I promise this is my last post here until someone else posts something!
First, I edited the summons list to clarify stuff, mostly involving Death/Valkyrja/Dark Angel and Fenrir. Second, I beat the game! It was an awful last fight and I feel sorry for anyone who chose not use Sasha. That big old pond there, man. That big old pond. You really need the damage on that stage, and the only other person (out of the people I used, anyway) whose damage ever comes close to waterSasha is Marlene. It also wasn't poisoned water, unlike the last few stages that had water. That was really nice. Also, if anyone wants to know how to probably get each ending:
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I'M PRETTY SURE I ENDED UP WITH THE GOOD ENDING BY CHOOSING THE SECOND OPTION FOR THE CHOICE AT THE END OF CHAPTER 6. The top choice is probably badendland. I'll confirm that when I actually play again.
[01:51:04] <PSIGuest-675623255> I WAS SO DISTRACTED BY THE FACT THAT THIS ENEMY WAS MISSING 1/3 OF ITS HP
[01:51:07] <PSIGuest-675623255> WHEN I HAVEN'T TOUCHED ANY OF THEM YET
[01:51:12] <PSIGuest-675623255> THAT I TOTALLY MESSED UP THAT ATTACK CHANCE :(
[01:51:42] <PSIGuest-675623255> DID NOT REALIZE SHERRY HAD FRIENDLY FIRE
Sums up my feelings on Sherry pretty well. Jerk needs to stop eating her own enemies. She actually healed herself from like, half HP to nearly full by doing that once. It was awful. I couldn't even safely go over to where she was to smack her around, and not just because she was draining HP at the time but because I needed to stay back to protect my bases from the other enemies.
And I know I said Demon Skull or whatever is your best friend, but it turns out nothing is better than Phoenix, especially when you're dealing with... AOE knockback from a boss sitting on his main base. Ugh.
SO, OTHER THINGS. SUCH A DOKIDOKI MOMENT FOR ME WHEN CLAUDE SAYS "SASHA" AFTER SHE JOINS. Except it never happens again because she's completely irrelevant to the story, just like everyone else who isn't Claude/Yuri/Dominick/maybeOlivia. Vampires have the best lines ("SONO CHI CHOUDAI" "KYOU DARE TABERU" "NINGEN ITADAKIMASU"), Rabid Beasts have the most hilarious voice acting ever and I meant to record it but I'm such a lazy lazy. I'm also glad I ended up using Morgan. He became super useful during chapter 7, if just because he could speed through forest terrain. Plus, he's the only person who uses a scythe. AND SCYTHES ARE XL, MAN. I CAN'T SAY NO TO XL.
Now, stupid useless list of all the classes I encountered (unless I forgot to write some down, which I know I did in the case of all those silly Hiyoko enemies) with the weapons they use, and also a note of any playable characters of that class:
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- Alchemist (Sword + Book)
Claude's an Alchemist, yo. - Warrior (Axe + Claw)
Marlon's a Warrior. - Priest (Axe + Book)
Lucy's a Priest. - Wizard (Scythe + Staff)
Morgan's a Wizard. - Assassin (Gun + Claw)
Marlene's an Assassin. - Vampire (Gun + Spear)
- Mermaid (Spear + Dagger)
Sasha's a Mermaid. - Knight (Spear + Dagger + Sword)
Ryan's a Knight. - Valkyrie (Sword + Dagger)
Olivia is a Valkyrie. - Eruca (Staff + Dagger)
Yuri is an Eruca. What is an Eruca? - Chrysalis (Staff + Dagger + Gun)
Yuri becomes this after her neck eats a gun on fight 17/4-3. - Angel (Spear + Staff)
Dominick is an Angel. - Drconian (Claw + Axe)
- Rabid Fang (Claw + Dagger)
- Despot (Axe + Book)
- Raaga (Staff + Scythe)
- Kether (Spear + Book)
- Emperor (Sword + Book)
- Skadi (Dagger + Scythe + Book)
- Fortuna (Dagger + Scythe + Book)
I'll summarize that list for you: WHY DON'T WE GET A VAMPIRE. :(