Did you stick with the characters' 'default' roles?

[Tokimadoushi]

I'm playing through FFXIII again and I'm thinking of mixing up the job roles a bit, for example making Snow a synergist instead of a ravager, etc.

Did you keep the "default" roles that were chosen for each character or did you use the other roles available to them after they all open up?

[Ragebrain The Enraged]

My roles worked like: Lightning: Sentinel/Commando Fang: Ravagar/Commando Sazh: Synergist/Saboteur

[Karifean]

The only not-standard roles I actully used were Lightning as Sentinel, Fang as Ravager and practically everyone as Saboteur.

[Slothy]

Using their non-standard roles is more expensive in terms of CP and you can easily get at least one of every role onto a team of three, making things like turning Lightning into a sentinel or a synergist a waste of points until you've mastered their main roles.

[Mirage]

I'd say it's pretty pointless to give CP to non-standard roles before endgame.

[Ezme]

spending a bit of fang's CP in synagist during game can be useful, she uses haste relatively early so offers a good quick buff at the start of battle. Thats about it. Post game I'm going to extra roles just for the stat boost rather than use them

[VeloZer0]

I took Fang and specked into Ravager in C12 so I could get the first two abilities and be able to use Tri-Disaster. Other than that, no.

[ChickenHeart]

i saw this as 'Shack' O.o?
Anyway i kept them to their orginal roles.

[Mo-Nercy]

I kept them to the original roles too. It's just easier. xD

[Draniei]

I like all around characters, in all my Final Fantasys, so I decked all my characters out in all classes, and the ones with the highest HP were in my party.

[Eagle299]

Some characters cross specialize better than others. Lightning makes a pretty good Synergist for example. She learns everything but the Bar spells. Though its not until the 10th Crystarium level that she learns the ever important Haste. Fang learns it a bit sooner, though she only gets a more basic selection. Still, Fangs selection will work in a pinch, Haste, Protectra, Shellra, Bravera and Faithra.

Fang makes a really good Ravanger, learning all strike powers, all basic and mid level spells, and Waterga and Aeroga.

However, Lightning makes a lousy Sentinel. Vanille and Lil'Bitch... er, Hope, make subpar Commandos, so you'd only use them in those rolls in Paradigms that incorperate 3 of a kind.

Overall, it is well worth it to cross train characters in other roles, but it takes alot more time and effort. If you're like me and willing to put in that effort, go for it.

[Jessweeee♪]

I think it's better to max out their default roles first, mostly because if you branch out you're paying triple the CP for a tenth of the boost. However one day I will COLLECT THEM ALL.

[Iwrestledabearonce]

Yeah, I used everyone's default roles until the end of the game when I got everyone's role level to 5 for every role... At first it was so weird to have like, Fang as a Ravager or Lightning as a sentinel... so weird XD

[RPGCreator]

I almost maxed out my default roles (I still haven´t done this yet even though I finished the story) and then put some CP in other roles which I still highly regret because of the amount of CP that I could have used to finally max out my characters default roles.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

After maxing the entire crystarium on all characters, I noticed that some of the defaults were pretty bad and some of the side roles were pretty good. Fang as a Syn is awesome, because she's the only one to get -ra level of all the useful spells. I use her as a Syn when I need to kill Long Guis. Light as a Sab works really well, too, as well as a Syn. Making Fang a Rav is amazing, especially when I got her strength as high as it would go. Then, when I switch her back to Com, her attack hits like a truck. Sazh would make a good Sab, if he had more Strength/Magic. He has the lowest in both out of all characters... Then making Hope and Light Sens works well because they are the only ones who learn Evade, which is one of the most useful spells in the game. Primary roles should be maxed first, though, because they take far less CP to max, and provide 10x the stats. After that, though, start branching into the trees that they get really good spells for.