Animations: On or Off

A general Fire Emblem question that I'll ask here because most of the other Fire Emblem Forums are dead or inactive. Hopefully this forum will get easier views.

When playing a Fire Emblem game, how do you style your animations? On, off, with backgrounds or map only (though I think this was restricted to platforms only)? Personally, I usually turn it to map only and, in the case of a handheld, off. I sometimes go through my first playthrough with it turned on, or I switch it on for units with interesting animations but generally it's only extremely time consuming. I'd much rather have what I've seen a billion times run quicker, but that is just me.

Pretty much always on. Even if I've seen it a million times already, when I order my swordmaster to plough though the warrior like it was nothing I want to see the full glory of it.

With FE7 and SS, I've played through the story so many times with them on that I can picture the animations when they're turned off and the little sprite is lunging at the other on the map. Now I almost always have them off simply because I've seen them all a million times and to get through the game faster. I always used to play with the scenic background though.

For this game I'll most likely keep them on during the first run since I haven't seen any of this before and it should be interesting for sure, but after 2-3 plays, I'll most likely turn animations off to advance more quickly.

On on the first playthrough. Off otherwise, unless I encounter something that I haven't seen before, like a new unit or spell. Also, in FE9, I thought the animations on the map were just better, being quicker and smoother than those clumsy cinematic ones.

The option of Map Only combines the best of both worlds. I like the animations, and they don't take hours of time. It usually takes me about an hour to finish a chapter without the animations. I can't imagine how long my play time would be with it on.