Valkyria Chronicles: The Batomys is rust!
I did enough skirmishes to get my lancers to elite status, but didn't get a new weapon for doing so. I thought I would be getting some new super weapon. I went into the desert fight vs the Batomys and the Valkyrie, but it still took three shots to take out a turret. Nonetheless, I'd been to the Church of the Sniper, and I had not been slacking (too much) on their training. Every time normal enemy troops showed, I spent command points on snipers to take them down. Save/Load until every one of their shots was a kill shot.
The entire level was a learning experience, and I had to redo entire moves quite often to make sure everyone was where they would need to be at the start of the next turn. The Valkyrie kills everyone she comes across on her dash to the Batomys? I learned to make sure none of my troops were in the way.
Turns out if an enemy touches one of your downed soldiers, they are permanently dead. Couldn't let that happen.
With the snipers making the battleground relatively safe, the map wasn't that tough.
Next map was a duo map with Alicia and Welkins. It introduced searchlights and mortar fire.
Next map, Welkins and Alicia meet back up with Squad 7. It took a very long time to figure this map out… three maps in one sitting is enough for now.
I think I scored "C" on all of these. I guess I'll get a chance to figure out how to get "A" when they come up again as skirmishes.
