Quote Originally Posted by VeloZer0 View Post
Using a system like XII all your characters very quickly become clones of the best set up unless you deliberately decide to set them up in a different manner because you think it looks cooler. As for them taking quite a while to all become clones, don't make me laugh. Very early in the game you have all the useful augments mastered and the rest of the game is just purchasing equipment skills as you get it and filling up the license board.
Like I said, the only way you're going to make everyone clones is if you deliberately try to make them all clones and spend absurd amounts of time level grinding. I'm level 33 right now with my main party, and 35 hours in. Even using Gold Amulets for the past 5-10 hours to essentially double the amount of license points they get, they don't have all of the augments mastered, and I'm only now starting to come even close to reaching the end of the armour, weapon, and skill sections I planned for each of them. I don't know what your definition of early on in the game is, but most people wouldn't consider it to be 35 hours in. Perhaps relative to the overall length of the game you could say it's still fairly early, but I'd estimate I'm still a good 10 hours or more from being near the end of the skills I plan on my characters learning. You can't honestly expect me to believe that's very early in the game can you? Then again, I don't spend rediculous amounts of time level grinding like I'm sure some people do.