Advanced Battle Tactics (hold the lettuce)

If you're wondering about the title of this post, then you're probably not familiar with .hack//SIGN.  In that case, I present BT (named after her favorite sandwich but without the L since she hates Lettuce).

What supermodel doesn't play MMOs and hate lettuce?

Physical attacks are almost certainly better than magical attacks in the game.  This is because they aren't constrained by having to manage MP and save it for big battles.  Add to the fact that you get Mars who boosts physical attacks early in the game, and it's questionable whether you'd include a caster at all.

Such were my musings.  I was thinking of maybe putting Lady Une away and getting a nice samurai.  However, a few things changed.  First off, Lady Une got Fast Cast.  Hitting with spells that hit all monsters twice a round?  Sounds good.  However, this didn't settle the MP issue and Fast Cast burned through her MP even quicker.

The solution to that issue was Miriya.  She got an ability called Convert MP that let you swap her MP with another character's.  I didn't use it for a long time because having my healer be able to heal is important.  When she got the next step of MP regen, it allowed her to recover mana during combat (at the beginning of the round, excluding the first round).  Not only that, but she recovers around 15-20 MP a round.

Now, I can go all out with Lady Une's casting, swap MP outside of combat with Miriya, and then watch Miriya recover her MP during battle.  It's quite a nice combination and has made Lady Une considerably more useful.