Hurricane Ike has inspired me.

[caleb723]

I decided to make a playthrough using only units of the Wind affinity.  (Also including Ike himself, for obvious reasons.)
I'm not really planning on this being a difficult challenge, (I was planning on doing Normal Mode because I don't have time to screw with Hard...) it's just to give me something to do.  Feel free to adapt this for your own uses as you see fit.  A few details on what I mean by Wind only...

- I'm going to, for the sake of FE10 transfer bonus (we'll see if I ever get to that, though...) have a few other characters participate in order to get their supports down.  Namely, someone for Largo because I never use him, and Makalov for the random A Haar/B Bastian.  They won't be fighting, or near enough to activate the bonus, just present in the map in order to gain the support.
- For Rolf's sake, I'll be using Titania, Oscar, and Marcia in Chapter 10 to pull off the sneak for Bonus XP.  Though, if you scroll down and look who I'm using, this may not work out so well...

Now, for the list of Wind affinities... (In no particular order, data from serenesforest, thanks VincentASM.)
- Kieran
- Ranulf
- Rolf
- Astrid
- Largo
- Volke (YES!)
- Bastian (Regardless of what happens I'll use Bastian, since he has an A Wind.  :-P)
- Nephenee
- Sothe (Wow.  I get both thieves?  Amazing.)
- Haar

Okay, that's out of the way.  Based on those numbers and including Ike, there are 11 total.  I typically run a team of ~10, but for craps and giggles I'll use only eight.  Okay, here's who I was planning on using, and the weapon I was planning on them using at Endgame.

Ike - Sonic Sword (No, seriously.  T.T Maybe I'll Bonus XP abuse Magic or something...)
Volke - Stiletto
Sothe - Stiletto
Bastian - Tornado
Kieran - Killer/Silver Axe or Brave Lance (let's see how that Lance WRank ends up first...)
Rolf - Double Bow
Largo- Killer Axe
Ranulf - Is it necessary to state?

I chose so there wasn't too much overlapping of weapons between characters, except for Kieran and Largo.  Kieran is probably going to go Lances so I actually have someone who can use them...

Okay.  I think that's everything.  Though, in retospect, I'm considering Astrid over Rolf for another weapon option (and for the Sothe x Astrid, which I need for RD transfers...) What do you guys think?  I'll start once I get my copy back from my cousin, which will probably be this weekend, then I'll keep you guys posted.


EDIT: You know, I guess including Water affinities might have made a little more sense, but that's my lack of logic for you.

[DMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA JonnyJon]

Actually, wind makes the most sense to me, since that's what most of the damage in a tropical cyclone generally comes from (with the exception of stalled systems, ala Allison).

How many water affinities are there, by the way? Think I might want to look that up...

In any case, I'm tempted to play through like this as well--although I might have to stop in the middle of it...

EDIT: Brom, Mist, Mordecai, and Ulki are the only ones with water affinity. That honestly doesn't add very much. That's fourteen characters with either affinity, plus fifteen with Ike. Not bad...

[caleb723]

That's fourteen characters with either affinity, plus fifteen with Ike. Not bad...

That's about how characters I had in my first game, and now I use between eight and twelve, based on who I'm using in RD.  So, I guess other than making the BK battle easier, adding Water units won't help that much.

Feel free to change the concept as you wish; I was just getting people brainstorming so there's a little more activity in this forum...

[General Narshen]

When I first heard of this Hurricane, I immediately thought of Ike, but did not think much of it expect "Crap. Ragnell+Islands = Solo game"

[DMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA JonnyJon]

I think I'll use wind and water units, just because that fits the concept better in my eyes.

...Everyone else dies.

[General Narshen]

Well, at least you have Mist to heal you.

[DMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA JonnyJon]

I'm four maps in and I still don't have any non-Ike people.

Okay Gatrie and Shinon, you're next to the slaughter. Don't be afraid now! In you go! *push*

[caleb723]

Killing off my units is going to suck, but I guess I'll have to do it.  Save Titania, Oscar, and Marcia, of course, for the stealth.  I refuse to not do that.

DMA, what mode are you doing?  In Normal, going Ike alone probably means he'll be level 20 by the time Rolf shows up...

[DMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA JonnyJon]

Just normal. I honestly don't have the time to fiddle around with hard.

Besides, I suck.

[caleb723]

Hah.  Sometime I'll record myself playing.  Then you shall the meaning of true power horror.

Anyway, DMA, go ahead and post your progress in here.  I'll start hopefully this weekend.

[DMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA JonnyJon]

Just cleared Chapter 5 and Ike is running low on ammunition. He's already level 16, and his defense is uber. However, I'm a little worried about his strength growth. Seems a little slow to me, but I might just be imagining things.

I honestly didn't realize it would be this long before Ike got any backup!  Without any wind or water, I guess he's still just a low pressure system.

[caleb723]

Update:  I didn't have time to get the game from my cousin this weekend... T.T I'll have to start next week. 

DMA, you had time to play any more?

[Saaji]

Wow sounds quite interesting, if I had my copy of Path of Radiance with me I'd totally try that as well.  Well good luck on the run...though it doesnt sound too hard actually.  Though dont you need Jill to recruit Haar? So are going to use characters  keep non water/wind characters if they are needed to recruit other units?

[caleb723]

I last posted in this one month ago.  I trust you have permission?  If not, I apologize for also posting.

I never got the game back from my cousin, so I never started it.  Feel free to adapt it to your own use.   Oh, and I always keep everyone alive regardless, so yeah, they'll be alive and I'll use them to recruit anyone, if I ever get around to it.  (I'll admit I don't play FE for an extreme challenge; I like watching my units destroy the enemy ones...)  I'm rushing Easy Mode on RD for lulz, and ToS:DoftNW comes out in ~1 month, so once that's out I won't be playing anything else for a while. 

[Lord Fuckboy]

I trust you have permission?

Read:  Announcements board.  No more necro limit



This runthrough sounds so much worse than my all-Paladin runthrough of FE9 Hard.  Bear in mind, the early parts were pretty bad; Oscar and Titania were the only fighters with some support from Ike, and it's hard for them to cover the early fort.  But with just Ike?  Oh dear God.

[caleb723]

Read:  Announcements board.  No more necro limit



This runthrough sounds so much worse than my all-Paladin runthrough of FE9 Hard.  Bear in mind, the early parts were pretty bad; Oscar and Titania were the only fighters with some support from Ike, and it's hard for them to cover the early fort.  But with just Ike?  Oh dear God.

WHAAAAAAT?!  I just read the rules again about a week ago.  Blast.  I totally missed it.  Sorry then.  >_>

I've done an Ike solo of the beginning and it's not TOO bad.  (It's better than a Hector and Eliwood duo at the beginning of FE7, and MUCH better than an Eirika solo at the beginning of FE8...)  Just don't expect to be getting any BEXP because it takes YEARS to finish every level...

[SlippyToasterTrooper_UK]

Be pleased you are not doing an Ike solo in the Japanese version...you only start with 1 Iron Sword always rather than sometimes having 4 so there is the possibility of having to breach the rule due to lack of equipment.

I was just about to ask how everyone was getting on with this The hardest things with mono-class or other solos is the start of the game due to having so few units.

[Lord Fuckboy]

WHAAAAAAT?!  I just read the rules again about a week ago.  Blast.  I totally missed it.  Sorry then.  >_>

Actually, the rules haven't been edited yet.

Just don't expect to be getting any BEXP because it takes YEARS to finish every level...

Yeah, the main chapters that gave me problem were the ones with fixed turn limits because they were the defend fort ones...

[caleb723]

Isn't the 4 Iron Sword thing a glitch?  Or was that an unconfirmed rumor?

[Lord Fuckboy]

It's not a glitch if it happens every single time I get to chapter 1 in FE9.