Quote Originally Posted by LazarCotoron View Post
Mine friendnik, I think you just solved the entire conundrum.

If you think sharing what you did would spark a fight, it stands to reason that the system is much more flexible than you're giving it credit for because people could, as you put it, feel very strongly about what they did different from you. In fact, from the way you stated it, it sounds like I've gone and done something radically and, in your eyes, insanely different from what you felt made an optimal party. And if you did start a flame war over it, I could take it because I made the best choices I could for me and my play style. I am quite fine that it might anger someone, as well. If someone gets angry about a statement of what someone else did differently, isn't it because they feel their views challenged and thinks somewhere inside they might be wrong? I mean, that'd be petty.
I think we've prety much hit the nail on the head at this point. To be fair, you could have success with any party capable of keeping itself alive while dealing damage to the enemies. For some, they find it most effective to make characters exactly the same, but I've had no trouble with my characters who are each quite different in skills from one another. For my main party I've thrown Vaan into an almost pure melee/damage dealing role. He's my heavy hitter. Balthier essentially covers the status affecting magics and some technicks, while Fran has Black and White magics covered. Obviously by having them spread out into different specialties I could run into trouble if someone dies. Fran is the only one who can heal without relying on items, while Balthier is the only one who can keep up spells like protect, shell or haste. But this setup works for me.

This is what I love about the system; you can have every character be exactly the same, or split them off onto different paths and still be successful. I think it's a testament not only to the design of the license board, but the game itself that there is no one best strategy in all situations. This was something I loved about FFV and I'm glad to see that it's comeback. Like LazarCotoron said VeloZer0; you may be worried about sharing your party setup because you found something that you feel works the best for you, but my strategy is what works the best for my play strategy. I think any game that can support variety in playing styles like that, and even encourage it, must be doing something right.