Class Swapping

[Hero]

Could any of you explain the mechanics of this?

Can you just switch a character's class whenever, or are there certain times? Are items required to complete the process? Is there a level requirement? Do the character's level and stats stay put or are they altered? That kind of stuff.

[Juigi Kario]

You change classes during Preparations with the fourth command from the top. You don't need items or a specific level or anything, but you can have only one more of a given class (including its promotion form) than the number of characters you could already have had for that class, per the name "Class Swap." (Of course, that won't stop you from being able to make two people Pirates when Daros is the only one who starts as one.)

Character stats and growths are altered. Weapon types the character is unfamiliar with are at E Rank and have to be trained from the ground up. The character's experience level is not changed.

[Hero]

You change classes during Preparations with the fourth command from the top. You don't need items or a specific level or anything, but you can have only one more of a given class (including its promotion form) than the number of characters you could already have had for that class, per the name "Class Swap." (Of course, that won't stop you from being able to make two people Pirates when Daros is the only one who starts as one.)

Character stats and growths are altered. Weapon types the character is unfamiliar with are at E Rank and have to be trained from the ground up. The character's experience level is not changed.

I understand.

What role does it play, other than with really gamy things like switching a pegasus knight to a horse knight for a level full of archers?

[ZephyrD]

I understand.

What role does it play, other than with really gamy things like switching a pegasus knight to a horse knight for a level full of archers?

That's one possible use. Obviously turning a sword user into an axe user on a chapter with only Lances is another. Some people also perform better in one class than their own.

Also, since Growths are Class Growths + Personal, you can change how your final stats would look by taking another class, if you have a low STR character you can gradually improve it by using a class with a high STR growth, for example.