Hokay, SO. Let's clear up everyones problem with poor ol' Quina..

[ReloadPsi]

Quina's the funniest damn character in the game. Her motive for joining the party is awesome: To taste food around the world. Helping pull it out of a terrible crisis is just a litte thing on the side, since there'll be food at the end of it.

I do what I want! You have problem?

[demondude]

Quina is the best final fantasy character period

[Jessweeee♪]

S/he's a comic relief character that barely factors into the plot at all, has poor physical attacks, is ugly, and can give people a hard time with Eat-ing enemies. But useless? Naw.

Any character can be strong, it just depends on what the PLAYER does

[Christmas]

I will never play FF IX if not for Quina.

[Shotgunnova]

S/he's a comic relief character that barely factors into the plot at all, has poor physical attacks, is ugly, and can give people a hard time with Eat-ing enemies. But useless? Naw.

Any character can be strong, it just depends on what the PLAYER does

That goes without saying, especially if that person is Lv. 99 has a bunch of auto- abilities, and is fighting something incredibly easy. Quina just has a harder time being "strong" than those who come naturally, like Amarant or Zidane. That's how s/he is supposed to be, which doesn't make Quina worse than anyone else, just in need of extra care. Y'know, like a kindergartener (speaking of single-minded hunger...).

[Omni-Odin]

Quina was actually in my last party. She's not that hard to make a good character out of her. The Frog Drop Ability and her healing magics rival anyone in the game's.

[Gwen]

Quina's my fav orite character in this game!

[Old Manus]

In before Del Murder

[Bolivar]

I usually like to utilize every job/character when I play an FF, and Blue Mages are always alot of fun.

Like it's been said, it's all up to the player how useful you want Quina to be.

And about her physical attacks, I wouldn't say they suck as much as it's just that they're really random, like axe-wielders in other installments. Alot of the time it's sub-adequate, but I've seen her hit for more than my other characters at the time. I can understand not liking it for being unreliable, but sometimes you gotta take a chance in FF.

At the same time, if you prefer other jobs, that's fine, too. It's all about how you play the game.

[Ender]

I find it difficult to use Quina because she's so irrelevant to the story at hand, but then I can't _not_ use her because she's easily the best character in the game from a pure combat perspective:

1. Many blue magic spells target a group which means they can be cast on your party (or enemy for that matter) while they have Auto-Reflect active. This makes White Wind, Mighty Guard, and Angel Snack more versatile than the equivalent white magic spells.

2. Frog Drop = max damage for as little as 5 MP (with Half MP ability) with a bit of work

3. LV 5 Death is the only offensive action you need to take against Grand Dragons. Quina makes all the other characters more useful in combat by making it so easy for them to level up 30-40 levels mid-game.

4. Blue Magic is not that hard to get in this game. Most spells are carried by multiple types of monsters, and if you keep getting "Cannot eat until it is weaker" then hit it with Vivi, Dagger, or Eiko, or with one of Vivi's low-level magic spells until you _can_ eat it.

[riallews]

I had a love/hate relationship with quina. There were times in the plot that I adored that chubby freak, and times that I could havew strangled her/him/it (i usually call quina 'her' - as someone said - that much pink cant be ignored)

as for battles i made a half-decent attempt to get as much blue magic as i could without going nuts, and i found her useful at times, though mostly i prefered the vivi/steiner combination until later on in the game.

anywho each to their own i guess :P

[darksword12]

I used Quina as a standard character for quite a while.

Once I fought Lich, I realized how much I LOVE using Quina!

Blue mages are now one of my favorite classes.

P.S.: I actually use male pronouns when referring to Quina.