Imperial Privilege

Ten levels in now, and I'm doing marginally better, if only from a mental standpoint.

I decided that the game isn't meant to be played perfectly, so I'm not sweating foul ups and losses anymore. The game is pretty forgiving, but it is disheartening to see one of your most-used units drop off the face of the map, forcing you to pull from the benches. Case in point: I just lost Ross a level before his promotion, and I lost Garcia and Colm not too long ago. All three had been deployed every map since they joined my team and were shaping up to be a part of the endgame team with how well they were doing. So that's a pisser. But it is forcing me to use Lute, who dodges as well as Eirika and nukes everything to death. I really underestimated her.

Speaking of newbies, I thought Ross' loss has been slightly softened by recruiting Amelia. Then I saw she was level one. Balls. Sure, she'll gain levels like him, but I've had my heart broken before. I have to wonder why I should bother if she's probably going to die right as she's starting to get good. Ross was becoming a real powerhouse when he died.

Tana just joined, and she continues the trend of Pegasus Knights being awful at anything that isn't hauling ass across the map. Anything and everything has no trouble killing them. I want to like them. I do. But they keep hitting the enemy with love taps, dying in the face of even a glare, missing more than anyone else and just generally being dead weight.

I'm benching Eimi as soon as I get another archer. She's kind of useless without Colm around, and she's really just there to snipe at things when my mages are busy.

Standout units are my horsemen, though. Seth, Franz, Forde and Kyle's only problem is how they stomp everything into the ground so quickly my other units have a hard time getting in any kills.

Gilliam is pretty good, too, but his abysmal movement means he misses out on most of the action. Joshua is reminding me a bit too much of Ross with how I can typically count on him for damage and barely surviving every level. Artur isn't as great a nuker as Lute, but he's still been consistently solid.