This. In general, I'm just too cheap to buy guides, and it isn't like I've needed a strategy guide in years. I'll have an internet resource up if I need one, but that barely goes past character/item stats unless I really can't solve the puzzle. That rarely happens, I don't play many puzzle-happy games, and knowing how to get such and such character isn't going to help me actually do that in the game. Though I do use this one Fire Emblem fansite frequently. Radiant Dawn has like 60 characters or something, three of which have fairly convoluted recruitment methods, and they all have their growth rates listed out very neatly.