Well, that’s it. I finished my run. Didn’t run into any further issues, aside from Pephredo randomly showing up as a level 0 lord in the penultimate chapter, but that was an old bug with the original hack, it’s no big deal. Honestly, I think it’s cute. One of these days I gotta try to bring her to the endgame, see what happens.
Once again, I’d like to thank you for making this translation. While the story wasn’t anything too special, it was still great to get to experience it after all these years, and having more functional menus than the ones in the old menu translation was a boon in and of itself. And, hey, it was great even just as an excuse to play SoHaE again. So yeah. Thanks a lot for all your hard work!
Not much else to say. Everyone loves seeing screenshots of stats, so here’s my endgame team!
My team
Starting with… Oof… Wow, Saya. You suck. 9 strength at level 7 promoted? Yikes… She was no good ever and did absolutely nothing of note. Very Roy-like. Nice. Her best use was to power up the following two units through the power of supports.
Tsagan is a unit that I’ve used in all my runs. Mostly because I love his design. He’s a standard Oifey, he starts utterly invincible, then as the game goes on he remains good, though he does fall off a little in the later stages of the game due to his lower HP and strength. Still, consistently useful throughout the entire campaign. Good for you, Tsagan!
You know, the fact that his ending card acknowledges his eyes gives me peace of mind. Anyway, he was a slightly worse Tsagan for a good chunk of the game, then he was a slightly better Tsagan for another chunk of the game. Not much else, they were basically the same unit. His early growth was impressive, though. Main reason I stuck with him, 'cause I can tell you, it ain’t his design.
Even the thief was a better fighter than Saya. Even the thief! Look at that! Decent strength! His low bulk and con held him back, but he could kill some things, unlike Saya. Which is just ridiculous, honestly. He supported…
While not as tanky as the average Sergei, Leo makes up for it with speed, speed and more speed. He has accuracy issues and his magic is on the lower side, but… hey, at least he doesn’t get weighed down by fire, like Liane. Anima mages in this game are generally not the best, but I gave him an energy ring, and he got a few lucky points from levels, so his damage by the end was legitimately impressive! Really pleasantly surprised, he didn’t look like much at first.
Speaking of mages, old man Otto was my designated light mage. I went through the trouble of getting him to S light, which meant going through a few chapters without healing, and then in the end he barely used Luce because it was too heavy. Meh. While his offensive stats were rather middling, his good bulk for a mage allowed him to do some frontlining, and his final chapter quote was super good, so I’m glad I stuck with him. He supported…
One of my best units. Heck, maybe even the best. Rabi’s con issues are a bit annoying at first, but then the kid gained so much speed that there was no stopping him. He even doubled with nosferatu at one point! It was a sight to behold. He quickly became able to one-round just about anything, in spite of his lower magic, just thanks to his absurd speed and dark magic’s innate might. When I needed something dead, Rabi was always my go-to guy. Awesome dark mage. Together with Otto, he formed a support triangle with…
The man, the myth, the legend. Feeler, the war dragon with feelings. He who killed the King of Bern and the final boss. Yeah, I gave him the final boss too. I love this guy. While his use as a tank is rather questionable (he gets vaporized by mages), his unblockable damage gives him a legitimate niche. Really fun and unique unit, one of the game’s highlights for me. How often do you see an old manakete in a hack? Not often, lemme tell you that much!
Diana was used because female soldier. It was a bit weird to see her go from Amelia’s clumsy animations to that badass halberdier sprite, but still. She’s super fast, while not neglecting her strength and defense as much as some of the other members of my team. She was held back a bit by her lack of a support partner. The plan was to have her support Emmy, but Emmy grew really poorly and I was forced to toss her out. Oh well, she pulled through regardless.
I used this woman because her design is one of my favorites in the game. She just looks so badass. As it turned out, it was a great idea to use her, because Emmy fell behind hopelessly and took Dorcas with her, leaving Lydia uncontested as the axe specialist of the team. Good defense, good offense, axes and swords, solid bases and growths, she has just about everything you could ever ask of a prepromote. Another one of my favorites from this game. Lovely character.
Gotoh. She does her job, which is to kill a few things in the final chapters. She also served as a late support partner for Lydia, making her even more busted. Thanks for that.
Another unit I used because I like her design. Well, that, and I’m one of the few who remembers she exists in FE6 and thinks she was a great character for how little screentime she got. Really glad that she was done justice in this game. Though she was pretty useless in the endgame, up to that point she was a really solid flier. Fine unit.
Beautiful stache. Absolutely magnificent. As a unit, he wasn’t as impressive as in my first run. He was wonderful there. Here, however, he lagged behind as the game went on. Still, not too bad, he got some stuff done.
Basically Gideon except he exchanges the wyvern for a horse and the beautiful stache for a really pleasant color palette. How appropriate that they supported each other. Both were completely useless in the endgame, and merely decent up to that point, but still, you can do way worse than them.
Bwahahahah… Okay, look, I’m a sucker for beards. That’s the only reason I have ever used this guy. Latejoining general with mediocre stats isn’t the best look, but when you have possibly the best beard I’ve seen in any FE and hack I’ve ever played, well… I just have no choice but to give you a shot, haha! He took a couple statboosters, but he was a useful tank that could dish out some moderate damage. Honestly, that’s all I need. He could have 0 base stats and I’d still use him for that incredible beard of his. Look at it, it’s beautiful!
