Challenge Mode etiquite

[Omar]

Whilst this guide is very good for the general rules/etiquette of cmode, I think your character choices are way off.

Droids are the most useful class for cmode for both HU and RA for the simple fact that they have traps. Traps are the most useful tools for cmode (apart from on bosses obviously).

RAcast and RAcaseal are the best choice amongst the RAs because of the obvious advantage of traps over the weak techs that the human RAs can use. RAcast has the highest HP of the Ranger class, so bosses are easier on mates than as any of the other RAs. You mention RAcaseal not having any particularly good stats, when that is not the case. RAcaseals are useful for their ability to take physical attacks better than any of the other RAs (they have the highest DFP).

HUcast and HUcaseal are far more useful for Cmode than a HUmar due to their aforementioned trap vision and ability to use traps. The reason the HUcast is the most commonly used cmode class is because they are the most effective! (highest HP and ATP). It is better for a newbie to cmode to use the most powerful characters as they will have less blows to land before the enemy snuffs it. Any Hunter requires skills to be learnt to play them properly. The most important thing for people to learn is to only do 2 hit combos on most of the enemies (apart from in Mines). This allows people who aren't familiar with attack delaying to solo an enemy without getting hit too often.

If you head over to Alcyone 6 (the main Japanese challenge block) you will see that their is a droid majority. This is because most of the people there are TAers (time attackers) and the fastest way through cmode is with droids and a FO of some kind.