LogFAQs > #973790395

redrocket posted...

Largely because a ton of classes are straight up nonfunctional. Imagine thinking 'oh I should get a few ranged attackers, I know! I'll train archers and black mages! :D' and then your team is just trash for a very long time

Archers and Black Mages are not nonfunctional they just require more finesse than team McMonk. Which yes, new players may lack, but thats a matter of simple experience much more than having a masters level understanding of battle mechanics.

Archers have a totally nonfunctional skill kit. Tell me Charge X is good with a straight face. Or that Black Mage doesn't legitimately just get weaker over time as you unlock rank 3 and 4 spells thinking they'll be good when they end up being terrible.

Like...can these be made to work? Absolutely. But not in any way that a newbie player would think to try, is the thing (like how Owl was talking about sticking with rank 2s and then subbing them out for only Flare. That's...not how a new player is going to think about things at all). They're highly unintuitive classes that will just make your team weaker if you try to use them 'as intended'.