Oliver, while detestable in his objectification of living beings, ranks much lower on the terrible-person scale (in terms of in-game acts) than either Valtome or Excellus. I think that much is worth noting.
Anyway, I think the lack of speed would be what makes Henry less prone to OHKOing everyone and their mom, and I probably need to remember that I had Henry constantly eating +8 speed boosts through rallies... Speed's something of a threshold stat -- your speed is either dire enough to get you doubled all the time, enough that you're neither doubled nor doubling, or fast enough to double all the time, and crossing one of those boundaries makes a massive difference. (And in Ylisse the magic number for doubling is 5 speed. 5! ... I was very glad about that on Lunatic, when suddenly things were doubling *me*.)
EDIT: Also, don't mean to sour your perception, but the last part of the game is devoted mostly to Avatar's little personal drama and I doubt it will be that exciting to you.
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Date: 2013-02-16 04:43 pm (UTC)Anyway, I think the lack of speed would be what makes Henry less prone to OHKOing everyone and their mom, and I probably need to remember that I had Henry constantly eating +8 speed boosts through rallies... Speed's something of a threshold stat -- your speed is either dire enough to get you doubled all the time, enough that you're neither doubled nor doubling, or fast enough to double all the time, and crossing one of those boundaries makes a massive difference. (And in Ylisse the magic number for doubling is 5 speed. 5! ... I was very glad about that on Lunatic, when suddenly things were doubling *me*.)
EDIT: Also, don't mean to sour your perception, but the last part of the game is devoted mostly to Avatar's little personal drama and I doubt it will be that exciting to you.