Power leveling and classes

[ValiantKnight]

"speed and defense" don't increase based on what character you are at level up, which I think they did in the original. If you are talking about the DS version, that is.

The only attribute that "increases" at level up based on what character you are, is HP. This is based on your base vitality stat for class at level up. A person who levels up exclusively as scholars(lowest vit class besides Onion Knight) will have an ending HP somewhere around the 6000s if my math is right, while someone who levels up more on black belts can have an ending HP of 9999. There are a good few levels of clearance for not being a black belt. I was probably in my 40s or 50s when I got black belt. And by the time my guys had reached 96, they had enough HP to change them into other classes and still get 9999. Scholar maxes his Vit at 38 at 99 I believe. The later levels are a bigger decider of max HP, as your HP gain at level up is (level + Vit + random number 1 to 1/2 of vit) or something to that effect... I don't remember the exact formula from penguin's guide.

That being said, when you chance classes, your stats will change to whatever they would be for a level X of that job.

job level usually affects damage or effectiveness, but it won't effect damage taken, speed, or anything if i remember correctly.

The heavy armor wearers are your viking, knight, warrior, onion knight(immune to all damage when protect is cast and in back row, with two onion shields). Magic Knight, and i can't think of any others at the moment, its been a while since I played it. The spell protect will give you about 30% more def and magic def. Bards can also sing a 10% - 20% protect song that stacks with it I believe.

99 Onion Knight
Thief
Ninja
Ranger

These are your speed demons


99 Onion Knight
Black Belt
Knight

These are your high vitality players

99 Onion Knight
Viking

These are top two Str players.

And I got lazy after that

Job stats FAQ by penguin Knight I believe if you want to look around for it.

Onion Knight stats.
level, str, agi, vit, int, mnd
|90| 15| 15| 15| 15| 15|
|91| 15| 15| 15| 15| 15|
|92| 15| 15| 15| 15| 15|
|93| 27| 27| 27| 27| 27|
|94| 39| 39| 39| 39| 39|
|95| 51| 51| 51| 51| 51|
|96| 63| 63| 63| 63| 63|
|97| 75| 75| 75| 75| 75|
|98| 87| 87| 87| 87| 87|
|99| 99| 99| 99| 99| 99|