Can Faction Agents be used in Alignment-based parties (Light or Dark)?

Agents normally have the "In a *faction* Alliance party..." clause. And some agents can change their affinity to either Light or Dark depending on the skills bought.

Thanks!

AyoSup said:

Agents specify that they can only be used by a Specific Organisation. The exception is the new Shinobi character who works like an Agent but can be taken by any Faction or Organisation thought he takes up one of the possible Agent sots you get per 150 levels.

- Raith

Aw. Too bad. Thanks!

Of course, in a friendly game with your opponent's agreement, anything goes

new to the game, but have played one-on-one games with each side running one main character with two agents (escorts). Scenario theme; An encounter as each side was escorting one of their main characters to other locations or missions.

i have not used agents how effective are they?

It depends on the type of Agent and the Scenario. The options make them highly variable, but it's rare you'll know the scenario ahead of time in order to ultra-specialise them for a particular purpose. They can also be useful if you have a spare 20 to 35 Levels you can't fit a regular character in, because it gets another body on the field.

I find the Wissenschaft Agents to be extremely useful as ranged support, not least of which because my opponent rarely takes them as seriously as a "named" character. This has allowed my Agent to shoot several characters to death. I often activate Agents at the start of a Turn when everyone still has Action Points. It's a bit of a "craps shoot" to actually hit anyone, but it does have the valuable effect of making the enemy spend AP to Dodge, which reduces their ability to use their most powerful moves, and leaves them more vulnerable to my more powerful characters later in the order.

I hear that the Empire Agent is one of the most powerful Agents in the game. With the right options, you can turn it into an almost-invulnerable tank. It's like trying to beat a solid lump of steel to death.

interesting, i may have to give them a try, (im a noob to this game anyway)