into the abyss

[mikogalatea]

Chapter 3 of Cindered Shadows is proving to be a real doozy, and I'm only about a third of the way down the map. >>;

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I've taken out the first of the Altered Golems and gotten the key, but right after I then killed the next couple of normal Golems, a bunch of assassins have suddenly spawned in as reinforcements and they're posing a huge threat to me!

They're in trees right now, making them even harder to hit than usual, one of them has a Venin Edge, and I've had to use one of my precious Divine Pulses (which I really want to save because I hear that actually finding the chalice on this map involves RNG bullshit) because Yuri missed with his gambit. I think I can get my slower units out of harm's way, but other than that, I guess I'll have to hope Ashe and Claude can both land their Curved Shots so I can at least have some chance of making it out of this situation alive...

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This DLC is challenging to be sure (playing on Normal/Classic in my case) but it's also kind of refreshing that way; it reminds me a little of older FE games. I'm enjoying the new characters, too.

Comments

[sarajayechan]

YEAH I heard the maps on CS can be quite a challenge even in Normal mode. x3 But this isn't the chapter where you have to hurry and run away, right? Cause I here there's a timed mission and those are among my least favorite FE maps. D:

[mikogalatea]

Nah, I think that's Chapter 4. The one I'm on tasks you with finding the chalice, which involves bringing a special key to one of three seals... problem is, from what I've read, the correct seal is random and there's no way of telling which one it is beforehand, plus there's a nasty surprise if you do choose wrong!

I have a plan for sussing out the seals (Constance has the key, put her and Yuri in the middle to start with, abuse Yuri's Foul Play to let her go to either side, use Divine Pulse if I get it wrong) but I don't know how well that'll work in practice, what with the reinforcements that keep coming and all...