Max amount of recruitable units FE8

[TheNextGM]

An older feuniverse post had mixed messages about whether the max number of units in the deployment screen is either 62 or 50-51 (post here)

 

While the deployment screen can reach at least 60 (from what I've used in a hack I'm working on), if you reset the emulator and reload the save it shoots down to 51. If using save-states this isn't a problem, but you wouldn't get to access support conversations, or arena etc. with this method.

 

Is there anyway to prevent this shrinking of the roster from happening, or is the only way around this to have all the characters be passively "recruited" again in each chapter to have them show up again? (If it even saves their levels/equipment between resetting).

 

Thanks guys.