Game feels a lot more balanced without Alicia lol
So far reached Ch 5
Story is +animu+ but no magic so far which is nice
Instead of winning everything with Scouts now you have to support Scouts which is nice, I'd say I win 2/3 missions with Scouts + Metal Bawx; those which I don't have some gimmick that makes other classes useful. Leveled Scouts to 11 already, others to 6-7. Why doesn't game gimme Scout leader? Afraid I am going to rush bunch of assaults/mortairs/lancers (OR OTHER SCOUTS) half across the map game?
How do other classes fare in my experience:
Tank + Metal Bawx: Use these all the time but designers made it so their uses are quite obvious due to a lot of places locked down for them. Metal Bawx is great because you can put MORE SCOUTS THERE
Assault dudes: Having one for cleanup duty is a good idea, but honestly it's just Kaz since he can also carry bunch of dudes with him
Lancers: So far used twice, once in mission that had 2 tanks basically in tacticool position where there was no way to put my tank there, second to clear some tanks during first tank ace battle
you think they are slow and armored but they still can't survive a tank machine gun to the face; if they could it would be a lot more interesting; if they could overwatch tanks they would be massively more dangerous, instead anti-tank turrets do that but you don't have them...
Engineer: So far used twice, once to fix ladder and once in companion mission to capture objective
jesus at least they could use some extra armor like medium armor, that would be cool
Sniper: Only good on open field where you can snipe enemy Mortairs, so far happened about once. If only they were a bit faster, or could 2-shot turrets at least...
Mortair: I have a feeling these are OP and with new tank design also mandatory, but blonde seem to be handling everything alone so far.
Still compared to first game - way more interesting missions, especially due to enemy mortairs and way more enemies and defended positions.
Also I can't get over that S rating is replaced with A, it triggers me not seeing S after mission.