What are you playing?

Actually, I was thinking about not using a FAQ at all. I want to treat it like the old days. Back when I played through Suikoden 1 & 2 I didn't use a FAQ and I don't think I'll even worry too much about recruiting the first time through anyway. Using FAQs like I did with the later Suikoden games seemed to ruin some of the experience for me.

It's nothing like Suikoden, trust me. You won't ruin anything by using a recruiting guide. I wouldn't ever recommend using a guide to recruit in Suikoden because it's actually fun to hunt for the stars, but Radiata Stories is just frustrating as pomegranate. It's got a stupid clock system where you have to catch people at [x] time of day in [y] place or else you have to wait until the next day and there's no way to speed up time. Trying to figure out who is where and when isn't worth the 600+ hours you'll end up putting into it if you don't use a guide. Not to mention that you can't get everyone in a single play through, and you're not going to want to play it more than twice (especially if you don't use a guide the first time.) There are two endings but seriously, the recruiting stages are a massive progress deterrent and just something no one should ever have to deal with.