Oh yeah just remembered that it was Cynthia's Birthday recently. Make sure to visit the barracks (you probably already do) on a characters birthday and they'll get some stat boosts, a lost item and some exp which is nice. Ricken's birthday is next thursday.
By the way, I was fighting some random streetpass teams on my world map and came across a really strong one. Their 'Renown' was 3300 and had some really strong characters. I was doing fine until Lon'qu finally took a hit, after that all the other enemies targeted him but luckily for me he was in an ass-kicking mood.
Since his HP was less than half, he was able to activate Vantage during each encounter so that allowed him to attack first. However that's not all! I also made sure he had a Killing Edge equipped beforehand which took his critical hit ability to over 50% and he activated Astra too and 4 of the 5 hits were criticals! This combo happened to 2 of the next 4 opponents and they were downed before they even knew what hit them.
It was a sight of beauty I tell ya!