Whose your party?

[ReloadPsi]

Given that Zidane is mandatory, my other slots tend to be filled by any of Dagger, Eiko, Steiner, Quina, Freya and Amarant. They all have their merits and I usually rotate all those characters as I go along.

I'm an especially big fan of Dagger once she pulls her head out her ass and can spam summons. Let's face it: the reason she only knows one summon through disc 2 and is all freaked out for half of disc 3 is because she'd be so broken otherwise. Heck, look at the limitations on her White Magic pool. It's more like the spells a Red Mage would be limited to. Again, they had to find ways to keep her from being too powerful :P

Also whenever the party formation is that of a mandatory nature I play this fun little game where I leave Vivi it 0 HP constantly and tell myself that his death in the ending is actually from the neurological complications caused by being knocked unconscious so many times and for so long.

[Depression Moon]

I'm going to have to play this game again some time this year.

[Quindiana Jones]

Also whenever the party formation is that of a mandatory nature I play this fun little game where I leave Vivi it 0 HP constantly and tell myself that his death in the ending is actually from the neurological complications caused by being knocked unconscious so many times and for so long.

You are a very bad person.

[ReloadPsi]

Also whenever the party formation is that of a mandatory nature I play this fun little game where I leave Vivi it 0 HP constantly and tell myself that his death in the ending is actually from the neurological complications caused by being knocked unconscious so many times and for so long.

You are a very pragmatic person.

Fixed.

[Quindiana Jones]

It's strange how often those two coincide.

[ReloadPsi]

Point is Vivi sucks just like most black mages do. He's only useful in a couple of the boss fights where he's mandatorily in the party, which without him will only last slightly longer, and his elemental attacks get humiliatingly upstaged by Dagger once she starts learning her better summons... Ramuh, middle of disc 2, is essentially the Thundaga spell for a couple of MP less, always targets all enemies and doesn't need special abilities to pierce Reflect. If memory serves it pierces Shell too, but I could be wrong. I already went on about this sheer brokenness being why she loses her voice for half a disc so I won't repeat that.

Also leaving him KO'd means more EXP for everyone else, because he sure as hell doesn't need it.

[Gamblet]

You just hate Vivi because he is black.

[Freya]

It makes me sad that once Vivi gets to a point his spells are a bit useless. Everyone else keeps leveling and he's stuck at the same damage.

[Jiro]

I keep him in the party for style points though. Black mages are the trout.

[Gamblet]

I keep him in the party for style points though. Black mages are the tit.

Agreeable.

[Wolf Kanno]

It makes me sad that once Vivi gets to a point his spells are a bit useless. Everyone else keeps leveling and he's stuck at the same damage.

Man what game are you people playing, Vivi is actually your best magic damge delear for the entire game. Especially since the new summon system totally screw over Eiko and Garnet for consistent damage. Also with Trance, Vivi is tied with Eiko as highest damage dealer in your party. His Focus ability also overshadows the few stretches of the game where his magic is weak, and that skill stacks until battle is over so actually using it is practical.

[Trumpet Thief]

At every chance I have, I try to keep the 'original team' of Steiner, Vivi, Garnet, and Zidane. Those four just had so much chemistry.

[Jiro]

I have to agree; it does feel like they are the main party after all!

[Wolf Kanno]

At every chance I have, I try to keep the 'original team' of Steiner, Vivi, Garnet, and Zidane. Those four just had so much chemistry.

It's also the default team option in Final Fanasy I: Warrior/Knight, Thief, White Mage, and Black Mage.

[DarkBahamut]

Vivi, and Steiner for me are musts. Mainly cuz I love them so much, but they are awesome in battle as well. Don't hate on Vivi.

I'll use Zidane, Vivi, Steiner, and Amarant if I want it to look like an epic sausage-fest battle...which actually doesn't sound that much epic now that I look at it.

Or I'll switch Amarant for Dagger because of her summons and somewhat for the white magic, but also because of the story attachment of the party.

Zidane and Dagger are basically together.
Steiner is Dagger's guardian.
And Vivi is like the best friend.