When you're interested in military, be it history, technical or strategical, you probably want to see real life stuff behaving as it should, not just as graphic sets, so I'd stay clear of Civ and Empire Earth. Company of Heroes is great but rather a frantic small scale action RTS but really nice attention to detail. I just don't like it because it has the usual RTS letdowns (they are cons for me at least) like, you need to know the best build orders and be able to effectively work at three points on the map simultaneously to get anywhere against anything tougher than the easiest AI, as in Multiplayer. The ones still playing are veterans and will make toast of anyone new to this. It's a lot of fun if you can find a friend or two who is near your level.
Yeah, I wasn't sure until what tier it would unlock naturally for him. As for Rune Dimension: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/995078-disgaea-4-a-promise-unforgotten/60707982/675851902 (I googled "disgaea 4 warrior skills" and it was the first result ;) ) A proper chara guide is missing for 4 on gamefaqs, the full faqs have some aspects of it but at a glance, haven't found the info there either. Too bad http://akurasu.net/wiki/Makai_Senki_Disgaea_4/Human_Classes isn't completed either but at least you can see the "weapon forte" of swords for Battle Master is just 5, it doesn't tell you where to go for 6 though.
If you haven't yet, try out the "Theatre of War" titles, the third at least is Korea if you are sick and tired of WW2, also "Close Combat : The Longest Day" or "Modern Tactics" for different flavors/time periods and last and sadly somewhat least, "Combat Mission: Shock Force". All the deep and complex games have their quirks, are difficult to handle, have a steep learning curve and plenty of frustration but if something goes right, it can be magnificent and I just don't care too much for the overly simplified Rock-Paper-Scissors titles where most of the development time was spent on explosion FX. I keep going back to "Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank", I even bought it but you can have plenty of fun with the free version.
Story/Special characters only learn the first few weapon skills and their own special skills, the rest have to be acquired via Chara World. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/995078-disgaea-4-a-promise-unforgotten/faqs/62912 Scroll to the very bottom for an explanation on how to learn skills from other characters.
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