Class Change for Albus

[Jivebot]

Pretty soon i'll be able to class change for Albus. Got a couple of questions.

Should I wait and max out the default class before I change?

If I go for Great Swordsman, are his attack animations going to change to be like that white haired girl who uses a great sword, or will it still be the same,just with a bigger sword?

Do I keep any bonuses or buffs from the last class?

I'd welcome general opinions on the pros and cons of Magic Knight Vs Great Swordsman

[Professor Rappy]

You should max all base class so you dont bother to switch back just to max it again.
Level 16 base class gives u some mastery and 4% block/hit chance vs another swordman when on advanced class.
You still can use base class mastery too plus with a small addition to combat stat from changing to advance class.

Great Swordsman has high dodge and Block with strong slashing attack and sure severe bleeding chance but can lack of slot for wind mastery. Great Swordsman can has vigor problem because lack of vigor regen/vigor reduction mastery.
Magic Knight has strong self healing on kill with both sword and esp but less dodge and block chance than Great Swordsman. Magic Knight has vigor cost reduction mastery alongside with huge vigor regen mastery from both Magic Knight and all of Elementalist branch mastery.

[Jivebot]

What about the Great Sword attack animations? Same ones he uses as a swordsman, or is it like the white haired chick with the huge sword?

[Professor Rappy]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

What about the Great Sword attack animations? Same ones he uses as a swordsman, or is it like the white haired chick with the huge sword?

Abilities from Magic Knight and Great Swordsman are useable on all class for that character as long you have it unlocked by maxing both of his/her classes. Ability animation are the same no difference from base/both advance class after all the character is still Albus.

[Jivebot]

Oh. So basically you should try to max out all classes for each char? Do the passive bonuses stack too?

[Professor Rappy]

If you make it 16/16/16
You will get 4% class bonus (Block/Hit rate i guess) vs Swordsman and 4%/8% class bonus vs Great Swordsman or Magic Knight (8% for that current class).

[Steyr12345]

Just small notes about class:
- When you change class you must pay 50 Training Manuals, but only for the first time. So later when you change class and want to change back for whatever reason, you doesn't need to pay 50 Training Manuals again.
- Although abilities are usable on all class, there are mastery that unique and only equipable on that class (for example: "Holy Sword" for Magic Knight).

[RexEviL]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Pretty soon i'll be able to class change for Albus. Got a couple of questions.

Should I wait and max out the default class before I change?

If I go for Great Swordsman, are his attack animations going to change to be like that white haired girl who uses a great sword, or will it still be the same,just with a bigger sword?

Do I keep any bonuses or buffs from the last class?

I'd welcome general opinions on the pros and cons of Magic Knight Vs Great Swordsman

You can change classes whenever you want,
Great Swordsman for impulse fields or when you need tank
Magic Knight for the rest,

[Gacktdirge17]

Never had vigor problems with Albus on Great Swordsman personnally

[Professor Rappy]

If you go 1S1K and Cartharsis Combi you will have vigor problem on GS.

[Ciecieji]

I personally prefer magic knight for the amazing exclusive mastery 'blood absorbing sword'. I run a counter attack based build that has retaliation on it, which guarantees a critical. This lets Albus pretty much tank everything in melee through hp steal, mk also has Avalon which is great for maintaining vigor, but one shot one kill and inner peace can be just as effective for great swordsman.

Dr. Rappy pretty much covered the general 'pros vs cons' of these classes so I won't go into that again.

One of the great things about this game is how many great ways there are to build different viable characters.

All the above aside, I think the magic knight ABILITIES (not masery's) are garbage, so if I were to play the game again I would first unlock the turning over a new leaf and tornado slash (if that's locked by GS), and I would strongly think about getting strom slash before settling into my favorite MK build.

[Jivebot]

If I go Great Swordsman first, can I still use great swords after switching to MK? It may seem a bit silly but I care almost as much about aesthetics as I do about functionality. I saw someone weapon shopping at the market with what I assume was Albus's version of a greatsword equipped(looked kind of like Ichigo's Sword from bleach, the cleaver version with the wrapped hilt), and I liked it.

[Daraster]

You don't get new weapons when you switch class, you're a great swordsman, not a great sword wielder. You're just a "good" swordsman.

[Jivebot]

Oh. So I guess the big sword I saw on the guy in market district must just have been a special unique loot.