on GBA they really beefed up the attack and hit rate of a lot of your chars. so another big difference you're gonna find b/t the two versions is that on the NES, everyone is going to miss a lot at the beginning, except for fighter and theif. so like BBelt will suck for a while, but after a few levels he will pull his own weight, and by the end he'll be super strong. They only ones who permenantly have terrible hit rate/damage is BM/WM. Also: everyone has terrible armor but fighter. If you find you're getting smacked around a little too much, and you don't want to spend all day "leveling up," try putting two fighters in your party, or a fighter and a red mage, to absorb a majority of the damage, while still keeping it fun.