Your character roles

This thread is to list your characters "jobs" that you've allocated them, and the weapons you've given them. I thought it would be interesting to see and share this...

Here's mine:

Vaan
Job: Warrior/White Mage
Weapon: Sword & Shield
I have either him or Ashe in my party at all times acting as the healer.

Penelo
Job: Black Mage/White Mage
Weapon: Staff
I use either her or Balthier, with monsters weakened to magic or bosses I make her use black magic but otherwise she's a backup healer and DD.

Fran
Job: Samurai/Warrior
Weapon: Katana
She or Basche is always the party leader, I never consume her MP as I reserve her for any emergency quickenings. She acts as the centre of the party and the most powerful DD.

Balthier
Job: Ranger/Black Mage/White Mage
Weapon: Gun
Same as Penelo, but he's ranged and more concerned with enfeebling.

Basche
Job: Warrior
Weapon: Axe/Katana
He or Fran is my leader (I prefer Fran though). He's pretty much the same as her.

Ashe
Job: White Mage/Summoner or White Mage/Warrior
Weapon: Bow and Arrow/Sword and shield
Atm she's the only one with a summon, so I use her for this purpose. When doing so she supports the summon with healing magic and attacks the monster with her arrows.
Otherwise she has the same role as Vaan.


What are your setups?

Vaan
Job: Warrior/Thief
Weapons: Great Sword
Armor: Heavy Armor

Balthier
Job: Thief
Weapon: Daggers
Armor: Light Armor

Basch
Job: Warrior
Weapon: Axe and Shield
Armor: Heavy Armor

Ashe
Job: Paladin
Weapon: Sword and Shield
Armor: Heavy Armor

Fran
Job: Black Mage with Arcane Magic
Weapon: Bow and Arrows
Armor: Mystic Armor

Penelo
Job: Summoner/White Mage with Green and Time Magic
Weapon: Staff
Armor: Mystic Armor

All of my characters are at Level 57(except for Vaan who is at 64)

Vaan
Job: Paladin
Weapons: Ragnarok
Armor: Maximilian

Balthier
Job: Warrior
Weapon: Ultima Blade
Armor: Maximilian

Basch
Job: Tank Warrior
Weapon: Yagyu Darkblade/Exaclibur
Armor: Maximilian

The rest I don't use.

Everybody: Attack

Everybody: Heal when needed


I suck at the jobs thing in this game :cry:.

I have started a new game and i have:

Vaan
Job:Lancer
Weapon: Zodiac Spear
Armour: Light
Accessory:Sage's Ring
Vaan is also a healer.

Ashe
Job:Archer
Weapon: Sagittarius
Armour: Mystic
Accessory: Ring of Renewal
Ashe is also a part time healer if Vaan is out of MP

Penelo
Job: Black Mage
Weapon:Staff of the Magi
Armour: Mystic
Accessory: Cat ear
Well she is an all time black mage and a summonner with all my espers

Basch
Job:Warrior
Weapon:Excalibur
Armour: Heavy
Accessory: Battle Hearness
He's a full time attacker.Rarely uses spells.I have him use items more.

Balthier
Job:Gunner
Weapon: Formalhault
Armour: Heavy
Accessory: Hermes Sandals
I rarely use him.I only trained him for fun

And finally
Fran
Job:A mixture of all but more magical
Weapon:Save the queen
Armour: Heavy + Mystic
Accessory: Hermes Sandals
She is my most useful character and is pretty damn fast :choc2:

Vaan
Job: Thief/Knight (I changed him more towards knight after Jahara Cut-scene)
Weapon: Sword/Dagger & Shield
Armor: Light, Light/Heavy
Bread and Butter character

Penelo
Job: Thief/White Mage/Green mage
Weapon: Staffs/Rods/Katana
Armor: Mystic
Primarily mage, however, I keep both her and Vaan close to their street roots as thieves.

Fran
Job: Dark Dragoon (Arcane and Black Magics)
Weapon: Primarily Spears/Lances, also Katana/Bow
Armor: Heavy/Mystic
Heaviest hitter overall (physical+magic)

Balthier
Job: Ranger/Chemist
Weapon: Gun/Bombs/Poles
Armor: Light
Primarily ranged support, he throws out the hi-potions, motes, etc. till we can recharge our MP.

Basche
Job: Knight/Warrior
Weapon: Axe/shield, Great Swords
Armor: Heavy
Heaviest Physical hitter

Ashe
Job: Paladin (Knight/White mage/Buffs)
Weapon: Sword/Shield, occasionally spear/lance
Armor: Heavy, Heavy/Mystic
Mid-range fighter, goes toe to toe then hangs back casting protect/cure etc.

Vaan- I can't remember what he has equipped atm. It might be a one handed sword. He's typically a fast multihitter (katana types) like balthier

Balthier- Fast Multihitter (cat ear hood and masamune, often berserked and hasted and bravery'd)

fran- "Uses the weapons that no one else bothers with", hand bombs, maces etc.

Basch- Golden Axe dude (has used hammers in the past, if their attack was higher than the current axe available) Tank through and through

Ashe- Save the Queen, paladin, typically has similar armor etc as basch.

Penelo- magic girl with a big stick. Her current big stick is a two handed sword which cracks me up when I watch her swing it around xD Sometimes I berserk+haste her to regain her MP because I've used all of it.

They're all pretty interchangable, barring what their weapons are. I've given basch the heavy irratic damage dealing hammers and axes, ashe has gotten the one handed swords, vaan and balthier have taken the light swords/spears/poles (spears for vaan and poles for balthier) and Penelo had a bow for a long time, and fran gets the novelty weapons xD

Vaan: Thief
Daggers and Ninja Swords with Light Armor.

Balthier: Alternate Thief
Poles and Guns with Light Armor.

Fran: Archer/Freya
Bows and Spears with Light Armor.

Basch: Warrior
Swords and Hammers/Axes with Heavy Armor.

Ashe: Alternate Mage
Katanas with Light Armor.

Penelo: Mage
Rods and Maces with Mystic Armor.

Everyone but Fran and Balthier: Axe, Demon Shield, Maximilian

Fran and Balthier w/ Loxley Bow, Maximilian. Balthoer on my A team, Fran on my B team

Occasionally I equip Vaan with a Greatsword to see him climb on it after boss fights :D

Ashe: Paladin/Party Leader
Weapon: Shield and Sword
Magick: All but only ever uses white
Armor: Heavy

Vaan and Balthier: Main DD/Warrior
Weapon: Great Swords
Magick: All
Armor: Light

Basch: Party Leader/Paladin
Weapon: Axe and Shield
Magick: All but only uses white
Armor: Heavy

Penelo: Mage/DD
Weapon: Poles/other light weapons
Magick: All
Armor: Mystic

Fran: Mage/DD
Weapon: Bow and Arrow
Magick: All
Armor: Mystic

i have 2 parties

Main: Ashe, Vaan, and Penelo

Back-up: Basch, Balthier, and Fran

Vaan, Basch, Balthier: Kill everything, do not stop to heal, do not cast magic, do not pass Go, do not collect $200

I suck at this thing called strategy.

Minimal controller usage is good. I need the hands for more useful things, like doing honework.