Triple Post! Am I in trouble yet?   

You probably will believe this, but I'm starting PoR again. This will be my 11th playthrough.

I calling this one my "redemption" playthrough because I'm going to train Mist and Calill, two characters that I killed in Radiant Dawn (well, Mist retreated).

This is my bonus plan:
Ike
Astrid
Gatrie (priority low - he is already great in RD)
Mist
Boyd
Calill
Largo
Sothe

and for supports:
Lethe
Geoffrey
Tauroneo

5/3: I beat it! My bonus plan was successful as well.

Ike capped his HP, str, skill, speed, defense and res. I wasn't planning to cap his HP, but after the BK beat me I decided to cap it. (Double Luna )
Boyd capped his HP, str, skill, and speed.
Mist capped her str, magic, speed, defense, and res - she also go to S staff and A sword.
Astrid capped her str, skill, speed, and defense.
Gatrie capped his str, skill, and speed.
Calill capped her str, magic, speed, and defense. Largo's bonuses get transfered to her, so she also gets: HP, more str, skill, and speed.
I discovered that Largo's bonuses don't go to Calill... He was a waste of time to train...
Geoffrey capped his speed.
I had to use items on other units, so I choose Giffca as my Laguz General. He comes with his str capped.
Sothe's RD base stats will be:
HP 39 Str 20 Mag 6 Skill 20 Sp 20 Lck 25 Def 20 Res 15

My top 5:
1. Boyd 173
2. Ike 142
3. Gatrie 112
4. Astrid 86
5. Lethe 75

I've been playing the game through on Normal.

You can't transfer data from an Easy Mode file, otherwise I would always play it on Easy. In fact, I played PoR 3 times the summer before RD came out on Easy so I could start with supports and bonus on my first playthrough. I was pretty mad to find out that Easy Mode transfer data doesn't work. 

Oh well, it goes toward being able to use Ashnard on the trial maps.

Yes, finish RD.

she's awful, i use her sparingly after part 1, and not at all after part 3 because she's always underleveled as hell and other staff users are available

Laura isn't awful... her situation is what is awful.

In easy mode, she gets hardly any use - she was on LV 6 my last time through. I used her on Normal mode, but I had to pump her full of bonus experience. On hard she gets decent use, but with bonus experience cut in half it was smarter to use the bonus exp on other units.

Laura has very good growths, but she is tough to use.

Hen, you are playing on normal right? If her magic is high, give her a physic staff and keep her out of Purge Boy's range. Also, if she (or Micaiah) is silenced, have them equip restore staves. The next turn, they will be normal again.

Also, this should probably be in the RD thread.

I haven't made a post in this thread since June.

I have played and beaten PoR two more times since then. My fastest time is now about 16:33 (I don't feel like getting up to check the exact time).
My next run will be the "15th Playthrough Spectacular!" I'm using some of my favorite units, I'm going to watch and read the story sequences, and I'm going to beat down the Black Knight because I ignored him the last 3 playthroughs. After playthrough 15, it will be time RD - the 5th playthrough.

Just for fun, here are the top 5s from playthroughs 12-14.

12)

1. Ike 107
2. Marcia 104
3. Mia 91
4. Boyd 91
5. Rolf 89

13)

1. Jill 109
2. Oscar 105
3. Ike 104
4. Nephenee 95
5. Makalov 78

14)

1. Marcia 130
2. Kieran 111
3. Ike 110
4. Titania 93
5. Rolf 90

I have never finished PoR with a dead character. I have let Wallace die in FE7 (hey, it was Hard Mode and I didn't promote him when I should have), Mist retreated in RD, and I did kill off Calill once in RD. I did that so I could get all the base conversations.

Anyway, I beat PoR for the 15th time two weeks ago! I used several of my favorite units and had a good time reading the story again. It felt good to beat down the BK after ignoring him on playthroughs 12-14. Nasir finally returned!

It is fun to use Ashnard on the Trial Maps. No one can stop him and he destroys everthing in his way! BWHAHAHAHAHA! 

Oh, top 5 of course:

1. Ike 128
2. Jill 117
3. Marcia 107
4. Makalov 97
5. Ilyana 87

Leave it to Ike to mess up my perfect 7s.

Units can reach level 20 in a class. Most of the units start in a basic class and then promote into the master class (LV 20 Knight to LV1 General, Mage to Sage, etc.).

To get a bonus that would transfer to RD the unit must have capped the stat in PoR and reach LV 20 of his/her master class. For example, if Jill capped her strength and finished the game as a LV 20 Wyven Lord, her starting str in RD would be 13 instead of 11.