maelstrom

Linking is making it so attacks proc off of, or chase, your Landy's link skills. You Vanguard, Improved Link, Link skill, and then watch your dual mace Dancer and NS make out like Merry and Pippin with Gandalf's fireworks at Bilbo's Eleventy-first.

Pretty much Naoto, Aegis, Kanji, Pick a MC, then pick the other MC/flavor of choice but really, the other MC.

Not that Imps won't make you want to ahead and make at least a 6th member, regardless, lol. Imperials are... not pedestrian.

It goes off at a vey high rate, regardless. And freeing up that first turn can be a life-saver. Your team is really solid. I'd say you could replace the Medic for NS, and just use items and your Dancer for heals until you get to sub-classing, giving you a nicely rounded out party once you put the proper subs in place (such as making your Landy into a Linky, with an RM sub). Putting Arcanist onto your NS would cover any late-game healing deficits pretty well.

It is not 100%, no. But it is such a high rate (maybe 80%?) that it is more than worth it. Particularly in the early and mid-game. Drawing aggro to your tank is always worth it, imo. Especially when it is 4/5 a free turn.

The raw defensive bonuses that the back row applies to his bread 'n butter, far exceed the benefits of the Fort's class skill. :)

If not Dragon Quest 8 3DS, then Dragon Quest 7 3DS.

Making best girl into literally indisputably best girl, was probably somewhat overkill, given she was already best healer in vanilla 4.

Every single one that incorporates fandom pandering. Those, and FF13. If you do not believe that FF13 is paroding JRPGs, then explain "Hope", and the nomenclature applied to him.

I'd shift the Fort to the back row, and ditch the Medic for a front row Night Seeker. But even keeping the Medic, switch the Fort to the back, maxing Taunt and Auto-Taunt. Taunt from the back is ridiculously good, and should be applied religiously.