Fire Emblem: Awakening

[Moss]

I changed him back to a myriamid. He's decent damage and avoids a lot for where I'm at in the game. My franklin or Francis or whatever his name is, turned him to a paladin and he was a tank but he's started to fall behind a bit. Takes damage and doesn't really have a way to regain it without popping potions.

Myrmidon* and yeah, Lon'qu is good. Generally it's better to cap at 20 before upgrading to an advanced class.

I would have suggested not using Frederick at all since he is OP early on but not actually that great so he just prevents other people from leveling. He is useful as a partner though, I used him to get Donnel through his early levels.

lunatic is insanely hard for first timer, dare I say impossible. In the beginning, if you leveled your characters wrong, aka only lvl 1 character and faceroll, you wont be able to continue.

And the problem is you have to use Frederick early so other people won't level as much.

[Hitoshura]

Eh I am starting out on Hard mode with deaths being permanent, it sounds interesting, or is the other mode better?

[Corrderio]

If by mode you mean Casual, it just means if your unit's HP hits zero they don't die and can be used again in a new fight.

[Moss]

Eh I am starting out on Hard mode with deaths being permanent, it sounds interesting, or is the other mode better?

I prefer Hard mode, you can brute force everything too easily on Normal. I didn't see the point of classic just because I would reset rather than losing a unit I had put hours upon hours of training into.