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Rollertoasteur

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  1. I've never had any problems with availability for any of the ninjas (barring maybe Asugi), but I'm voting for Kagero because of her frankly irresponsible strength and speed growths. She doesn't really have the HP to make good use of her personal skill, though, which is a little unfortunate in my opinion.

  2. I'd probably suggest Libra as well. Henry and Libra both give Inigo Dark Mage, which is all he really needs to be a good lead (Vantage/Vengeance setups, or Lifetaker to help him as a sweeper if you pass him Galeforce from Olivia). Henry only also gives Thief (Trickster skills are pretty all right, but Assassin is really underwhelming) and marginally better mods (1 more than Libra in Strength, Skill, and Defense). Libra, on the other hand, gives Priest (Renewal is a really useful skill to have for nostanking setups IMO, and Tomefaire helps if you want to run him as a Sorcerer). Both fathers are probably more useful elsewhere, though.

  3. Yes it is. Because if an enemy archer or mage HAS Counter on it, 3 range > 2-range. That is literally something that the sniper has that no other class can just flat out bypass. What makes the LB useful is being able to attack from far away with a Dual Strike. Try it, having something like a person with a Brave Weapon Dual Strike against an enemy is 6 strikes right off the bat potentially with no fear of retaliation in all circumstances. That's something that is incredibly useful. Especially when we're scraping at the worst of the enemies. It also assures you that you can use a range attack, and no 1-2 range nonsense can happen that causes you to kill that enemy which opens you up to being attacked again. It's not great, but it's taking it out of worse class range in Lunatic+ mode so garbage like that can't happen to you.

    Counter only works against adjacent enemies, so any bow bypasses it by virtue of not being able to attack at 1 range. Dual strikes are something I hadn't considered for whatever reason (must've just slipped my mind), but that's certainly something. Either way, I'm not arguing that Sniper is the be all end all worst class in Awakening, because it isn't, not by any means. All I'm saying is that the other bow-weilding classes are usually better options.
  4. Most things Sully says because I really dislike her "hey you think I'm [bad adjective] because I'm a woman?!?!?!?! grrrrlll" attitude, attributing sexism to people's words when they're not being explicitely sexist and acting as if she were prejudiced when she actually isn't. I don't remember her dialogue exactly to quote though.

    I quite like Sully, but I'm a little biased. I think she's made better just because Kjelle is infinitely worse in that regard. At least Sully has other character traits besides "good at fightan" and "is sensitive to sexism". I can't stand Kjelle. I honestly think she might be a robot inside all that armor.
  5. They also added too many gimmicks in general, Dragon Veins & Rev as a whole. Less of those would be great.

    I actually enjoyed Dragon Veins for the most part. They made certain maps feel more dynamic and added an extra layer of strategy to some chapters. Other chapters though... well, that Camilla chapter in Birthright that basically turned into the world's worst game of "red light, green light" was a bit of a low point.

  6. It's the only ranged attack that can't counter attack which doesn't leave you vulnerable to the Counter skill. And incidentally, with the counter skill, you can have your archer do damage back without having to counter attack. I'll take that over Tanguel which is locked at 1 range, and a beast killer can do the same thing they can.

    Any class that can use bows is theoretically immune to Counter, so I don't see how that's necessarily a point in the Sniper's favor. And while being unable to be counter-attacked is admittedly handy, I don't feel that the longbow deals enough damage to be that valuable, and the Double Bow is in very short supply without extensive DLC grinding. I agree with you, though, Taguel is the worst class. Their only real saving grace is that they don't need a Master Seal.
  7. 3 range bows are a nice bonus, but hardly the most useful thing in the game. They're handy in Apo but aside from that I can't think of anywhere when they were a true lifesaver. Also, class skills IMO aren't as much of a key point when ranking classes they are in other games what with Awakening's reclass system, where any sniper can grab bowfaire and immediately jump into a better class option.

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