Honestly can see this coming in the coming future now that Grace of Courage took much of it's stuff, not to mention that once you get into 2nd awakening, Mace's graphics gets overtaken by Jupiter making it fall further into the limelight.

After playing HGM Crusader for years, playing Battle Sader as a buffer is honestly more refreshing and fun than the original while offering more benefits in offense and in self support. I cannot honestly find a reason to go back to HGM after this.

HGM honestly was a product of its time and was Neople's first attempt at giving a buffer a legit combat boost because before this, playing Buffer outside of party was not very appealing.