I'm ignoring all the other posts just because I read one that was wrong somthing about 4 level ups being useless... level ups are not useless, I'm pretty sure they level up the same regardless of jobs while class level ups are strictly for job stats,
so switching all your characters to viking might weaken them a little but they would eventually become just as good once you got the job to the same level as thier more mastered class.

Quote Originally Posted by feioncastor View Post
It's only available if I have a Thief in my party, which I probably will for some time, but not the entirity of the game.

I'm just saying that it is possible and too brainwracking to make a party in FF3 that is totally incapable of running from a fight if you want them to. I'm not saying they should give everyone the thief's "Escape" command, I'm saying they should give everyone the "Run" command, or maybe make it like later FF games where you hold the top buttons and they take off, rather than inputting a "run" command. But I guess the holding of the buttons to run only works in battle systems where enemies can attack you while you're just sitting there with your command box open. I think it's called ATB or something.
I am pretty sure every class has the run command