FFXII: TZA Impressions

[Quindiana Jones]

I'm so exciteddddd

Do y'all recommend going Lore friendly first round through, or shall I munchkin min-max?

[Quindiana Jones]

Okay.

So I didn't spend today working very much, but I did put together what I think is a reasonably lore friendly party, but I also wanted to use every Job. Would love y'all's thoughts/critiques.

Vaan: Shikari - Black Mage
Balthier: Machinist - Uhlan
Fran: Archer - Red Battlemage
Basch: Foebreaker - Bushi
Ashe: Knight - Time Battlemage
Penelo: White Mage - Monk

Party: Balthier, Fran, Ashe
Party: Vaan, Basch, Penelo

I feel like it's a "canonically" dope grouping, and fits what I remember of the characters and story pretty well.

I read up on optimal party comps and such, and this pretty much ain't that for the most part, but I also read that TZA is significantly easier than XII (which was already pretty easy!), so I'm not too fussed about optimisation for first playthrough.

Second playthrough I will break the game.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Vaan: Shikari - Black Mage
Balthier: Machinist - Uhlan
Fran: Archer - Red Battlemage
Basch: Foebreaker - Bushi
Ashe: Knight - Time Battlemage
Penelo: White Mage - Monk

I think this is pretty much the setup I'm going for, too.

I like black mage for Vaan because Reks also had thunder magic. I also think the "shady" aspect of a BM compliments the personality of a Shikari.

[Jessweeee♪]

Yeah originally you're never really meant to be able to afford all the best gear available to you, but the fast forward feature makes it so easy to loot farm. Then bam, buy the best gear and you're cheesing the next area like its nothing.