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Mr Khan said:

MDMAlliance said:
I just finished chapter 10. I read in here that it wasn't really a good idea to advance your class at level 10 or something because of the skill thingy you get at level 15 so only Frederick and Kellam are advanced classes, really.
Buttttocks, my team typically consists offfff
Chrom (12 Lord)
Custom Character (11 Tactician)
Frederick (15 Great Knight, planning on making him a Wyvern Rider)
Sumia (10 Pegasus Knight)
Nowi (10 Manakete)
Ricken (9 Mage)
Miriel (8 Mage)
Kellam (11 General)
Cordelia (9 Pegasus Knight)

Though I guess this list changes a bit depending on how many characters I can use.

It's simple math, really. You get a stat boost for changing classes, but that stat boost won't be all that different whether you go at level 11 or level 20, but in between, you have 10 levels of growth to get, then you can get the stat boost.

It's like if you auto-aged a 12 year old to age 18: sure they'd get the adult body, but the boosted 18 year old is going to be worse off than even, say, a 17 year old that aged normally, who's got five years of life experience on them.

I only recently found out that you go back to level 1 when you do the class changes, and that it gets harder to level.  However, something I really don't understand is what determines what stats go up when you level.  Is it just randomized?