How should I reclass my party?

[Frosey]

I'm currently playing on Draconian with a party of Monster Wrangler, Thief, and Priest. I've just got to Alltrade but I'm not sure how I should reclass my characters or hold off until I learn the rest of their abilities/spells. They are all around level 20~22.

I thought I should keep my Monster Wrangler for now since I want to see all the skills they unlock, but I don't know how many monsters it will take to do so. I'm not sure what other abilities my Thief hasn't unlocked yet or if they'll be worthwhile to wait for, but they are currently my candidate for a Sage. My Priest is also the slowest at the moment, as well.

I intend to do any post-game content at this difficulty.

[zebulous_newt]

Won't you need the thief's padfoot ability to catch some monsters? Or does he keep that after class change?
The fun thing about sage is that they can be decent fighters as well as learn all of the spells. I think it is considered a direct upgrade for priest and wizard. I will warn you that the sage learns spells a bit more slowly than priest or wizard. I also don't know if priest learns some abilities (not spells) that a sage can't learn.

[Frosey]

I've decided to hold off on reclassing until I learn more about the higher level skills that can carry over. I heard Wranglers can learn Wild Side to get two attacks per turn, and Gadabouts have a final skill that acts as a Spellpower Oomph, which sounds like the way to go for a Sage now. I'll see how far I can get without reclassing, or maybe bring up a separate gadabout to go into a sage at 20 early just to have access to some versatility if I ever get stuck on a part. So far everything has been manageable.

Right now I'm dealing with the Dying Fires and on Draconian they don't play around. Constant paralysis, sleep, even with accessories on, and constantly calling for backup. I think I'm just a bit under leveled for this part.

[ViewtifulGene]

Definitely keep a Wrangler for easier monster recruitment. Monsters run if you don't have one in your party.

Martials can pretty much reclass whenever.

Mage should wait until 21 for Oomph. Priests can reclass to Sage whenever.

[Lucas the Thief]

Same party Whoo! I’m planning on reclassing thief to fighter/martial artist due to both of them using agility and for those sweet crits once I get the last thief skill. Priest I already reclassify info Sage since they learn the same spells so there’s no reason to wait.

[Echsrick]

you have the exact same team as i have, thats cool, so here is my plan, monster wrangler turned into warrior for some extra defense gain to then later on re become a monster wrangler for his stuff
thief turned into merchant to get some interesting stuff maybe wich then i turn into a sage
priest goin mage for more magic then back to priest again