Just curious, but were you using the claws or axes? I never had an issue missing hits with claws (in fact, they're close to 100% hit rate most of the time). And his low speed was mitigated by the fact that you get double attacks from claws. Actually, you get the second attack immediately after the first, so the enemy is often already dead before they can even counter.
I might end up doing the same thing as you... I messed up and saved over the end of part 1. So now I have to do BE-C right now in part 2. Forgive me for I have sinned lol
Thank you :)
This is isn't really accurate. Master classes are generally quite a bit better than advanced classes. The only real exception to this is Paladin and dedicated healers, otherwise there is master class that is better than what you are using. Growths are only really worse for Bow Knight and Mortal Savant and you don't spend enough levels for growth rates in master classes to matter much. The movement upgrades and canto are significant even for the non-flying classes.
Thanks for these but it doesn't really answer my question, realistically is there much track left for me to commit to mastering advanced classes before going on to Master or will the game end before I achieve this? Bearing in mind I don't want to be horribly over levelled for the main mission.
You probably won't get many units in master classes based on what you wrote. The skill requirements are pretty high and you often need to be training units in skills that they aren't using to prepare for the transition fairly early.
Well, I have somebody that just finished their mage class (intermediate) and I've made them take the Mortal Savant test which they passed, I will also have somebody soon that could be a bow knight. I've actually been preparing majorly ahead of time for a unit's end goal, so actually a lot of my units could take the Master classes and pass them. So the skill requirements are not an issue, what is an issue is how long spending the time to master their advanced classes will take and whether I should bother or not.
Yeah, I loved the game, but the final battle was kind of a let down (BL route). I was expecting the ol jrpg trope of second and third level boss transformations or some big surprise battle with the real baddie...but, nope, end credits lol.
Master classes are pretty good for the most part, but the effort to get there isn't always worth it.
Maybe it was because I invested renown into those statues for the skill bonuses, but I felt the game was pretty forgiving in terms of getting to master classes. Most of my main characters were already eligible shortly after the skip.
That's what I meant. When you plan ahead, it's doable (obviously), but if you didn't plan ahead, you may as well perfect your Advanced class instead of chasing the necessary skills to get to master classes.
Assassins should go bow knight. Swordmaster is a pretty awful class, mortal savant is not great but it's still better than swordmaster.
mortal savant is definitely not better than swordmaster for most characters. Their magic will be too low to utilize magic well, and they will lose out on speed and strength that would have been more useful
5 move swordmasters are going to need to be babied with stride to keep up late game. A few points of speed are worth the movement and utility.
It's not just for cross-training. You could drill in swords, reason, and faith skills that will apply to that class.
Byleth's skills naturally lag behind other units because he can't be instructed. This is why the option to raise them in explore day exists. And you will have plenty of extra time to spend to do it anyway.
Class balancing would be different with both the triangle and weapons limitations on classes is all I'm saying.
Dorothea is the only user of those spells that is a good spellcaster. Hanneman's speed is laughable, no one uses Hilda as a mage, and Manuela is a late recruit that starts at E in reason with a negative in reason growth. She's not getting bolting until late game unless on NG+. Manuela would go Gremory for the extra warp and silence anyway.
Flayn is built for gremory as you want the extra fortify and rescue. Aura isn't that great and it's a poor reason to choose a class, Marianne is better off as a dark knight for the extra mag.
The opportunity cost is a good response. But the things you mention are better off done in assassin anyway, swordmaster is just not worth staying in. The extra movement is still more valuable than a 2nd swordfaire that you don't even need to kill.
Yes and yes to both.
That depends on how much you care about building renown for future runs. Reloading your save will be much quicker if you just want to see more content.
