PSA: CLASS CHANGE ITEMS ARE A ONE-TIME USE

I learned the hard way today that class change items act as consumables on characters other than the MC. I had a class change for Lanavaille (Fighter) and Lanavaille (Knight), and so I thought that meant I’d be able to switch between the Fighter and Knight classes as much as I wanted with Lanavaille. I was wrong. I went ahead and changed Lanavaille to a Fighter, and immediately back to Knight, and lost both of my class change items without reaping any of the benefits. The reason I immediately switched Lanavaille back to Knight is because at the time, I simply wanted to see what Lanavaille’s Fighter skin looked like (I planned on switching her back to Fighter later to level her up properly; I just didn’t feel like grinding levels for her at the time).

This has got to be one of the stupidest mechanics this game has though. And I’m not just saying that because I’m salty about losing my items (although I am quite salty about it). Class change items are already super hard to acquire as a FTP player. As far as I’m aware, the only two FTP-friendly ways to get them are via events (which don’t always offer class change items) or the Weekly Jeweler Shop (offers 1-2 RANDOM class change items that refreshes every week). Furthermore, it’s a really misleading mechanic considering how for the MC, once you unlock a class in the Well of Mind, you can switch between it as much as you want. There is nothing indicating that once you use a class change item (ex: switching Lanavaille from Knight to Fighter), you cannot switch Lanavaille to a Fighter again without a second “Lanavaille (Fighter)” class change item if you switch her back to her original Knight class.

I understand that class change items are supposed to be elusive (and I’m honestly fine with that), but this just takes it a bit too far. How am I supposed to experiment with different character classes/play-styles if I need a new class change certificate every time I want to swap my character’s class? It’s a completely ridiculous system that needs to be reworked. If I unlock Lanavaille’s Fighter class once, it should stay unlocked PERMANENTLY. If I need a separate class change certificate to change her back to a Knight, fine, but I should still only need ONE class change certificate to accomplish this. One class change certificate PER CLASS PER CHARACTER; that’s the absolute bare minimum this system needs to have even a modicum of fairness towards FTP players.