Quote Originally Posted by Nero010 View Post
I know this post is as constructive and helpful as a justin bieber fan but... Lafate? Are my eyes dreaming? Its been over a year, are you back?

Sorry. Had to be.

So with this template you want to sort all units into what roles they fill? Which classes havent u used, so people can focus an eye on them?
Yep, I'm back and it seems I've missed quite a bit. As for what classes I haven't used pretty much the ones that haven't arrived to Nutaku and are newer on DMM.

Quote Originally Posted by kayfabe View Post
As far as roles go I think you could make an argument for having "gate keeper" and "lightning rod" categories. Gate keeper units would be characters that can vary how many units they're blocking and thus can avoid unwinnable fights without withdrawing--you know, stuff like Sailors, Angels, Pegasus Riders and Puppeteers. Lightning rods would be durable units with good MR that relieve tank pressure by eating some ranged magic damage that Defense based tanks don't otherwise mitigate. E.g., several of the valks, dark fighters and princesses plus virtually the entire angel crew. Sophie is a gold standard in both categories, fwiw; she can happily face tank lich bolts while letting the most dangerous melee shit wander by so your ranged dps and tanks can murder them in relative peace.
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The Gatekepper/Gateway unit is being a class in the next version due to feedback from other areas. Giving lightning rod a role however, was iffy. People werne't sure since it is pretty much a strategy tactic and not a role. Virtually anything can be a lightning rod and it really is simply dependent on what you are trying to have focus that unit(that dictates the statS needed). In most cases it is duelist and gate keepers that serve that role, and it would be a little redundant to include it when you are already going to have those units from other roles.