Neo Quinn
Weird RPG opinion: It stresses me out when a game has more characters than party slots
Neo Quinn
like what if I'm using the wrong ones
Neo Quinn
should I be focusing some up more than others or going for a balanced meta-team
Neo Quinn
are only four of us going to get to participate in the ending
daughter hours
in Octopath absolutely the latter
Neo Quinn
it's so many advanced ways to second guess myself into oblivion
daughter hours
switch people out liberally and keep them all leveled
GYAA HA HA
this is why I can never finish a Pokemon
ProfessorGustav
this is why job systems are superior to big parties imo
EsperBot
It was a big relief when I realized that characters in Chrono Trigger still got xp and leveled up even if they weren’t in the active party
Overbringer
In games with parties I always found managing the party's EXP levels to be an actually interesting challenge
Neo Quinn
the bigger anxiety is the final boss thing
Neo Quinn
if anyone is in the party and don't get to fight the final boss then their character arc didn't count!!!
Rama
I'm replaying Baldur's Gate and yeah
daughter hours
(this is not a real counterpoint but) counterpoint:
daughter hours
this can be extremely funny if a party member Sucks
daughter hours
ME3 keeps track of who you used least often and has them complain about it in the Citadel DLC so you can dunk on Kaidan one last time
Echo
Also what if you're leaving out one of the party members too much, so they never have the chance to hang out with their friends and they get sad. :<
New! XC
it's fine just play the game so much that you end up with your main character so overleveled they destroy the final boss
Neo Quinn
I hate doing thaaaaat
New! XC
it definitely sucks the epic out of it
New! XC
I do like games with good mid-battle switch mechanics like ffx