One thing which came to mind while I was pondering the screenshot of the fight against bandits is tactics and formations.
You said somewhere (correct me if I am wrong) that melee-attacks work best against the foe opposite the char, and anywhere else the foe is hard to reach. So in the early stages of the game (i.e. before you have 6 party members) you can easily move your one or two frontline-guys around (or frontline-Althea, for that matter
) as needed: Avoid the strongest foe, chase the already weakened foe, hunt down the guy with the special moves which ignore relative position - that kind of thing. In Loren "moving" was a relativly fast action, meaning this could be very helpful.
Now the real question is: How much will the foes be able to dance around to avoid/counter your tactics?
I mean they don't recognize what is the best position. Indeed this is one feature that I'm not sure if to keep or not. I did it mainly because I wanted to justify having the Thief class in the front line.
