#because the DLC is so ridiculously busted that it loops into ‘okay’

[harusha]

I’m not using Hortensia, Kagetsu, or Ivy or some other mid-late game units like Alcryst because Maddening main game is already easy+I used them in my last playthrough, so they’re underbuilt for DLC Maddening.

Like they should have honestly just either let you keep the main game builds or did entirely set casts and sets with possibly smaller options (to avoid having to balance like 20 characters) for DLC.

Like Fogado wants a Radiant Bow for his set since it, combined with Lyn (in one possible gimmick) is to spam Astral Storm and mounted magic arrows. But no Radiant Bow in his DLC set.

And tbh the decision to lock the new characters behind repeated dlc plays in new rounds is like…this is mediocre considering that they let you choose difficulty. It’s being forced to trudge through un-fun maps on higher difficulties or just stomp on everything on Normal.

I’m sure someone out there will clear Maddening DLC with the Firenese gang at chapter 6, but with the constant reinforcements and dead weights, it feels less like puzzles like other maddening maps with possible solutions that aren’t incredibly exact and more “just throw shit at a wall.”

And if you want story and to use them in the main game, it’s better to do them as early as possible (considering Warp Celica and Micaiah will hamper some of the stupid cheese too) before the rings get taken.

Like yeah you can win Maddening Maps DLC. Map 1 for example is doable with Leif!Nil and Eirika!Nel + Veronica!Pandreo (resets for 5 star summons and he was a benched unit i had to waste shards for bond 10 on since Anna had my Veronica) and Ike!Panette, but huddling in a corner and praying that no one crits/decreases 5 hp per fang hit is not fun. Like they should have just given Nil a bone and given him staff affinity at least.

It just feels like less care was given to DLC Maddening compared to the main game’s no DLC Maddening and the choices conflict with each other.