Radiant dawn was my first ever fire emblem game so im biased towards Dawn Brigade characters.
I will save scum sothe since he only takes around 1500 bexp to get to 20?
I used astrid with transfers in my normal game run, she was supported with fiona. Neither were very usable at the beginning but endgame they wrecked everything, i dropped titania and oscar for them. I dont think ill give her transfers though, it was hard enough to get her going in normal mode.
Also used illyana in both PoR and RD(with transfers), she was used in every chapter she was available and i wasnt too impressed with her in either game. In PoR she didnt cap anything except resistance and skill, and in RD soren and sanaki outperformed her except in the chapter full of dragons.
Do i use transfers only for units that i plan on using throughout the entire game? And how many units can get transfers on NM without boss abuse? So far my planned RD team is forced units+ zihark(never used him), nolan, jill, marcia/tanith, soren, laura/mist and aran/nephenee. This is under the assumption that i can get 6 characters+sothe to max lvl. Is this realistic? On my last PoR run only illyana volke rhys and astrid got to 20/20 by the end of the game.
edit: its my second playthrough so i want to get the extra ending scenes as well.
edit2: what is this 34speed cap i keep reading about in HM threads?