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Alpha218 12/19/18 9:15:00 AM #1: |
Its my first time playing through this game. I did read through the Jobs FAQ here but Im not sure what I want to run because I dont want to end up having useless party members. Ive only played one game with a job system before and that was Octopath Traveler.
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Were_Wyrm 12/19/18 9:20:39 AM #2: |
Get everyone chakra from the monk class then do whatever.
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TarElessar 12/19/18 9:21:50 AM #3: |
One of my favourite FF games, good choice.
In my opinion, trying different jobs / job combinations is part of the fun. Unless you make very poor choices (like a berserk healer), they won't end up being useless anyways. Oh, and buy spells as soon as possible, especially healing spells! It's been a long time since I've played it though, so I don't remember an awful lot. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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fusespliff 12/19/18 9:25:05 AM #4: |
Just do whatever. Each job strengthens the Freelancer job IIRC, so your party will do just fine no matter the setup. I first played it a few years back without a guide and never had any trouble.
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ocelot51 12/19/18 9:26:29 AM #5: |
You're thinking too hard about it. This game is all about experimentation. Throw on a job to try it out, and if you don't like it switch it out. It's not like all the jobs are available at once immediately anyway.
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Musourenka 12/19/18 9:29:28 AM #6: |
Sometimes you'll want to switch jobs for some areas, so never feel bad about leveling the "wrong" jobs.
Except Berserker. Berserker is bad. I would make sure someone is either a Blue Mage or has the "Learning" ability equipped at all times, though, if you don't want to look up where to get Blue Magic. --- Shooing away pigeons crapping on debate tables is not a violation of the pigeons' free speech. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Webmaster4531 12/19/18 9:32:04 AM #7: |
fusespliff posted...
Just do whatever. Each job strengthens the Freelancer job IIRC, so your party will do just fine no matter the setup. I first played it a few years back without a guide and never had any trouble. Only the highest stat effects freelancer. Thieves have the highest speed so if you master thief freelancer will have the theif's speed stat. --- Ad Hominem. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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catboy0_0 12/19/18 9:32:08 AM #8: |
you don't need to do bluemage, but for some things it's very useful. that won't generally apply to a normal playthrough however
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catboy0_0 12/19/18 9:33:42 AM #9: |
watch hcbailly's LP of it
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luigi13579 12/19/18 9:34:21 AM #10: |
It's been years since I last played it, so I'll probably be way off.
Ignoring strategies that break the game, I guess you should decide in advance what role each character will have (eventually you'll have 4) and build a varied party (e.g. a melee fighter, a defensive mage, an offensive mage, etc.). As Tar says, you should be OK as long as you do anything that's really out there. Your options are limited for a while anyway as you unlock jobs gradually through the story. The cool thing is that you can equip an ability from another class as long as you've learned it, so using a class for a bit and then ditching it isn't necessarily a waste. As for specific classes, I remember the Time Mage being pretty good with its Quick spell, among others. I think Samurai and Ninjas are decent too. Oh, and Summoners. The Summoner requires that you complete certain quests, so don't miss them. At least that class gives you an added incentive. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Musourenka 12/19/18 9:42:17 AM #11: |
catboy0_0 posted...
you don't need to do bluemage, but for some things it's very useful. that won't generally apply to a normal playthrough however True. I'm just one of those "Must have all the Blue" people. --- Shooing away pigeons crapping on debate tables is not a violation of the pigeons' free speech. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 12/19/18 9:46:32 AM #12: |
I didn't hate the game but several of the bosses were just absurdly difficult.
Like that one airship boss, the cannon thing, holy crap did that thing stomp me into the groung like a hundred times. But in fairness that could have been because I didn't understand all the statuses. For some reason my attack power and my HP would both just drain constantly until I was dealing single-digit damage. Until the time I tried and it just... didn't. Inexplicably. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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philsov 12/19/18 9:48:19 AM #13: |
There's no way to have a useless party member because you can change jobs at will and everyone can be the same thing. 3x Monk + White Mage can be very effective against some bosses, for example.
At endgame, your final job will be the Freelancer or Mime class. Freelancer, notably, auto-gets ALL passives from classes you've master. So mastered monk+ninja+samurai = automatic counter, dual wield, and super evasion. Mimic, otoh, gets 3 assignable slots which is better for mage-types so they can go White Magic+Red Magic+Time Magic or something. General tips: - Always have someone with white magic on the crew, either as an active job class or secondary skill. Same with Time Magic, once it's available. Haste is very worthwhile and once you get aoe shell and protect (and haste) use them at every boss. - Black magic is meh, personally. I prefer Mystic Knights, although they often have to burn an initial turn to self-enhance. - For whatever strange reason, Knights' passive of "hold a weapon in both hands for double damage" is never automatic. Even as a freelancer you need to burn a slot to equip it so it's rarely worthwhile. - Animal/Elemental from the Hunter/Geomancer classes are wonderful midgame secondary ability for your mages for decent damage output while costing 0 MP. At lategame this gets replaced with DragonSword, from the Dragoon, because it lets them spam high damage/healing spells and then self ether on the fly. - General comp of two fighters / two mages works fine. Comp of everyone being both fighter and mage also works. When a physical class equips a magical secondary, they gain a bunch of MP and magic stat so they're roughly identical to being said mage class. - Blue Mages are fun enough, but involve some babysitting and sometimes the Mediator class to control certain bad guys. - Max level red magic enables you to doublecast. So red mage with white magic secondary or vice versa = protectga and curaga in the same action. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alpha218 12/19/18 10:11:22 AM #14: |
Am I going to have to follow a guide if I go for blue or summon magic
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catboy0_0 12/19/18 10:11:58 AM #15: |
Alpha218 posted...
Am I going to have to follow a guide if I go for blue or summon magic mostly yeah --- I obviously like you at least a little to even talk to you -cornman one day I hope to post a message so great it ends up in someones sig -Two_Dee ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 12/19/18 10:15:38 AM #16: |
Alpha218 posted...
Am I going to have to follow a guide if I go for blue or summon magic Eh not really. I just kept somebody learning at all times and got everything except maybe five or ten blue spells. If that's too much guide, then sure. There's one that I have no idea how anybody found lol --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ocelot51 12/19/18 10:18:59 AM #17: |
If you want to be thorough, maybe look at a missables guide. imo a first run should be about discovery and experimentation.
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ElatedVenusaur 12/19/18 10:53:55 AM #18: |
Don't worry too much: FFV isn't very hard.
Here's a tip: characters who can equip rods can use them as an item. You have to go into the item menu and scroll up and select it. Though, of course, you can freely equip a rod via the item menu and then immediately "break" it. Rods can be expensive, but the fire/ice/thunder ones cast -aga level magic, so it's kind of busted. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zodd3224 12/19/18 11:01:16 AM #19: |
I played without a guide or any advice and did just fine. Its not particularly difficult. But its a lot of fun.
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Alpha218 12/19/18 11:06:29 AM #20: |
Sorry, I am just used to old school RPGs punishing you if you dont play the game right
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philsov 12/19/18 11:08:05 AM #21: |
Alpha218 posted...
Am I going to have to follow a guide if I go for blue or summon magic blue? yes, imo. Summoner is mostly organic. You'll be fine. A few are missable but it's basic sidequest areas that you'll stumble across "naturally" and/or they suck anyways. Alpha218 posted... old school RPGs punishing you if you dont play the game right ... such as? --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cleo_II 12/19/18 11:08:09 AM #22: |
FFV was one of my favorites. Youre free to experiment. I wouldnt worry about which jobs are best. Just play the ones you like.
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DevsBro 12/19/18 12:12:33 PM #23: |
philsov posted...
Alpha218 posted...old school RPGs punishing you if you dont play the game right FFII comes to mind. If you get to the final boss having sold your blood swords, you might as well just look up the ending on youtube. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alpha218 12/19/18 12:14:18 PM #24: |
Im currently doing
Faris - Blue Mage Lenna - White Mage Bartz - Knight Galuf - Monk --- I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite user on the Citadel. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1349-mario Now Playing: Magic the Gathering: Arena ... Copied to Clipboard!
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philsov 12/19/18 2:07:43 PM #25: |
DevsBro posted...
FFII comes to mind. If you get to the final boss having sold your blood swords, you might as well just look up the ending on youtube. True. But the vast majority of jrpgs (especially SNES area) are relatively forgiving when it comes to party/build choices. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alpha218 12/20/18 2:06:54 PM #26: |
I got the second set of jobs and dont know if its worth finishing my first set or switching to them asap
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Lairen 12/20/18 2:12:47 PM #27: |
Were_Wyrm posted...
Get everyone chakra from the monk class then do whatever. I like this guy. --- When it rains, it pours. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ocelot51 12/20/18 2:17:41 PM #28: |
Alpha218 posted...
I got the second set of jobs and dont know if its worth finishing my first set or switching to them asap Do you mean mastering your first set of jobs because damn that sounds hella tedious. Water crystal jobs aren't the best but you should definitely swap in like a Mystic Knight or something. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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teepan95 12/20/18 2:20:04 PM #29: |
I started playing it on Android. It was unfortunately too intensive for my phone at the time, but what I played of it was definitely fun
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Alpha218 12/20/18 2:23:10 PM #30: |
I might go back and master them later then probably. Especially since I probably want to give Lenna Holy eventually (and I know what happens wrt Galuf so getting the strength bonus from Monk probably isnt worth it)
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ocelot51 12/20/18 2:37:52 PM #31: |
Galuf's replacement gets all his abilities and stuff. Don't neglect him!
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wronganswerfool 12/20/18 2:40:38 PM #32: |
Which version are you playing? Super famicom, PS1 or GBA
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Alpha218 12/20/18 2:43:01 PM #33: |
ocelot51 posted...
Galuf's replacement gets all his abilities and stuff. Don't neglect him! I wont but I know the replacement skews more towards magic. So I made him a Time Mage for the time being because it seems like a magic class that works fine without stats to back it up Also Im assuming iOS is the GBA version --- I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite user on the Citadel. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1349-mario Now Playing: Magic the Gathering: Arena ... Copied to Clipboard!
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wronganswerfool 12/20/18 2:43:56 PM #34: |
Oh I forgot about mobile
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Alpha218 12/20/18 2:45:12 PM #35: |
Right now I have:
Faris - Thief Lenna - Red Mage Bartz - Spellsword Galuf - Time Mage --- I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite user on the Citadel. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1349-mario Now Playing: Magic the Gathering: Arena ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ocelot51 12/20/18 2:45:53 PM #36: |
wronganswerfool posted...
Oh I forgot about mobile They did, but the mobile version has those godawful dialogue portraits and goofy overworld sprites. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alpha218 12/20/18 2:46:57 PM #37: |
I dont mind it like I did in FFVI. But thats because I had played VI before they gave the mobile port a fucking MS Paint facelift for no good reason
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prince_leo 12/20/18 2:52:09 PM #38: |
DevsBro posted...
FFII comes to mind. If you get to the final boss having sold your blood swords, you might as well just look up the ending on youtube. as a child I managed to beat him without blood swords but uh, probably would give up nowadays --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 12/20/18 3:00:22 PM #39: |
prince_leo posted...
DevsBro posted...FFII comes to mind. If you get to the final boss having sold your blood swords, you might as well just look up the ending on youtube. I think it also depends on how you leveled up. I just know he was healing himself for 2-3k on most turns with that physical attack and I couldn't outpace it. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Alpha218 12/21/18 2:15:48 PM #40: |
I finished the fire ship escape sequence with 1 second to spare
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PhazonReborn 12/21/18 2:26:44 PM #41: |
I've NEVER understood why this game somehow looks (and sounds) worse than FFIV
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ocelot51 12/21/18 2:27:53 PM #42: |
I remember the old sentiment that Square didn't bring the original over to America because they thought it was too hard.
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Alpha218 12/21/18 2:35:14 PM #43: |
I have not really had any difficulty so far. Just picking which jobs to use is all.
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