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** While Bob is a great character in the main story, he's not very useful against the BonusBoss.

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** While Bob is a great character in the main story, he's not very useful against the BonusBoss.{{Superboss}}.
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** The player is made well aware of Bob's limited potential, so they make a contingency plan for when the time comes for him to drop out.

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** The player party is made well aware of Bob's limited potential, so they make a contingency plan for when the time comes for him to drop out.
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** The party becomes so dependent on Bob that, when it comes time for him to leave the group, they are left completely helpless.


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** The player is made well aware of Bob's limited potential, so they make a contingency plan for when the time comes for him to drop out.
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** Bob has good growths in ''some'' areas, subjecting him to CripplingOverapecialization as the game progresses.

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** Bob has good growths in ''some'' areas, subjecting him to CripplingOverapecialization CripplingOverspecialization as the game progresses.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob can still slog through the rest of the game, but for maximum effectiveness it's best to switch to another character.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob can still slog through the rest of the game, but for maximum effectiveness it's best to switch to another character.character.
** Bob has good growths in ''some'' areas, subjecting him to CripplingOverapecialization as the game progresses.
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** Bob is a much more powerful warrior than the other heroes, but leaves them after a short while to deal with his own business.
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** It's the side effect of Bob being the only [[MagicallyIneptFighter Linear Warrior]] in a party of [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards Quadratic Wizards]]

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## While it seemed that Bob's character is becoming increasingly ineffective in battles, the party eventually travel to a strange land where only his attacks could damage the enemies, allowing him to regain his usefulness.
## Bob had to leave the party for a while, seemingly rendering the experience gained moot. However, he later returns: If you treated him like a normal party member early on, he'll be able to hold his own. If you kept him out of the party while you had him the first time, [[CantCatchUp he'll be too weak to catch up]].

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## ** While it seemed that Bob's character is becoming increasingly ineffective in battles, the party eventually travel to a strange land where only his attacks could damage the enemies, allowing him to regain his usefulness.
## ** Bob had to leave the party for a while, seemingly rendering the experience gained moot. However, he later returns: If you treated him like a normal party member early on, he'll be able to hold his own. If you kept him out of the party while you had him the first time, [[CantCatchUp he'll be too weak to catch up]].up]].
** Bob remains capable of destroying everything in his path and can carry you clear through to the FinalBoss single-handedly.



## He becomes useless again once the party moves on to different locations.
## He stayed off the team ''too'' long and didn't gain any experience in the interim and, when he gets back on the team, is too weak to fight even if you level grinded him when you had him available before.

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## ** He becomes useless again once the party moves on to different locations.
## ** He stayed off the team ''too'' long and didn't gain any experience in the interim and, when he gets back on the team, is too weak to fight even if you level grinded him when you had him available before.before.
** While Bob is a great character in the main story, he's not very useful against the BonusBoss.
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** Bob is a JerkAss who is deliberately not giving 100% so he can enjoy watching Alice and ReportSiht attempt to not die.

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** Bob is a JerkAss who is deliberately not giving 100% so he can enjoy watching Alice and ReportSiht JustForFun/ReportSiht attempt to not die.

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