Mapping out a strat for Lunatic Nohr Endgame before I actually attempt it, I messed around with
Beef Roast Bifrost for a bit.
Bifrost properties I've seen so far:
Revives last-died unit at full HP.
Revived unit retains tonic effects.
Revived unit retains food effects.
Revived unit -does not- retain stat debuffs.
This looks...abusable...
I'm starting to see more cracks in the general mission design of Conquest as I go further in. A lot of classes and characters have just wound up feeling really bad to utilize because enemy compositions have broken down a lot into larger groups of enemies with higher impact per turn. Ninjas are by far the most abundant enemy type in the game at this point and the amount of harm they inflict on your planning and the impact you can make on your turn is insane. Their 1-2 range means positioning your healers becomes way trickier and mean they can seriously pile on any exposed unit (yes, Defensive is essential but a lot of the time you need the extra reach or action), the DEF drops open up your tanks and the STR drops frequently put you out of range of OHKOs. They'll double most of your units and there's not a load of amazing answers.
It doesn't help that it implicitly devalues magic a lot. It's in a bad place in the weapon triangle in terms of enemy compositions at this point even ignoring the fact that every magic used you've got up to this point besides Leon (and even he becomes a bit iffy) are sorta difficult to find a use for in general. Tomes become iffy to land and unrewarding to hit with so many shurikens flying and with how squishy and easy to hit mages are on top of that. Perhaps I'll feel a bit better about it once I secure some better casters like Ophelia, but as it stands, offensive magic feels like it's in a really poor place in general in Conquest.
On Ninjas:
Ch. 17? Ch. 17.
Triangle or no triangle, mages are -awful- in the ninja matchup. Ninjas just have way too much Resistance. It just gets worse when the triangle's involved.
Fun fact: S-rank Kunai grants +4 Mt, +5 Hit so long as the user is not at disadvantage.
Fun fact #2: The weapon triangle's lethality changes if the person at advantage is at S-rank. +2 Mt, +20 Hit for dealing hits, -2 Mt, -20 Hit for taking hits.
Basically, you'll -really- want axe users and archers for ninjas.
On Mages:
They're still good against a lot of units. You just need the right mage for solo kill shenanigans, the right ones being Ophelia and Elise and not Odin and Nyx. Leo and Forrest sit between them as salvageable offensively through a good Pair Up.
I just won a giveaway for all of the current four Fire Emblem amiibo. Really excited to use them in Fates once I'm able to. Now I just need Roy and Corrin to complete the set.
Congratulations!
for balancing purposes you could just get rid of the guard meter altogether, being able to negate enemy dual strikes and getting stat boosts is enough
Nah, more nerfs to Xander x Charlotte plz. >.> More damage done Paired Up than damage done in a Tag Team -- y'know, the offensive option.
...Okay, outside of that combo and others that boost a really slow unit's speed to ninja speed, it'd probably be enough to negate dual strikes as you said. Speed might get an overall nerf instead.
