As someone playing on hard classic on a first playthrough, and based on what i've seen from the community discussions, the harder difficulties are where the challenge comes from. I'd suggest upping the difficulty if you're looking for a challenge :)
As the recent trend in fire emblem with the past few games FE’s normal mode is easy mode. 3houses hard was easy as well. Engages hard mode is actually hard kind of hard. Maddening is better than in 3 houses since it’s better balanced and offers more of an actual challenge yet offers all the tools needed to cheese it while still keeping some of the difficulty.
As someone playing on hard classic on a first playthrough, and based on what i've seen from the community discussions, the harder difficulties are where the challenge comes from. I'd suggest upping the difficulty if you're looking for a challenge :)
As the recent trend in fire emblem with the past few games FE’s normal mode is easy mode. 3houses hard was easy as well. Engages hard mode is actually hard kind of hard. Maddening is better than in 3 houses since it’s better balanced and offers more of an actual challenge yet offers all the tools needed to cheese it while still keeping some of the difficulty.