Quote Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys View Post
...from what I've read online, the Knight job looks incredibly useless--it's basically a Warrior with more emphasis on defense...
You're kidding, right? The Knight can cover other characters, defend better, has overall better stats (I'm pretty sure), and cast Level 1 White Magic. I am rarely without one of these guys in my party. Later, of course, it's probably a good idea to switch jobs and/or experiment.

Quote Originally Posted by sockmonkey View Post
I generally level up everyone as a BB untill they master the bare-handed fighting ability. Then I use that skill to level up my WM,BM, or any of the other classes that only get weak weapons.
FF3 has no system for retaining class abilities. You're probably thinking of FF5. Plus, there are no skills like "Bare-handed" in FF3. Just throwing this out there. The FF3 Job system is markedly different from the one in FF5.

P.S.: If I have hurt anyone's feelings with this post, you may rest assured that this was not my intention.