Do i Need To Keep All Characters in Check?

[Bob]

1st playthrough.... I ask this because i havnt even gotten rikku in my party yet and im finding it tedious trying to keep everyone involved (mainly Khilmari and wakka) and also do i need magic attack on Tidus and obvious non spellcasters? because im about to come up to a little branch on the sphere grid with tidus that has 6 magic attack on it.

[Jin-]

Nope. Some fights might be hard without Yuna being leveled, like the ones where you are forced to use Eons

[Coq_Pwner]

It's entirely up to you, you can finish the game easily without using Kimahri at all, COMPLETELY forgetting about Wakka might cause issues eventually vs foes with higher evasion, but it shouldn't be all that bothersome either as you can usually kill them easily with magic too.

As for magic attack, well as you might have guessed, it is only used for magical attacks, so while it IS pretty useless early on on non-spellcasters (including Tidus) it might come in handy eventually if you send him down Yuna's or Lulu's path, or if you learn any offensive spells with him.

Again it's pretty much entirely optional, as offensive magic pretty much isn't required at all throughout the game, except to take care of flans or take advantage or enemies weaknesses.

[Springwiesel87]

later bosses and even normal Monsters are REALLY Tough... its better when you train all chars... believe it...

[Silamon]

Originally posted by Jin-:

Nope. Some fights might be hard without Yuna being leveled, like the ones where you are forced to use Eons

Actually a lot of the fights that require you to use a certain character are much easier if they are not leveled.

You do not need to level everyone, though if you plan to do post game content (the arena, dark aeons, Penance) Wakka, Tidus, and Rikku are undeniably the best characters to use (everyone's stats will be equal, the only difference is the abilities on their celestial weapon and their overdrives)

[Bob]

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

[Opera]

For levelling, maybe you haven't noticed that everyone involved in a fight gets the same AP at the end, regardless of how much they actually contributed. So against the regular mobs, you can just attack once against the wrong enemy type, miss/do no damage, and then swap out for the kills.

Sure, it can get a little tedious, but I find it better than realising someone's drastically under-powered and grinding them up later.

Also, use the 'Extract Speed/Magic etc' abilities as much as possible; putting points into seemingly useless stats isn't an issue when you're drowning in spheres :)

[kluddan]

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

Do so, As he's the blue mage of this game. A jack of all trades, but a master of none. He's pretty much a joke. (which is a shame, Since I find him cool)

[Charllize]

Originally posted by DeiTy93:

Wow ok thanks for the really detailed responses guys : D im just gonna forget about Khilmari then lol

Dont sure, Kimahri have one solo fight later in game, not hard, but without any training..probably very hard:)
And some bosses (story or optional) its a lot easy with party changing.

[Alderich]

hey...do not forget that Khimarihas to fight Biran and Yenke all alonelater on and that can be a hard one with him not levelled up,like the rest of the party.I always lost that fight with a weakling Ronso :)

EDIT:sorry didnt see Charllize´s post

[Charllize]

jesus christ guys..he is KIMAHRI..not a Khimari or Khilmari..or kalamari..lol :))))

[Bob]

Originally posted by Opera:

For levelling, maybe you haven't noticed that everyone involved in a fight gets the same AP at the end, regardless of how much they actually contributed. So against the regular mobs, you can just attack once against the wrong enemy type, miss/do no damage, and then swap out for the kills.

Sure, it can get a little tedious, but I find it better than realising someone's drastically under-powered and grinding them up later.

Also, use the 'Extract Speed/Magic etc' abilities as much as possible; putting points into seemingly useless stats isn't an issue when you're drowning in spheres :)

oh wow they do? well i guess that changes things lol. thanks!

[Govalon]

If you can, teach Kimahri the "steal" ability! When you fight agains biran and yenke, you can steal multiple times from both of them! Each steal gives you 1-2 "level 3 key spheres" and they are really hard to come by at that stage of the game. Teach him steal and forget about him until you need him. The fight where you need Kimahri is not hard and if you need to, you can grind in the same area for a really short amount of time to get some stats and then finish the fight. No need to level Kimahri all the time.

[Taka]

Originally posted by Opera:

For levelling, maybe you haven't noticed that everyone involved in a fight gets the same AP at the end, regardless of how much they actually contributed. So against the regular mobs, you can just attack once against the wrong enemy type, miss/do no damage, and then swap out for the kills.

Sure, it can get a little tedious, but I find it better than realising someone's drastically under-powered and grinding them up later.

Also, use the 'Extract Speed/Magic etc' abilities as much as possible; putting points into seemingly useless stats isn't an issue when you're drowning in spheres :)

You can also just guard by pressing Y (Xbox controller) / Triangle (PS controller). It's a quick action and totally counts for getting AP.

[Purplefairy22]

Yuna Tidus Wakka , that should be your main party focus.

Kimarhi 2nd choice (make him Rikku) Only cause you have you fight solo with him later on, And neglect everyone else.

Aeons cover magic needs and you can teach them spells easily enough if you use steal alot. Lulu is now redundant.

Using customise and sacrificing a lvl 1 keysphere for the PIERCING on a weapon removes slow ass Auron from the team.

Rikku is a great character however she's far more useful as a pain magnet come power leveling time.

Big hits + low health = Drowning in EXP

[kirkyeehee]

I went through the original with just Tidus, Yuna and Auron, and while ti was tough at first, it get's easier. By the end of it when I went to take on some of the secret bosses, I beat them with Tidus alone because i had the sphere grid completely filled out with him lol. The international release might be harder, not sure, so maybe you will need to use everyone a bit more.

I'm like you OP. I found it extremely tedious having to switch out characters all the time. A royal pain in the rear even, so I just stopped and focused on those I liked the best. (Eventually I beat the game with several different paties in several different play-throughs, so you're really not limited to specifics by any means)