How Is This Game Supposed to Be Played?

[Vagrant]

I pretty much gave up playing this game after about 2-3 hours. Leveling is horrible, story is horrible, characters are pretty horrible, and I HATE Guy.

I've started playing this straight after beating FFI and love the progression as a sequel. I find the dungeons easier than FFI because I can replenish MP unlike the first game but the story is pretty good for a game from 1988.

As for my strategy I'm with some of the other people who replied to this thread. Firion acts as a paladin-esque fighter, Maria sits in the back row and is primarily a magic user, whilst Gus fights unarmed and has some magic in his bank too.