LogFAQs > #947984786

Kurt has a lot of issues honestly. Not really filling a niche in a huge cast is the biggest issue.
*minor minor spoilers*

He can't be the Way of the Sword character. Game has like 3+ of them playable.
Doesn't get to be the smart guy despite being the canonically smartest new class 7 member. Since Old Class 7 has at least 3 people smarter than him by book smarts and 2 more (1 from each era) that feel smarter than him even if they tested lower.
Doesn't get to be the dual wielder character because the game has like 5 of them.
There are plenty of other serious straight man type characters. Noteably Rean. Which having a straight man main character to play off the more comical characters means Kurt isn't needed at all when Rean is around.
The romance they teased with him and juna in early CS3 doesn't happen so there isn't even that to play off of.

Your left with him dealing with family traditions and the Vander Family in general. That's like everything he has. The other characters from prestigious families are also all more engaging than what he is dealing with.

Gameplay wise he isn't too bad. Very fast, above average stats all around, Fixed Water slots is a little annoying but fixed Wind is pretty good. His crafts are pretty solid (even if 95% of the time your going to be using Rain Slash and Twilight Blades.), his brave order is alright (it was super good in CS3 mid game.) Definitely doesn't stand out outside of his like near best in game availability. Shame his Link Bonuses are pretty much super pigeonholed into being evasion/counter attack based since he is a 1 range unit. I kinda wish he had Art Support or Anger even if it doesn't really fit his character. Would be better for his gameplay.

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