FF2: Am I the only one who fight this way?

[Peter_20]

Party setup reccomendations will be forthcoming in the next revision of my site

Meanwhile, I'll just say some basics on it.

Don't give mages good weapons or armor (in fact, barefisted mages seems like a better idea than you might think), make sure you can heal a good amount of HP in one round, and if you want to know if something works, just battle test it. If you're getting through the dungeon fine, keep going. If you're not, re-think your strategy.

My current setup is...

Frioniel: Paladin until Minwu dies, then pretty much dedicated white mage. Uses knife, NOT SWORD!
Maria: Black mage, back row when making a serious dungeon run, front row for training, equipped with staff, NOT BOW!
Guy: dual axe wielding cuisinart of doom

Minwu: White mage, duh
Gordon: Archer, BACK ROW STYLEE!!!
Josef: Monk, again, duh
Leila: Th... HEY! Where did all my gils go?!
Richard: spear guy (tm)
Lionheart: sword guy (tm)

Sounds fine, dude, even though I don´t fully agree on the Jobs.

I usually go like this:

FIRION: Knight, feels strange having the *main* char as a healer.
MARIA: dedicated White Wizard in the back row, for some reason I always buy her a Cane. :rolleyes2
GUS: dedicated Black Wizard in the back row, to whom I always buy a Knife. :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2 :rolleyes2

MINH: Paladin-ish dude, fights with his Cane and heals.
JOSEF: Monk, who knows the Cure and Fire spell (great use in the Ice Cave).
GORDON: Dragoon or something, he has a spear.
LAYLA: Thief, who can´t steal. Dual Knives and high Agility.
RICHARD: DRAGOON! Dual Spears and high Vitality.
LEON: Wow, my favourite char! Uses the Masamune and an Axe, co-works with Firion as a Knight.

[Fireblade13]

I always make my Firion a Paladin type character, Maria a Black Mage, and Guy a Fighter.

However, for the rest the characters like Richard, Leila, Josef, Gordon, and Leon, I never teach them Magic, because I feel that they don't need to learn any. Maybe I'll give a Cure spell to someone like Gordon, but that's about it

Yes Agreed but, Maria starts out with the highest inteligence and guy has the highest starting Hp whichmakes him usually stronger because u can attack him sooner so he grows stronger.

[Creed]

I never back row my characters. Im listing the 4 main characters



Firon:Uses swords, axes, knifes,spears, White and Black magic

Maria:Uses axes,swords,knifes,White and Black magic

Guy:Uses axes,knifes,White and Black magic

Leon:Swords, Swords, Swords and more,Swords,and weak Black magic


Minor not listed are Minwu,Gordon(he must burn),and Lelia

Ricard:Spears and Swords

[Light Mage]

What's wrong with making them well rounded multi tasking death bombs?

You don't NEED to specialise in any particular area, and it only takes a short amount of time to level up your weapons/magic when fighting strong monsters...

I give everyone a copy of all the useful magics - Cure, Life, Esuna, Basuna, Holy.
I let everyone be as powerful as each other without restricting anyone's abilities...

The only thing I don't like is there only being 1 Ultima spell - so I'll have to decide who to give it to. *flips a coin*

[Crossblades]

I never back row my characters. Im listing the 4 main characters



Firon:Uses swords, axes, knifes,spears, White and Black magic

Maria:Uses axes,swords,knifes,White and Black magic

Guy:Uses axes,knifes,White and Black magic

Leon:Swords, Swords, Swords and more,Swords,and weak Black magic


Minor not listed are Minwu,Gordon(he must burn),and Lelia

Ricard:Spears and Swords

Man, it must've taken you a long time to mold your characters that way

[Fireblade13]

Yeah they all use knives and both magics jeez bet your killing those mantises at the end for Cat Claws