Quote Originally Posted by Psi View Post
I just played through FF1 with a party of two fighters and two red mages, and it was the easiest game I ever played. Why? Because my two mages didn't spend 90% of the game stood in the back row hitting for 1 damage while I saved magic for when I really needed it!
Two fighters, two red mages - this is certainly a strong party. I've experimented with two fighters, white mage, black mage...with the idea that if I can ever get away with putting two weak mages in the same party, it would be with two fighters. Two red mages instead would be a lot easier to keep alive though, and that may more than compensate for the disadvantage of having fewer spells and few high level spells. Red mages are undeniably the strongest character in the beginning (even better than fighters until level 5), but they are also arguably the weakest character later on. So I wonder if this party would be strong enough in the later stages of the game.