This is a hard one. I love the job system in general, and, while I don't love every job, there are tons I enjoy. So I'll have to think about this a bit and get back to you guys on it.
Blue Mages are awesome just from the fact that they get fun and unique spells.
Thief is a class I actually despise in most FF games. When you get just one Thief in the game, I find myself practically forced to have the Thief in my party so that I can steal all the awesome stuff from bosses or the enemies with good equipment availible. Or, if the job system is used, I usually find myself running with Thief alternate abilities, again because it is way too useful to pass up. The game I appreciated it the most in was VII, because you had enough Materia slots to include Steal without really putting a dent in your availible moves.
FFT was way, way more cruel to the Dragon Knight than either VII or X.Dragoon/Dragon Knight (I can't ever figure out the difference) is my favorite. To put it simply, they typically have a good balance of stats and skills that can make them strong, well-rounded characters to use. Jumping is fun, of course. I think the class was best executed in FFIX with Freya. She has a ton of useful abilities, and plus she's just a great character. The worst entries for the class were FFVII and FFX, in which Cid and Kimahri bland it up with basic spears and jumping abilities. Pointless.



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