Could you guys give some pointers about class selection and group composition? I'm on Chapter 4 or 5, about lvl 20, and I'm working my way towards Duelist. I haven't paid attention much at all to my companions; in combat, I do my personal combos to get a big hit or two from my skills, and if my companions happen to trigger something, great, but most times, the timing doesn't line up. Most combat goes well but I'm sure that I'm missing a ton of potential. And I'd really like to get rid of the 13 year old girl...how long until her slot opens up?
Oh and also, itemization! The whole ranged/melee attack number is quite confusing. There's a bunch of weapons that have something like 50 attack but lack Ranged Attack Up, so the overall rating goes down, even though it's a much higher level item than a 20 attack weapon I'm looking at upgrading. And there's some other times when the Total Ranged Attack and Ranged Attack are changing at different values, such that when I'm looking at equipping a new item, my Ranged Attack is red and goes down a few points, but the Total Ranged Attack goes up (I can't remember a specific example but I believe this was also involving items with RA Up). Is "Total" the be all and end all? What stats are good to equip / augment?