Great to hear about your experience, @Tycho.
Yup, you summarized the condition for triggering Danika’s scene with Elder Marge nicely. The extra Forest Bow is nice too. There are a lot of strange conditions like this that I did in the game. Some presumably missed scenes include visiting Liang’s mother with Liang in Ch21, visiting the Inn with Silvan in Ch21, and special dialog when Astoria attacks Shiloh.
Excellent to hear that you were able to secure the boots on 18x. I thought saving all the villagers was going to be a tricky mission; though there are a couple of mostly safe spots you can drop the villagers if your fliers have a free turn.
There is no secret shop in 18x, but if you think about it, the base shop in 18x is pretty great. It is really the only other place in the game to acquire more hatchets, so buying one or two is always nice.
I have updated the Recruitment Guide and Growth Rate guide to include the information about Danika and Mercer.
@Tycho, this is the first experience I am hearing about Danika and Mercer as units. I think your assessments are pretty accurate.
- Danika’s levels should be focused on offensive stats, so it makes sense for her to have high power. You may have been unlucky with her speed. Her speed growth is only 40% though, so it can be very inconsistent. She is not slow, but not fast.
- Yes, Mercer has a really great personal weapon, and he can snowball into an amazing unit if you give him the chance thanks to stellar growths. His bases are pretty good for his level too, but he does have a bit of an awkward join time and may require feeding him kills. It doesn’t take too long to get him going, and his personal weapon will carry him to the end game.