Just finished the Grieth fight, and I managed to pull it off just fine. I managed to get through the corridor part by luring the sniper out and pelting him with magic (and a pegasus lance once he got weak enough), and then making sure everyone in range of the arcanist would be able to survive a turn. Genny's Physic is the usual MVP...it covers her entire range of magic (17 for me), and so I was able to keep everyone alive as I advanced through.

Overall though, I find that I take more risks in this game than previous titles due to the turnwheel feature, so I make bold moves when I normally would play it safe. Pretty nice that I can just go back a turn and replan my strategy, rather having to replay half the stage to get there again.

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Question for anyone: Who are your MVPs so far?

Mine are Alm, Cliff (cavalier), Tobin (archer), and Clair on one side, and Celica, Leon, Boey, Mae, Genny, and Valdbar on the other side. My Celica team has been blessed with pretty greath growths, at least relative to the typical growth rates for this game, while I feel Team Alm might have problems later. Silque, Luthier, and Faye (mage) are nowhere near as useful to me on that side as Genny and my Mage Gods on the other.

It's not just that - his units crumble against mages and archers who can hit from afar, which Celica has plenty of.

It definitely has a lot of borrowed elements from SMT4. I'm not a fan of the town/map movement, but dungeon exploration is fun.

ETA: I'm not sure I want to hear the VA in Zelda if this is the case lol.

Yes, definitely.

It's mostly Zelda. And one Zora girl. Fake english accents and awkwardly written dialog.

I have just finished Act 4, and I can say I am deeply invested.

It's good to hear you didn't have it as rough as I did. That battle made me rage since my Leon couldn't hit for squat and I used up all my uses of the turnwheel, so I had to play it safe. Just thinking about it makes me angry Dx

Also, my MVPs are likely:

Alm's side:

- Kliff : I made him into an archer, and for some reason he's just really good at it. He has great accuracy, strength and really lucky with crits. He's one of my go to guys when it comes to weakening or killing off units. He can take hits too.

- Tobin : I made him a cavelier and he's quite tanky, as well as being strong, so I can often trust him to be on the frontlines and take some hits.

- Faye : Despite being a terrible stalker/yandere girl, she does well as a cleric. Surprisingly tanky and having physic, she's a great healer to have to go with Silke.

Celica's side:

- Valbar : The savior of Celica's team. The physical wall who protects the team from most units and making bosses look like a joke. I'd have a lot harder of a time if I didn't have him.

- Mae : A strong and fast mage who I can usually count on to get things done when I need it. The best mage I have on the team, with maybe Sonya giving competition

And that's pretty much how it is for me.

True, though I did almost lose some of my mercenaries, since they can't take hits as well as Valbar. Still pretty easy in comparison to Sonya's battle.

Is there another act after 4? I thought there were only 4.

I'm actually wonder what classes people gave to the villagers in the game.

I made Gray a mercenary, Tobin a cavalier, Kliff an archer, Faye a cleric, and Atlas a cavalier.

I'm still on Act 1, so I haven't classed up much. I did make Faye a Pegasus Knight. Everyone else are still villagers. 

I've gotten the absolute worst stat growths. Even Alm and Lucas only do 3-5 dmg/hit on enemies.

Maybe your stat gains will get better with the next couple of levels. It's still pretty early in the game, and I've had some rounds of bad stats.

What are you planning to make the other villagers into?

Mine wasn't too far off.

Gray - Mercenary
Tobin - Archer
Kliff - Cavalier
Creepy Unrequited Crush Girl - Mage
Atlas - Cavalier

Can't remember my thought process for most of them...guessing it was just that I wanted certain units to fill out my team. I think Tobin had high skill when I promoted him, so I decided to put him in a class that requires it. Faye because magic users seem rare in Alm's side, and Cliff because he had high defense/resistance and served as a good tank.

Also...I finally maxed out a unit. Got Clair to level 20 after a few hours of grinding in the Sylvan Shrine. 

My plan now is to promote villagers at ~10-12 (assuming there's any others), most other units at level 15, mages at ~18, since many get new magic at that level, and Clair at level 20.  I need to keep seeing that physical perfection.