I must have misunderstood what you meant by free class change, but im not sure how I misunderstood. I'm on the same page as you now though, so its fine. Completely agreed.

I actually liked the idea of weapon weight, though it wasnt handled super well. Many units just had unusably low con, and thats what made it suck so much. If it had been handled better it would have perfectly fine.

I will concede on the matter of permadeath. You're right, it was the inclusion of so many new and revamped mechanics that just overwhelmed the game. I can definitely imagine that in the future these mechanics will become more cohesive.

Completely unrelated to this discussion though... I just beat lunatic/classic. Oh yes. It took 2 attempts to down the final boss, mostly because I had no forged weapons on my first attempt.

Dat 1HP

Oh, quick question. How do you feel about the lack of a magic triangle in this game? I kinda miss it honestly. The lack of light magic in this game made me a bit sad.