First time playing ff3

[Beans]

Any tips/tricks for beginners? Thanks

[LadstonFelisGaming]

I'm assuming you're playing this version, so I'll give you a big tip for how job levels are raised:

Each command in battle has an amount of points associated with it that get added to an invisible total. When you meet the necessary total, you gain a job level. Each command gives a differing amount depending on which job your characters have (Ex. Have magic using classes cast spells will give them more job credit than attacking or defending, while melee classes get more credit for using the Attack command).

The commands that don't give job credit are "Item", "Equipment", "Row", and "Run Away". Any other command will give job credit.

As well, any defensive command such as Defend or Guard (for Knights) not only give job credit but have a higher turn priority than other actions. So, any character defending will always get their turns before other combatants. You can use this to your advantage to maximize job credit per battle. Say, for example, that there's only one enemy left and your melee attackers are likely to finish them off. You can have your mages defend to squeeze in an extra turn's worth of job credit before you end the battle.

Hope this helps a little :)

[ChaosBahamut]

Also, you can only gain a maximum of 1 job level per fight. (per character, of course) So don't prolong fights with the intent of having a character gain multiple job levels in one go.

[Vambran]

HP gain is tied to your current job. It is a pain but always try to switch to a Monk or Knight class right before you lvl up to get Max HP gains. Done right you should cap at 9999 HP.