I wanted to go back to FE3H after dropping it in late 2019, but this DLC stood in my way tempting me with its extra characters, classes, lore, and explorable areas. I mention this because it shaded my experience a bit. I was not in it to savor every challenge and squeeze the last bit of FE3H content like some people, but to unlock all the goodies I could before playing the "real game" again.

That being said, I turned down the difficulty from Hard to Normal after the second battle. Having to redo some of these hour long missions didn't sound like fun.

Things I liked:

All of the Ashen Wolves are really cool. Constance might be my favorite character in the whole game, and I absolutely do not regret playing this DLC first largely because I am really looking forward to recruiting/romancing them in future playthroughs.

The story isn't amazing but it does add a little depth (hehe) to the class and privilege structure of the monastery.

Some things I liked less:

It's a staple of end game tactics games. Waves of enemies as a substitute for difficult enemies or interesting puzzles. Thankfully, this is really only the case for maybe a third of the missions.

Deep-seated factional or blood rivalries (every Ashen Wolf seems to have some proper cause to seek revenge on the upper world) seem to be put aside rather easily. Maybe they'll come up more again in the main campaign but I doubt it.

Why is Yuri all over my girl Byleth out of nowhere. Slow your roll Casanova.