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Sacred_Path
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Now, now, expert isn't that bad. I also prefer to play on normal since the appeal of the game lies in character development for me, but I've done a few expert runs and it just requires greater adherence to tactics you probably try to do anyway.
I find that it mostly just requires you to grind more, as enemies are harder to hit and suffer from HP bloat but your skill increases are a lot slower.
Offensive magic becomes useless in Expert mode, melee seems to be the way to go. Although I can't say I've experimented a lot with ranged heavy parties as they are a pain to develop early on. Might be that with a more dynamic playstyle ranged is powerful on Expert, but it's not my experience.