Vita.  The Switch is great but it's a whopper, I much prefer something smaller for out & about gaming.

I have played this on pc, switch, vita and iPad
The vita controls were terrible when they were using the back face zones for actions (always miss touched) but a latter version allowed this to be turned off and found it to be quite intuitive after that

On Switch, a hold of the A button will set everyone back to the original party order. Not sure if that also works on Vita?

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The back panels still change the order of things from time to time, I'll turn that off now I know you can.  The Vita's a lovely piece of kit, but I haven't played anything on it that justifies that terrible design decision.

Yeah I love vita but the black panels are fucking pish

My struggles with the UI continue.  I spent 20 minutes trying to work out how to dismiss a character on the way home, with no success, then forgot to check how to do it when I got in an had the same problem on the train this morning so I had a snooze instead.  Who would've thought catching a glimpse of the name 'Dismas' would find a way to be annoying?  I didn't want to spend on extra slots for my party a second time, not yet anyway, and I didn't want to miss the replacement Jester.  

I know how to do it now, I think.  I'm sure I looked there though.

This early though?  I'm up to lv.2 for just shy of half my party.  I suppose the extra slots could be used for suicide squads while I cure my top boys.  I'd have heirlooms/whatever the currency is left over, but I tend to be miserly in things like this.  

Quick question about the trinkets:  Should I be assigning these to party members, or does it happen automatically?  I bought a rare charm for Dismas, but I've acquired plenty more and I'm not sure if I'm getting the boosts from them or not.

Assign them to your guys, they aren't auto. I'm personally against buying them unless they're great as they're obscenely expensive early on, and if you've only got one highwayman and you lose him then you're fucked until the game gives you another. Week 57 and I've never bought a charm. Sold plenty though. If it can go to multiple people then that's fine, but remember if someone dies holding a trinket you need to make room for it. I really don't think they're that great until much later on though.

Wouldn't worry about curing anything but stress and diseases until later on, money is always sparse. Priority upgrades are (IMO) Caravan pool x2, roster size x2, recruit level upgrade, blacksmith and guild to match your characters if you can, first tier stress release in both locations x2, disease healing x2.

Your biggest and best resource is recruits. You can sort your roster by class and I recommend doing it every so often to make sure you have two of everything apart from abominations. After certain levels, your characters won't go on lower missions, so you need an expansive pool because there is nothing worse than having to take a poorly thought out party into a dungeon because everyone else is fucked/conceited.

Also when you're recruiting, check what skills they have - sometimes they have all of them, but occasionally they just come with 4. It's worth considering the cost of unlocking skills to make them useful in various places.

To make things worse the obscenely expensive highwayman trinket I bought Dismas was already in my kitbag, so I have one highwayman and two perks.  I'm learning on the go. 

Cheers for the upgrades advice.  Haven't got a clue what camping is at this stage, yet I've already upgraded it once.

I'm much more comfortable loosely following advice than plotting my own course.  Even buffs and debuffs are new to me, and they're presumably fairly standard for RPGs.

Just sent a party of new recruits +1 stalwart out on my lunch break while I wait for a couple of regulars to recover for the necromancer push.  Two dead, tail between my legs.  Serves me right for not taking a healer.

*Shuffles feet*

Two jesters (was trying to get them up to speed after my go-to guy died), a man-at-arms and a leper.  Only had a 30min lunch, was supposed to be a smash and grab and I embarked with an actual 'fuck it'.  Whoops.

Haha, well that's a not an awful squad - unless it's a Ruins run, because skellingtons have massive bleed resistance. Man-at-arms/Leper combo is pretty good but I don't think Jesters do well in the back rows unless you just spam their song then chuck in a rush forward/finale

Seriously it's a piece of piss, or was anyway. The Jesters manage stress and throw out death-from-aboves every so often, the old guy buffs and repels, the healer heals.
I heard a pair of Jesters and a pair of Abom is even more OP but never checked it out.

I just made one ffs.

Depends on yr area but Brooks' team appears solid although I never have much luck with it myself.

I don't really have fixed teams but I try to get some synergy in at least. Occultist is good with Highwayman and Bounty Hunter because he can affix a mark and also heal/do backrow damage. Hellion is a must for Weald/Warrens and she should always be front row with Iron Swan. Double Plague Doctor wrecks the Ruins and Cove, but consider swapping out one for an Occultist in the Cove if you are worried about healing (abyssal artillery does extra damage to a lot of cove enemies too).