever want. (For most people, this is "none", but I liked math enough to major in it, so etc.) For instance, Brom capping Str unpromoted only happens about 2% of the time (with a Str-boosting band equipped).

[Vi]

More than the other games, Shadow Dragon's gameplay revolves around taking out a relatively small number of enemy units, each of which can put a dent in your team on their own.

As for being underleveled for later - it's certainly not implausible. There aren't a lot of enemies in the game, so there just isn't enough experience for you to train eighteen units. Concentrate on a team of units you think look promising. Make sure you have or can get someone with A in the physical weapon ranks. If you still have Lena and Caeda, use them. If all else fails, kill off everyone you don't like - the game will give you generic replacements at your (surviving) team's average level and they may very well be stronger than the units you killed. (You monster. )

What about the mechanics was confusing? (other than Reclass)

[Vi]

Would require me to get a 3DS for one game.

I'm debating whether I should tell Serenes that their FE9 Chance to Cap entry seems to have Bad Math^TM going for it though.