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The XP penalties for killing enemies start appearing once you're a level or two over 'par'. In Fire Emblem the best strategies usually involved power-leveling 2 or 3 characters but I think that might not work here. Best defence is a good offence sort of thing, plus it's faster. More damage = faster kills, faster kills = less enemies killing you. Typically in an RPG, the best way to go is the way that deals the most damage. I'll talk about those later and move onto the more important stuff: the general stategy overview for getting through this thing as quickly as possible. I wanted to check out how focusing on speed would affect the basic gameplay, and I was relatively happy with the results.
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I decided to dive right into the game and take a look at how some of the earlier battles played out since I usually take my time, spread the XP around as evenly as I can, lure enemies in as small groups as possible, etc. Obviously my plan is to set it as high as I can for somebody else, but I can see myself making comparisons and giving in to despair if there was something to compare my run to.Īnyway let's get down to business. Please? =)Īlso when I searched the older consoles forum and couldn't find a thread, I was happy to learn that I didn't have a bar set for me that might be too high. I'm not too confident in myself for the 'execution' part, but the planning I think I'll be better at. I also chose it because as a turn-based strategy RPG, most of the speed will come from planning instead of execution. Basically, I feel like I've got a pretty good handle on this game. I've played through it about 4 times, read through a lot of FAQs and even checked out some awesome charts showing each character's stat growths. I chose SF2 because I played it growing up, which adds that nostalgia feel we gamers like so much. I figure if my attempt goes south, maybe someone else will give it a go and then I get a SF2 run to watch. I honestly have no idea if I've got what it takes, but I decided to go ahead and start a topic anyway. Okay, so like many wide-eyed speed-watching enthusiasts, I've been toying around with the idea of doing a speedrun myself.
