Quote Originally Posted by silentenigma View Post
This is the one FF game where it's way better to make one (or two but I wouldn't recommend it) universal magic user(s) and the rest fighters instead of making a bunch of paladins, white mages, or black mages. Since some stats go down as other go up, paladins usually end up very mediocre and can't stand against later enemies as well.
I guess I'll have to take that risk.

I mean, I can't think of a better party that actually fits my tastes.
If I make Firion a fighter, then Maria will have to act as a white mage (even though she's obviously a black mage, seeing as her Intelligence is rather high), because Gus really isn't supposed to be a mage at all; it's obvious that he's the main physical fighter in the party, and making Firion a white mage just doesn't feel right either.

It would've been much easier if Gus were another mage-type character; in that case I'd instantly make Firion a fighter, Maria a white mage (well, I like to use ladies as healers) and Gus a black mage.