TheHeroOfLight

If there was someone you wanted to see Lloyd's thoughts about, you will find all of them here, including the guys.

We can't loot the place until completing the chapter, so the goal for this one is just getting there. I was pretty surprised that I got almost 3 fights back to back with Caits. It helped to bring some of the lower level characters up and gave me access to one of the powerful summons with Ochette, so at least I got to make the most of it...

There is a hidden quest here, but since it is just the one (I don't count Hide and Seek), I am not planning to cut it out from the video and upload it separately (unless requested soon). Other than that, we spend time in the amusement park and get to go on rides with people to generate affection. Then when we are out of tickets, the scenario comes to an end and we get ready for dinner, which plays out a little different than expected. As for the two quests in the video, to summarize. We have to exterminate monsters at the beach and you only get one character with you. There are 6 enemies to scan, so I grabbed Noel for this one. The other is playing Hide and Seek in the amusement park, which is fairly simple as the cat will hide on each screen once. When you know that, it becomes easier to track them down as process of elimination takes effect.

This quest becomes available after you arrive at Merry Hills. There is a NPC there with a cursed music box, and you need to get the box from him. Once you have it, the spirits in the manor will appear at night and you can deliver the box to put them to rest. Then finally, the ghost of the little girl leaves a diary behind at the gazebo. Once you find it, you will learn what happened to the house...

If there was someone you wanted to see Lloyd's thoughts about, you will find all of them here, including the guys.

The objective in this video is to farm affection with the various characters. To do this, there are a few events on the beach that you can do. I'm trying to focus on the lower ranked characters, so expect that when I'm making my choices. The video will come to an end when we learn that KeA is missing and set out to find her.

This is the last Advance Wars video I currently have recorded. If there is a specific map you want to see, I can try recording it. Otherwise, I have all of these done on the GBA and you can find them on the channel. This mission is fairly simple if you can seize the seas. You and Sami are on opposite islands and you need to get a foothold to push her off yours and then make your way to hers. Battleships are your best weapon here when it comes to attacking her island as you can force the units away from the shore and then start hammering the newly produced ones upon their creation. From there, make your landing at a safe point and you can drive in some land units to force the rout.

After what we sat through in the other part, we have one final meeting with the Erebonians and then the action kicks off. The Imperial Liberation Front that plays a key role in Cold Steel attacks and runs into a buzzsaw. There is also a group from Calvard that strikes, but we may have to wait until Black to find out their story. When everything is said and done, Dieter makes the play that shakes up the entire continent, guaranteeing that there will be war...

With a mountain of work ahead of them, the group opts to take a vacation while they still can. This video covers the arrival and the first round of NPC dialogues.

We've returned to the war room to take on Eagle. You have two options on how to go about this mission if you have Max, where you can choose to slug it out on the middle island or you can force your way to his HQ to send him scrambling. The maps are still fairly short at this stage, so you can try it both ways without a large time investment to find something that works for you. If you chose a CO that is not good at forcing your way through, this map can very quickly become a headache as there is not much space for ground units on the long narrow roads, so I recommend bringing someone who can throw a punch if you do not want to bring Max for some reason.

Like in Zero, we are given the task to investigate a case on the train. However, this time we are looking for a ticket thief, and they are going to an area we have never been before. With some convenient help from a local, holes in narratives are revealed and we can get to the truth. I show this with both Noel and Elie so you can see the very brief difference in dialogue...

If you had the ability to heal enemies, this monster would be the easy way to farm interrupts/cancels. You can still do it here with their passive healing, but it will take awhile. We have to find some Dromes that need exterminating and they are all too happy to cast. Lloyd and Elie can interrupt them, but due to the sheer number, they will get some spells off. Just continuously chip away at them and their numbers will start to drop.

Mariabell's dolls have been stolen and we need to follow the clues Bleublanc has left behind to find them. We will need to do quite a bit of traveling as they are located throughout Crossbell and we even get to access a new portion of the railway that was not available in the previous game.

Black Hole has set up by an active volcano and we need to dodge both lava and enemy fire to drive them out. With unstable air currents and a lack of water, Jess is the only one suited to give them the boot. The tricky part here is that the map is perfectly symmetrical, with bases both north and east of your starting position. Since Hawke doesn't have to travel as far to get the eastern base, you will need a defensive line while you take the north. From there, you need to fight on two fronts and get him to split his forces incorrectly to force your way through.

This video covers the start of the Trade Conference up to the lunch break's discussions. It lasted a lot longer than I realized, so I had to split the segment up. Here, we just have a lot of back and forth and dialogue. It won't be until the next part that the bombs start dropping, figuratively and literally.

The final battle of the campaign has arrived. There is no Rivals or anything after this. Your goal is to blast Sturm's laser within 30 days, which is not as difficult as it seems, just annoying with the falling meteors. I brought the Advanced campaign guys here and you get to see a little bit of the strategy here. Normally, Colin does the heavy lifting while the flanks serve as decoys. However, Sturm over commits to Max, leaving Eagle to go for a swift win. For beating the game, we unlock Sturm. For beating all of the levels the game has to offer, we unlock Hachi. Both unlocks are considerably easier to get here than in the original versions, so the devs did go soft on us in the end. From here, I will put out a few War Room maps before calling things here. I haven't done all of them yet, but I will do a few just to see how things have changed with the AI over there. If there are any requests I can look into doing them, but some of those maps are a time commitment and a half.

The raids are back. Sadly, we could not do these on Mother's Day, so we ended up doing them on Father's Day instead since the game melted down. There is also an event for the Donphan alternates, but Blue isn't interested and they just don't seem that special. The strategy here is basically the usual since we are trying to speed through. Umbreon Screeches the defenses away, Iron Hands uses Belly Drum and then starts Drain Punching until it goes down. The alternate strategy we were talking about for those who were wondering was to bring Arboliva and Sylveon. Sylveon would be on support with Fake Tears, Arboliva would drop Grassy Terrain to mitigate Earthquake and force him to use Wood Hammer. From there, Arboliva fires off Mega Drain or Terrain Pulse to chip away at the enemy until we get the win. The only reason we are using Sylveon here is that Blue didn't have anyone else, otherwise I would recommend Hatterene as it is tankier.

The second to last mission with the first one with us going against Sturm. It is one of the multi-CO missions that has the stupid scoring system that I don't bother to exploit. Basically, the right side is pinned down as you have airports, but by the time you can build anything with them, the cruiser is there to shoot everything down. With Grit on the left, you can slowly make progress and send a fleet of battleships up to tear up half the map. Meanwhile, the guy in the middle needs an opening and then you can force your way in to secure the win. Overall, I think I may prefer this one on the advanced mode since while the middle will get hammered, you might be able to do something on the flanks. With the new AI, I don't know if there is indeed the case just yet, but it is something I am trying to determine. Essentially, I am not really a fan of this mission for multiple reasons and I think we would be better off if it were just a single CO of our choice manning all three positions.

Ries is late to return to the church, but she has already left Mainz. Going off onto the side road, you will find her near the Star Tower and discover that the higher elements are active. Realizing something has happened to the bell, you set off as a group to investigate.

This fight is one of the ones that makes me wish Drake at least had some offensive power for his passive day to day bonus instead of just mobility. The good news is that we can chase down his copters with our cruisers, but he can create something else to counter, forcing us to cycle cruisers or constantly combine. His powers can offset the damage on yours and the map isn't really large enough to get too much out of siphoning his fuel either. This is somewhat of a strange map, but it isn't too difficult. I kind of want to say that it shows Drake's weaknesses without putting him in too rough of a situation.

The day of the trade conference has arrived and before we can get started with it or the quests, we need to do a round around Crossbell and talk to everyone. To keep the video at a reasonable length, the areas that have one of the side missions will be covered in that side mission video. Basically, we learn what everyone has been up to for the past few days and how disappointed they are that the tower is locked down.

Sami came to lend her aid and needs to be rescued. Her forces are surrounded on all sides, and Eagle needs to make a path for her to escape. I went back and double checked, and you do only need to destroy the laser cannons in both versions. Had I remembered that, I know I could have done this one faster. Depending on what exactly Adder does, it is possible to get a good power and technique score without compromising speed either.

If you found the map as Jess, you are able to access this mission. She can be an option for this map, and I think I used her for the GBA version, but Eagle is a solid pick regardless. Basically, you have a very short timer to either get a Tcopter over to the enemy lab or smash everything. Since the pipes are in the way, I opt for the latter...

We are given an invitation to meet with Olivert and Klaudia, where they share some information off the record of things that may become relevant in the near future. After that, we are notified by Jona that someone has tampered with his terminal and need to find out what happened. The information from this may be a little more relevant than the casual chatter...