Official Fire Emblem: Awakening thread- European DLC 16/5 out now!

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noname2200 said:

RolStoppable said:

Pondering if I should really play on lunatic next. Another playthrough on normal might be better for two reasons: Experimenting with different characters and skill builds without worrying about dying or the need for heavy grinding, and writing down where and when reinforcements will appear on all maps. There were a bunch of maps that pissed me off on my current playthrough. At least I lucked out on Severa's map when a group appeared right after she had talked to Holland.

The "where" will remain the same, but the "when" changes between difficulty levels. The harder the difficulty, the sooner the reinforcements appear.

Lunatic differences include:

More and stronger enemies. 

Enemies show up with better weapons earlier. 

Enemies with a lot more skills (very apparent late game).  Also lots of enemies get +10 Hit Rating skill.

Reinforcements appear earlier.

After Chapter 4/5 Risen Encounters are fully promoted and have most stats capped.

Exp is penalized even more.

Can't exp exploit, as it eventually becomes 0.

Last boss gets new Lunatic only skill, Rightful God (+30% skill activation).  So he gonna Ignis your ass every turn!