To be fair to the people complaining about him whining, the party did have other things to accomplish. I mean Cecil was there to save Rosa (which was the only reason Edward agreed to join) and the party was mostly trying to stop Golbez from doing what he did to Damacyan to the rest of the world, so I can see why the party itself basically slapped him and told him to "suit up" instead of letting him have his moment to grieve.

With that said, I never had issues with Edward as I noticed the whole Lamia Harp element and once you give him some levels under his belt, he can hold his own.