THERE ARE TOO MANY JOBS

[Colonel Angus]

Barefist is the most important ability by far. No mater what job you are using, or how much it sucks you can throw Barefist on and have them contribute something.

The great thing about Barefist is that it makes all physical attacks better, even weapon attacks. I think it's strength +30 or something ridiculous.

[Mirage]

Likewise, I think equipping !black also raises your magic power, but I might be wrong.

[VeloZer0]

The great thing about Barefist is that it makes all physical attacks better, even weapon attacks. I think it's strength +30 or something ridiculous.

That I did not know.

[metagloria]

The great thing about Barefist is that it makes all physical attacks better, even weapon attacks. I think it's strength +30 or something ridiculous.

That I did not know.

I didn't know this either. If it's true, it's probably strength +26, because the descriptor is "gain same attack power as monk" and that's the stat boost for being one.

[Colonel Angus]

I think you're right, gloria. In fact, when you master the Monk class, you get the barehanded & +26 strength automatically w/ the freelancer & mime classes (as well as counter). Monk's have the highest strength of any class & when you master a class, the highest stats are inherited (this is why you should try to master all the classes, then go back to bare or be a mime [for magic users]).

[Karifean]

I did not know Barehanded granted a Monk's Strength O.o
I did know that some menu commands (notably !Black and I think !White) grant the original class's Magic, so I guess it's only natural.

But yeah, mastering the Monk immediatly gets your Freelancer's Strength and Vitality as high as it can be, and mastering Thief does the same to his Speed. At that point Freelancer is just stupidly powerful, especially once you get to mastering other classes as well.