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Mekkah	Jun 27 2008, 02:22 AM
Posts: 667 Group: FEFFer Member #1,400 Joined: July 24, 2007	In the left corner, we have Ninian, who is actually a dragon. In the right corner, we have Erk, who is a male Mage on his period. Yep, looks like an easy match for Ninian. Do I need to mention Ninian comes back from the dead and freezes not one but two Ice Dragons? The thing with Erk vs Ninian is that Erk is only one unit. Not a bad one at any rate, but not the best. That alone gives Ninian an edge, because she can be the best: everytime she dances for a unit better than Erk, such as Kent or Raven, Ninian is the best. Aforementioned units have more offense than Erk, so anytime that offense is needed, I'd rather have Ninian than Erk on my team to let one of these two units use their offense. There will also be times I do not need offense, but rather something else. For example, I'm in Cog of Destiny, and I have 3 people in need of restoring, but only Pent and Priscilla are on the field to help with that. Erk cannot help me here. Ninian can dance for one of my two healers so that everyone is restored. Ninian allows you to choose between which unit to refresh, which is a huge advantage. A unit like Erk can only do what his class allows him to. Ninian can make people steal, fight, seize, heal, rescue, drop, move, talk, support, trade, anything you want, and the player can pick which. Huge edge. It should also be noted that Ninian increases people's mobility, something that Erk cannot simulate at all. She can dance for people who have been dropped after rescuing, or simply dance after they already moved and did something. She can make Hector seize a turn earlier, making the chapter a turn shorter. Ninian also adds EXP rank. I'll admit Erk does this as well with healing, but oftentimes his healing does not add, but merely replace, like when I have less healers than I have wounds. He also only adds 5 EXP per heal, while Ninian adds 10 EXP per dance, EXP that you could not have gotten ever otherwise. Then Ninian has her personal rings, which Erk simply has no answer to. Nini's Grace makes Lucius look like Hector, Fila's Might gives Matthew Raven-like power, Thor's Ire turns any unit into a Swordmaster, etc. They will be particulary handy on bosses and in the final chapter, and Ninian is the only one who can bring them to the team (except Nils, but for all intends and purposes he is the same unit). Ninian is also the cheapest unit in the game. She costs absolutely nothing at all. Erk uses tomes all game long, staves for half of it, and a Guiding Ring. Ninian is so cheap that you might be able to incorporate someone like Farina or Dart in your team and still S-rank funds. Those two jump an entire tier or more at such a notion. Erk has no such advantage. I cannot expect the following two points to be not mentioned, so I'll just address them now: "Ninian is worse than an Archer on enemy phase!" Ninian is much better off, since she does not have to be on the frontline to be helpful. Also, her presence alone allows you to position your units better due to the mobility increase you give them. "Ninian gets left behind due to 5 mov" There is no incentive at all to leave Ninian behind the others, simply because the benefits of having her dance are so enormous. Note that Hero Raven is better off if he moves 3 squares, then Ninian dances, then he moves 6 more, than if he just moves 6 off the bat. Note also that Hector moves at exactly the same pace as Ninian, and that people moving ahead rids them of their support bonuses. In short, Ninian brings a lot of awesome stuff to the team, partly things you already had that you would love to use more than once per turn (your best offense or healing), partly things you did not have before (movement, rings, money), and Erk has no such thing. Notice that I didn't have to touch Erk's combat at all - there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that what Ninian brings to the table is so much more than a combat unit I can find anywhere.


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