I need to change it up. I used my new game plus renown to get them to S rank in sword right away. Perhaps I'll try assassin.
Yeah do I have to start a new file for them? Because I'm like 15 hours into my current run with the GD
basing from the responses in this thread the new story is a completely new experience (with a different save file) so it won’t mess with your current one.
That is correct! It doesn't affect your current game and it has a locked cast, so there's no recruiting or anything while you're in Abyss. Then once you've completed it, the Abyss area is available to visit and all four of the Ashen Wolves are available to recruit.
I'm on my first play through (Golden Deer) and I think I'm halfway-ish. I'm having a dilemma w/ Byleth (stuck at Mercenary) since I feel like the game prioritizes upgrading others' skills over his. Swordsman is prob the easiest, but I think I'm going to try for Hero, even though I need to get his axe up to like C from D right now.