Gustave and Sciel totally missing after Gestral Village? [Game Breaking Bug?!?!]

[Ghost of Melquiades]

Has anyone encountered issues with characters completely missing from gameplay after completing the Gestral Village? Gustave and Sciel appear in my party during cutscenes and when walking around, but ever since completing the Gestral Village they're completely missing from my gameplay (Ie I go into battle with just Luna and Maelle.) This bug goes back across earlier saved games, so it looks like I'm completely f*cked unless there's a fix.

I've reported this to Sandfall, but this is incredibly frustrating. Anyone know how to deal with this?

[Me]

Have you just not removed them from your team in the menu? Do they show up in the menu? If so, use the button that adds them to the team. There is a yellow flag next to the players that will be in your team.

[zakalwe]

Originally posted by Ghost of Melquiades:

Has anyone encountered issues with characters completely missing from gameplay after completing the Gestral Village? Gustave and Sciel appear in my party during cutscenes and when walking around, but ever since completing the Gestral Village they're completely missing from my gameplay (Ie I go into battle with just Luna and Maelle.) This bug goes back across earlier saved games, so it looks like I'm completely f*cked unless there's a fix.

I've reported this to Sandfall, but this is incredibly frustrating. Anyone know how to deal with this?

They're not missing lol, you did the solo fights in the village or something and haven't added them back to your party.

See the post above, they need to be selected.

Also note that party selection order dictates your First Strike turn order (supersedes speed for the First Strike turn only), so you can use this to your advantage to set up your fight.