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I LIVE. >.<

Errrrrgh. I'm sick AGAIN. I'll try to post though.

Happy New Year, everyone. By the way. ^^

I'm such a perfectionist when I play Fire Emblem. I resolutely refuse to let anyone die. Half my team is trash that I never use (the other half being an amazing destructive force to be reckoned with) but damned if I do not get through that game with a perfect roster.

Path of Radiance is definitely harder than either the initial port to the GBA or Sacred Stones, but this may or may not be because I am playing it on hard to compensate for the fact that I <3 the Fire Emblem and I got a little too good at it =P.

Jar Jar heart NWN.

He gots an upgrade.

NWN came a looooong while ago.

I still love that game, and it's looking better than ever with my new graphics card.

I feel your pain.

I hate dial up. Good thing I have Ethernet now. But I'm never mean to those that lag like hell, just because I used to have dial up. Yep.

My "mission critical personnel" (this is what I actually call them) after having finished the game is as follows.

Ike - He must be leveled to 20. He must have Aether. This is the only shot in hell he will ever have at beating the Black Knight. And thats IF he's carrying 4 packs of elixirs and gets really lucky (the odds come out to about 23:1 in the Black Knight's favor). But if you do this, he can defend flanks all by his lonesome

Titania- She earns he keep early in the game by being a stone wall with massive movement and offensive capability. She stays that way later in the game. Especially if you teach her Sol. Another lone flank defender.

Boyd - He just sort of ended up on the team. Technically speaking, he's fantastically mediocre compared to some of my superstars. He's first to get cut if I don't have the space

Rhys - He heals and casts the holy spells and make sure no one falls down. Duh.

Tanith - She has a high dodge rating and her top notch mobility make her invaluable when I need to protect and save soft targets

Astrid - Without doubt, the most RIDICULOUS character in the game. Her ability to gain double experience turns into MASSIVE growth and she deals unparalleled ranged damage, and even impressive physical damage once she promotes to a Paladin.

Sothe - My keymaster on the field, his ability, Blossom, makes his stats remarkably good, and his unbeatable dodge rating and decent offensive prowess make him nice to have in any mission where s**t needs unlocking.

Mia - Half of my untouchable duo. I can't count on her for a high damage tally, but hell in a handbag if she ever takes a hit. Impressive Critical rate and vantage seal the deal for her. It was reccomended I use Zihark instead, but his low base stats versus the already growing Mia locked him out of the army.

Nephenee - The other half of my "You can't touch this" strike force. She has a higher damage output than Mia, but a lower dodge rating. Still, the two of them combined took maybe 20 hits total.

Nasir - White dragon = destruction-o-rama. Hand over the Demi Band you wuss laguz, Nasir is on the field and he is pissed.

Calill - The only magic user that ever really caught on for me, and the only one I've ever needed to subsist.

Tauraneo - Better speed, armor, resistance and weapon proficiency than Gatrie. He takes the General position in my squad.

Whoof.

That looks like a lot of people. But it isn't really when you consider that there are 44 units on the regular roster, and you get to choose one more for the last chapter (Tibarn, Naesala or Cainhengis' shadow, whose name escapes me)

Oblivion? Can't wait for that baby to come out.

heart Morrowind and Elder Scrolls. The graphics for Oblivion are AMAZING!

NWN 2, I'm waiting for it, I haven't seen any screenshots though. Shifter is an awesome class, piece of advice, make a level 30 Pale Master. You'll get a Lesser DEMI LICH as a summon for the Greater Undead Summoning.

As a Shifter, you can effectively turn into a red, blue or green dragon... it's freaking sweet.

Aww, don't worry Annie. *patpat* It's just video games. xD

Well, I haven't beaten the game yet, but I do know enough to train the crap out of Ike.

The Dragon unit... I might not end up using. While the Laguz units are awesomely powerful, I'm not a huge fan of them... and if Nasir's movement is the same as Ena's (I'm in that chapter now)... :

... Well, I do like Reyson, but he's an exception. The thing that differs him from Tethys is, while in Sacred Stones you could argue that it's better to bring two great units instead of one great unit and a dancer, in this game, while transformed, he can get FOUR units double turns. Also, he's good as a pseudo-healer with his ability.

(By the way, I got Tethys' avoid up to 97% with support. It was fun to use her as bait, with Marisa nearby.)

Titania is great at first, aside from the fact that she leeches experience, so I tried to slowly phase her out in order to let some of the other units have a chance. She's got high RES for a physical unit, so I often just send her to pick off the mages (or archers, in cases where I want to put a flying unit in) and then bring in someone else.

Soren is my favourite mage/sage. He has the highest magic cap of them, I think, but the lowest defenses. And... Callil uses knives. KNIVES. Her strength cap is 15, as with all sages. It's /so/ fun to watch her hit double zeroes on enemy mages. xD

I also beat Oliver in one turn with Soren and Bolting. He got Adept to activate, and then got a critical. PWN. I didn't want any of those stupid items anyway. >.>

I don't like Sothe, either. While his Blossom skill does give him amazing stat gains, it makes him extremely slow to level, and the fact that he starts at level one and can barely do any damage then (lacking stilettos/daggers) makes it harder. I only need one thief, and that's Volke.

... My hands are all red from pomegranate. *munchmunch*