Post your job choices for this game

[loudmog]

Going to start again for the first time in probably 15 years or more (GBA version is the last I played, so whenever that came out):

Curious to know what everyone has picked for this run and why you considered those classes. I know it's a little early on (the game released 2 hours ago) for people to know if certain things are changed later on, but that's okay.

Thanks all, looking forward to fun discussions!

[HexGramarye]

Red Mage
Red Mage
Red Mage
Thief

Maybe I'll go with two Thieves to get total elemental rod coverage. Should be interesting.

[McBomb]

Red Mage / Monk / White Mage / Thief

A nicely balanced team that will have no trouble late game at all. Early game is a tiny bit tougher from not having a Warrior, but that's more than made up for late game when you have all the White Mage's utility, two Temper/Haste users, a fully equipped Ninja, and everything stacked on a Master pummeling things mercilessly to death.

[WanderingMiqo'te]

I always go:
Warrior
Monk
White Mage
Black Mage
The reason why is solely because i like the classes. I feel red mage is nice, but he isnt a dedicated anything. Thief just sucks all around.

[McBomb]

Originally posted by Hex: No Tiddy:

Thief just sucks all around.

Thief is awesome in all of the re-balanced games (ie every version but the original and Origins). In fact, Warrior is probably the worst physical class now other than making early game slightly easier due to his tankiness, but early game is already piss easy in these versions so that doesn't really mean anything.

[loudmog]

Is theif really bad in this version still?

[Atomic Kid]

No as luck+agiliy on team leader deterimines if you get ambushed or first strike, agility adds to accuracy so thief on avg is 1-2 hits ahead of warrior until he hits the cap of 8. And once hes a ninja he has good enough defense to not take as much damage and can function as your char in slot 1. I still put him in slot 1 if i have a knight to keep ambushes down to a min.

warrior got nerfed so hard that most other choice are now viable, no more 3 fighter+ red mage team. Warrior does catch up if he has exacaliber equipped but since theres only 1 theres almost no point in taking more then 1 fighter if any and if you have a thief he should be in slot 1 anyways cause luck+agility on leader is the roll and enemies do target char 2 decently enough that a tanky knight there can reduce the damage done to your team.

[Cupcakes]

Having only played the Dawn of Souls version years ago, is the Black Mage good or does the limited spell slots instead of MP hurt them?

If the Black Mage is good I think I'll go with
Fighter
Black Belt
Black Mage
White Mage

[Jeftah]

Originally posted by Hex: No Tiddy:

I always go:
Warrior
Monk
White Mage
Black Mage
The reason why is solely because i like the classes. I feel red mage is nice, but he isnt a dedicated anything. Thief just sucks all around.

A man of knowledge and culture.

I would go with:

Fighter
Monk
Red Mage
White Mage

For 2nd run,

Warrior
Warrior
Red Mage
Red Mage

[Atomic Kid]

Originally posted by Vodka:

Having only played the Dawn of Souls version years ago, is the Black Mage good or does the limited spell slots instead of MP hurt them?

black mage is garbage until mid game, hes sorta a long term investment basically becoming a better ver of red mage if you got him to promotion. He has insane int so he always will hit the hardest with spells.

and once item with spell which have unlimited use come into play, black mage will wipe the floor with every single random encounter while laughing his face off. And also he is still good in boss fights cause he can haste/temper your main dps guy and that dps guy will kill the boss. hes prob one of the best chars in the game with the biggest hurdle is dealing with a mostly useless char with limited spells with bigger payoff in the end then red mage.

For a first time ppl i would recondmend a red mage in his place as red mage isnt as bad in the early game despite his awful hp growths. But late game red mage doesnt come close to hitting as hard with the unlimited spell use gear and his terrible hp gets him killed a lot but he did at least get you though the early game which is prob when most chars are weak.

[Koby]

Thief x4

Nah.

Seriously though I'll probably do something like:

Warrior
Monk
Red Mage
Thief

[Jeftah]

Originally posted by loudmog:

Is theif really bad in this version still?

Yes. He is terrible. Some users are trying to prop thief up, but you'll only end up with a mediocre damage dealer than can buff your better attackers (Warrior or Monk).

Unfortunately there's nothing to be done about a class with lousy gear options, mediocre survivability, and a decent though lackluster class change that barely puts it in par with the other characters.

Each iteration of the game has needed to buff it somewhat for it to keep up, and it still can't compete with the best.

[Cupcakes]

Originally posted by Atomic Kid:

Originally posted by Vodka:

Having only played the Dawn of Souls version years ago, is the Black Mage good or does the limited spell slots instead of MP hurt them?

black mage is garbage until mid game, hes sorta a long term investment basically becoming a better ver of red mage if you got him to promotion. He has insane int so he always will hit the hardest with spells.

and once item with spell which have unlimited use come into play, black mage will wipe the floor with every single random encounter while laughing his face off. And also he is still good in boss fights cause he can haste/temper your main dps guy and that dps guy will kill the boss. hes prob one of the best chars in the game with the biggest hurdle is dealing with a mostly useless char with limited spells with bigger payoff in the end then red mage.

For a first time ppl i would recondmend a red mage in his place as red mage isnt as bad in the early game despite his awful hp growths. But late game red mage doesnt come close to hitting as hard with the unlimited spell use gear and his terrible hp gets him killed a lot but he did at least get you though the early game which is prob when most chars are weak.

Thank you for the explanation and assistance!

[Lumina]

warrior
warrior
red mage
red mage

its the best

[ztdk]

Red Mage
Warrior
White Mage
Black Mage

As a kid on the NES I didn't like to spend money on consumables because gear was already so expensive and took so long to buy (looking at you, Elfheim) so the red mage let me handle large groups with quick double AoEs without losing too much HP, burn through most of Red Mage's charges before a boss for healing so the White Mage was fresh for the fight, or contribute with physical attacks to conserve spell charges through the longer dungeons.

Due to rebalancing, all that money isn't needed, but I'm fond of the set up after all these years, and Red Mage has become one of my favorite jobs in the franchise (thematically, at least... implementation sometimes leave something to be desired.) So that one gets a permanent spot.

A second run though might see me sub out warrior or even black mage with a monk.

[Jizzney_Princess]

Black Belt, Black Mage, White Mage, Warrior

The best line-up bar none, IMO. You're really only buying top-tier equipment for the Warrior; the mages don't use much and the BB never needs a weapon, period. The Warrior will tank very effectively while you're leveling, and once you get into the double digit levels the BB/Monk will utterly destroy anything the game can throw at you. BM and WM round it out with AoE, healing and buffs..