Dude cmon. I don't like futa aswell but thats like 1/30 of every scene of this game. You really gonna ignore the other 29/30 for one thing you don't like?
The unlocks are based on Law or Chaos or a combined total (ex. Holy and Spirit are unlocked by 1 Law or 2 total, Undead and Yamato are unlocked by 1 Chaos or 2 total, and Giant is only unlocked by 5 total). At your numbers, your next unlocks are at 55 total for Berserker, 45 Law for God, and 65 total for Emperor. See this post for all Tactica unlocks.
Ooh, that's very useful. That also makes Command Squad probably a medallion I'm going to want to throw onto everything I have the room for. Also, what are the various "Ping" and "Shatter" noises I sometimes hear when selecting routes? Do they indicate affection increases or progress toward some hidden variable?
There isn't an official or community suggested route order afaik, but my personal suggestion is Law first. This is based on my experience with Hypno, which may not be the same as Hollow. The Law route has more title unlocks for commander units, and grants Leon a more useful endgame form in the long run. NG Law is also easier than NG Chaos. You can't go for True/Anora/Another Law on NG (unless Hollow changed that), so that may also influence your decision.
The only requirement the guide you pointed to lists is that Law has to be 50 or above and Sylvia and Anora need more than 8 affection each for Law, nothing about it requiring a basic start. I wonder if I'll end up accidentally doing True Law without doing basic Law first.
I was meaning more like the minor commanders that you chuck into prison, like the sword smith on the eastern route or the undead princess on the northern route.
from what I have played all recruited units get the passive XP gain from the military internal affairs skill and don't need to be deployed.
from what I know the mission rank doesn't affect scenes all it really uses is affect the rewards for completing a mission.
Mission rank is purely for item and material rewards. It does not affect story or scenes.
Unless something changed between Hypno and Hollow, the level caps should operate similarly to Frontier.
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Units passively gain experience from your Internal Affairs Military stat every turn once they've been recruited, regardless of if they're deployed. You don't even need to put them in a division, though you want to do so anyway so they can contribute to Internal Affairs. Combat experience is shared equally among all participants; non-participants gain nothing.
Fool's Lie completely nullifies the first x natural skills the enemy has, where x is the skill level of Fool's Lie. If both sides have it, then the higher skill level nullifies the difference (ex. your Fool's Lie 2 vs enemy's Fool's Lie 4 = all units in your division lose their first 2 skills).
