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. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQfaiB0EkSo

This is seeing how the characters react after the developments of the completion of the fourth stratum. Due to its brief nature, you can see that there aren't any major bombshells, but we will do this for the sake of completion. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-TMXn4kwfs

I am putting the warning in the title since I think the language gets a little rough in this one. This is my second game as Mr. Mime and part way through, I learn the Confusion/Barrier combo, which is horribly broken. You can actually start doing it as soon as you have Confusion provided you can line the enemy up with the wall or have allies who generate terrain. This combo deals obscene amounts of damage and can turn things around. I was not a fan of Mr. Mime right away since I was trying to use Barrier as you know, a barrier, but it turns out it has a very high power offensive use. Anyway, after this, I am going to start uploading an entire day's worth of games up, so expect the videos to get a little longer as I start grinding ranked. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q12B_MNgymY

We get some recruits here beyond just Gen, the most important of which being Lute, then Riki. Both of them have their own stories, and whatever we do on them here will transfer over. For that reason, the first part of this playthrough will be the longest as I am learning to play the game and build resources. Once I know and have both gear and skills, I can speed through some of the later stuff. Lute is the most important recruit here as he is usually the easiest character to recruit in the game, meaning anything you gain on him can be shared. This will make other playthroughs easier and will allow me to maximize my benefit from time spent. Riki takes a lot for me to learn as the monster class is fairly weird. We can gain skills upon defeating enemies, and the skills we have determines the form of the monster. The form is what largely determines their stats, so you will want to follow a specific route in order to achieve the strongest forms (which I think I will do in a later playthrough). The brevity of this video is partially due to me learning as we go and that I am making a party of different races. Don't worry, things will continue to get complex when I finally reach the first mystic, but that will be a different video. Otherwise, we complete our business in this area, which is going to lead to more confusion, so something to look forward to in the next video. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OiNdFy8HY