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.

[ynot563]

引用自 Skyisa：

I always lost that fight with a weakling Ronso :)

Hornnnlleess horrnnlesss.

[Scheneighnay]

引用自 Charllize：

引用自 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.

That boss fight is scaled to his stats- even if you completely ignore leveling him, you can do it easily.

[Ghin]

Kimahri isn't that bad if you put him down Auron's path.

[Bourne Endeavor]

Nope. I've beaten this game at least ten times already and always pick only three of the seven characters to level throughout the whole game. If that trio doesn't happen to include Rikku and Wakka, some fights will be harder, but still doable. Get some of the black magic spells, armor break and use/steal (for Al Bhed potions) and you'll be fine.

[Derpykin]

my main party, tidus for general attack/imo best sole attacking overdrive, yuna for all magic needs + aeon scaling off her and rikku for mixing.... nuff said (wakka is a good secondary until rikku is unlocked with status effects)
kimarhi can be ignored BUT it is worth leveling him up rikkus path in expert grid just to get some levels for a solo battle later in the game and for getting the lancet overdrives (question is kimarhi the only person who gets a scripted solo battle in the entire game, not counting yunas aeons or battles prior to besaid)

[Taka]

So am I the only one who tries to use every single character in every battle to try and have a fairly balanced party? >_>

[Derpykin]

引用自 Not A Bear：

So am I the only one who tries to use every single character in every battle to try and have a fairly balanced party? >_>

the only thing you really need for a good time playing not counting self imposed challenges is to have one water battler leveled (tidus wakka or rikku) one mage (yuna lulu) and one damage dealer (tidus auron or kimarhi <-- depends on path)
ignoring the few times you are missing a character for plot reasons you shouldnt have any problems providing you save often in case you need to grind

[Broodilicious]

There are areas where you need to use tidus, wakka and rikku with no option to switch them out, there is also a part where you need to fight solo as Kimahri and parts where you have only Auron, Lulu and Yuna (possibly Kimahri too) so at the very least you need to have Kimahri and one from each of the other 2 groups trained to a degree to beat the game (just main story not the end game bosses like penance, dark aeons etc.) if you are trying to beat everything there is mass grinding for most characters especially Wakka (crazy overdrive damage) and those with easy to obtain Celestials.

[Broodilicious]

So am I the only one who tries to use every single character in every battle to try and have a fairly balanced party? >_>

Not at all, as I progress through the story every time I get a lvl on a character I put the 3 people with the lowest ap until level into my party and fight with them until the next level up, this seems to give me a pretty balanced party with all chars around the same power when you account for strengths and weaknesses

[Pip]

i just get them all to lvl 10, spend the points and do it all over. yeah its more work, but its kinnda fun to me.

[D's Journal]

I hate using Kimhari and Wakka is 50/50.
Though I just let them attack at least once just to get equal EXP.

引用自 Ghin：

Kimahri isn't that bad if you put him down Auron's path.

He's just a jack of all trades, or try to be I guess? Or like a '2nd' someone.
I dunno, I also don't like BLU's in general so ... but he's a cool character otherwise lol.

[Polly]

It doesn't really matter in endgame though, once you've stat-maxed everybody..

But thinking from a realistic standpoint, it would be wise to keep everybody's Sphere Grid in check. It becomes a real pain later on when you have to spend a while moving around the Grid leveling up characters just because you neglected to do it for so long.

[Silamon]

引用自 BattleChicken24：

It doesn't really matter in endgame though, once you've stat-maxed everybody..

But thinking from a realistic standpoint, it would be wise to keep everybody's Sphere Grid in check. It becomes a real pain later on when you have to spend a while moving around the Grid leveling up characters just because you neglected to do it for so long.

It does matter. Once you have everyone statmaxed, Wakka, Tidus, and Riku are UNDENIABLY better than anyone else thanks to their op overdrives.

[Scheneighnay]

Oh yeah, it pays to remember that you need Tidus, Wakka, and Rikku for any underwater combat, so you're going to need to level them.

Rikku is actually really good if you give her a weapon with... I wanna say alchemy?
Whatever doubles the effectiveness of items.

It's only in the endgame that Yuna can outclass Rikku as a healer.

[Ghin]

引用自 Mihile：

I hate using Kimhari and Wakka is 50/50.
Though I just let them attack at least once just to get equal EXP.

引用自 Ghin：

Kimahri isn't that bad if you put him down Auron's path.

He's just a jack of all trades, or try to be I guess? Or like a '2nd' someone.
I dunno, I also don't like BLU's in general so ... but he's a cool character otherwise lol.

I kinda feel like Kimahri just ends up being a crappy version of someone else unless you put him down Auron's path. All those Strength and HP nodes make it hard to be crappy.