what is Change Role?

[jackal[ronin]]

I got the game on switch cause I cant be bothered with buying a controller for my PC. Im still working through the 'tutorial' and I've noticed equipment has Change Role stats on them. in combat, Ryza and Lent have swords next to their names and Tao has a shield. When I look at their equipment, they all add up evenly, like my Ryza has 3,3,1 while my Tao has 3,3,3 and my Lent has 3,4,1.

so none of these numbers make any sense as to what symbol is showing in combat and there doesnt seem to be anything in the game even describing roles

p.s. im at first step:7 in the story

[CrisGer]

read the manual it will explain a lot of that hopefully.

[jackal[ronin]]

The in game manual? I did that last night, trying to figure out why my characters were not using their first aid skills after attacking. I still don’t know why... is attacking a ‘normal’ command? Does first aid have a chance to miss?

Currently, there’s nothing in there about combat roles. I guess I need to progress all the way through the tutorial before trying to figure this stuff out

[jackal[ronin]]

Found the tutorial for it literally an hour of gameplay later

[lantastic79]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198380636839/recommended/1121560?snr=1_5_9__402

日本語版ですが、Tutorialのまとめ
ボタンのアイコン表示はXboxコントローラです

Japanese version, Summary of Tutorial.
Button icon display is Xbox controller.

• 戦闘
  
  Roll is determined by the roll compensation level of the equipment. Basically, the one with the highest Lv is selected from the total roll correction Lv of each equipment, but there are also special ones.
  
  
  You can find all the answers when you search in Japanese, but I refrain from leaving a link because it's bad Spoiler information.

[jackal[ronin]]

Good news,everyone! I can’t read that page at all, so I’m spoiler free.

Thanks for the attempt tho. I did some trial and error with my meager equipment and was able to swap Ryza to offense and the other two to defense. Somehow, as a group I’m doing WAY more damage now.

What is the Special row. It just says ‘Novice: no bonuses’. I guess I’m gonna see some special gear later on?

[CLG]

Novice is when 2 or more roles are the same level. Its basically a way to punish you for not specializing and optimizing your gear better.

Support is the only role that I've noticed to actually have any kind of meaningful impact on combat honestly but most of the game isn't really hard enough to really worry about it.

Also in the status page you can press Y or X ( 360 controller ) over a character and it will bring up all the roles you currently have unlocked.

[Tiasmoon]

The best roles are when you have atleast one of them maxed, however third tier of roles doesnt unlock untill you have the story about 80-90% progressed.