EOIV Rantage!!

[Maxine MagicFox]

^_^ For the double bow I've even imagined something similar to some of the attacks in Disgaea where maybe she creates a double of herself and shoots from two different angles XD (delta split)

[Doktor_Q]

Building a party I'm really satisfied with is a lot harder in 4 than it was in 3. In 3, I could just slap characters into a role, and max the hell out of it- "killing stuff cheap", "keeping everyone healed," "tanking hits," but now it feels really hard to do that effectively. Maybe it's because there's too many good combos, but most of them don't work out great if used all at once?

[Dangerus]

[Doktor_Q]

3 had a surprisingly effective passive healer, was the the thing.

[Dangerus]

[Snowdome]

[Doktor_Q]

I think you misunderstand- Princess/Hoplite x3 (or variants of, anyway) was the EXTENT of my healing into EOIII's postgame. That and a monk who only used the cure/revive trees with enough Blood Return to nullify the revival cost. It was HILARIOUSLY effective, because I'm pretty sure I was never meant to do that.

In EOIV, all forms of in-combat healing either (A) work only on you, (B) cost TP, or (C) are pretty bad.

[Snowdome]

I have never tried that combo and probably will never try that, but can you explain a bit more? Can the damage output satisfy your need with three P/H? The healing you are referring to, I am not sure how much HP you are getting for each turn.

I don't like the idea of having more than one character of the same (main) class (especially after subclassing is introduced) as that tends to be more of abusing the game mechanism rather than actually making the game fun*.
*Unless they are doing different things, e.g. a Link-based Landsknecht and a Sword-based Landsknecht.

And I think I see the reason why they do not allow to have more than one circles for more than one Arcanist, and hence more Circle Boon...

How about Dancer's Regen Waltz? I think it maybe of (B), but D/I, like P/H, can have infinite TP if you want.

I don't know how exactly your combo in EO3 works but this may work in the same way.
D/I D/I D/I
R/M (whatever)
Grab 3 drive blades of the same element and abuse Regen Waltz/any Samba/Abosrber and you can have 3 high-avoidance with full HP at turn's end Dancers with infinite TP.
R/M used for making the element weakness for the enemy and revive when needed.

[Doktor_Q]

The combo was... lemme remember right...
G/S H/P
P/H M/P A/B

Healed for something like 3x46 per turn with a 0-cost resurrection and Princeessly shenaniganery to grant infinite TP to anyone who used. Glad and Arb both specced for the highest possible damage through normal attacks, with weapon forges for additional help. All the */P and P/* had those 1 damage status forge weapons to serve as an impromptu lockdown. Honestly, damage was pretty ass, but I was immortal, so I always won battles of attrition.

[EDIT] It occurs to me that giving an Arcanist a status or bind forged weapon might be worthwhile, due to Ailment Boost/TP Return.

[Dangerus]

[Snowdome]

[Dangerus]

[Maxine MagicFox]

[Snowdome]

[Maxine MagicFox]

No. I'm sorry. This I cannot allow. I don't care what you do on your own, but please do not post it up on ItL. I will not appreciate this. I have received a nasty email in the past from Atlus just SUGGESTING that I MIGHT scan one they had just released. No. I won't risk it. ^_^; As a fansite, I know I'm already on thin ice as it is for using their images and stuff with basically no permission at all, and if in the future I want them to do something for me I would like to have that sort of option.

Thanks.