Fire Emblem discussion thread revived

[largedarryl]

Khuutra said:

largedarryl said:

Khuutra said:
Granted, but each of their important +1s (except HP) are effectively +2s, so I think it balances all right. If you take the time to raise Volug, he's very usable - arguably better than many beorc.

He certianly will be, but it when it comes down to Miciah's level's, is it really worth gimping ~2 other character to ensure Volug is at a useable level come Part 4?

There's actually a strategy for raising Volug in Chapter 3, in the level with all the enemy laguz... involves giving him Beastfoe and a good evade support, then leaving him sitting there in human form so he whips the Hell out of the incoming laguz. Appaently he can gain an absurd number of levels in very, very few fights that way.

I was going to bring that up, the only way the laguz actually get some nice XP is when the are not transformed.  I suppose he could get some mean XP with with A support with another earth support.  I may be tempted to try something like that, although he will still only have an A skill level for strike (he could be useful at the end of the chapter).