FLYmeatwad

If you're restarting at every death anyway then my guess is that there's probably no reason to switch characters. But I have been playing on normal and it hasn't been that tough, Hard might be a lot different.

Hmm, that's kind of crazy. I reckon I'll just stay the course and waffle on who I want the MC to marry.

I haven't tried because it seems kind of odd (or not, I'm not far enough in the story to truly know I guess), but can the MC marry the second gen characters, because, only having the first one I get so far, it seems to imply that he can.

Since you only need 100 EXP to level, when you're at that one Garden with the ice rink you can grind out to max levels there. Though I don't remember if you can swap characters at that point, so it may not be the ideal place to make it happen because of the way enemies scale. Great advice in this entire thread though.

Thanks to both of you for the advice.

Figured that Anna could only have the MC's kid, but didn't know his (I'm playing a dude this time, girl on my next run through probably) kid was the only one that could take on the Manakete class. I do like that the Manakete can attack from both close and range (like my MC can right now) so that may be worth pursuing just for the benefits it brings. Not that it matters, I've been switching out characters and aside from like Ricken, Stahl, the other pegasus knight lady, and the dancer no one is really low level.

Might start leveling the dancer, but she's so weak at base that it doesn't seem worth the time just to let a pair of characters attack twice.

Everyone can be good, I imagine, if you level them enough and give them decent gear, but I'm mostly concerned about her children and whatnot. I haven't been using her, but I'm early enough and my team is powerful enough that I can plug her in. Seems like she can only marry the created avatar character and only support link with one other person I don't have yet. Seems super limited. I'm getting to the point where I need to figure out who my main character will marry and which children are the best or whatever.

Not super in to the actual character stories (I mean I am to a degree, but lack of Master Seals have prevented me from getting Lissa and Maribelle to the point where they can damage and heal, which makes support linking them with the avatar character tough since he rarely take damage), but mostly I've been pairing people with those who cover weaknesses or help add range to attacks. So Vaike I paired with Miriel, Virion with Sully, Chrom with Sumia, and currently Lon'qu with the dark mage lady. My guy is a mage (well Mastered Tactician, but I mostly use tomes), but the only female melee characters I have are Panne (who I've been pairing with Donnel, along with the dragon girl since she can attack from range) and Anna. I guess there's Olivia as well, but she seems easily breakable and not all that strong. I just got her. I'm at B with Lissa, the dragon girl, Maribelle, Panne, and a couple of dudes, but have been hesitant to pull the trigger.

It seems, since she can attack and heal, that Anna is incredibly versatile, but realistically so is my main character. So does Anna get "Donnel good" if I level her up enough/advance her and is her child fantastic, or does the lack of support with anyone else ruin her? I know there are already "who did you marry threads" so I won't bother asking that, but I guess I need to decide pretty soon.

Do Panne and the dragon girl top off as well? Like they can't be Master sealed, and if I Secondary Seal them it looks like they can't use the dragonstone or the beaststones, which are pretty strong. Not sure if I should stop taking them in to battle because I feel like those are pretty strong weapons, but if they won't get EXP after hitting 20 it seems like it doesn't matter.

Yeah, I get an "Unknown Error (8006)" and it says something is wrong with the URL or something.

The black always hurt my eyes (same thing happens on the [adultswim] message boards), so I'm glad to finally have the option of going black on white rather than white on black. Unless that option was there before and I just missed in, in which case I'm dumb and I guess it should default to black for historical purposes or something.

@casper_: Yeah, that's what I imagine. Hopefully on the Vita as well, because I heard the Disgaea games on the DS were limited in functionality. I just need better gaming habits, I guess. Tough for me to get in to these games on the big screen for some reason though. Having a blast with Fire Emblem on the 3DS though currently. Who knows.

@Seppli: I agree with wanting that, but I think Microsoft would need to see their marketshare decrease significantly first before even considering a fundamental change in what XBL Gold offers. They are currently the clear leader in online gaming and people seem pretty happy to pay for the ability to play online without many other benefits (Netflix/Hulu streaming and occasional sales on games are pretty good, but I would like to see those as 'basic' features as well), so there's little reason to expect they'll change.

I also imagine Sony stays the PS+ course, which makes them a bit more appealing to me. I'm going to get both of these at some point, probably, just depends which I get first. I don't really play online with friends too often, but all my friends have PS3s and I primarily buy my games on Xbox, so that could change if we all get the PS4 I guess.

I'm just ready for announcements, damn it!