How to decide what quickening should I skip?

[HideoKoncima]

As title says. It's not very clear in my mind.
Are there some basic rules to decide? Should I wait for 2nd job to decide what quickening must I skip for a character?
Is quickening slot position always the same, regardless of the job you choose?

SOLUTION: Read posts below, and this handy guide https://imgur.com/8YNvQxh

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by SiegfriedM:

Is quickening slot position always the same, regardless of the job you choose?

The Quickenings are in fixed positions on each job's board. I.e. they will always be in that spot for that job, but may be in other spots for other jobs (but always the same for that job).

In general, most Quickening bonuses aren't a big deal, and most job combinations don't even HAVE more than 3 bonuses across both jobs.

Shikari is the big and obvious exception, since it has 4 different ninja sword licenses behind Quickenings, including the one for the ultimate ones. That definitely makes you want to plan ahead.

But for most other jobs, you'll find that a lot of the Quickenings don't have any tiles behind them at all, or that it's super irrelevant ones. Monk has one of the best with Curaja/Bravery, but not much going on for the others so it's basically always the pick.

You can use the Party Planning Spreadsheet[docs.google.com] to get an easy overview over what combos in your party give what bonuses for which Quickening - but you still need to be mindful of cross-job synergies. Some job combos might unlock the tiles locked on one job via the second job, without ever using a Quickening. Same goes for Espers, of course, though those are more complicated as they are unique and the bonuses tend to be more powerful overall.

[Melodia]

As I've said before, as long as you pay attention to which tiles you choose I don't think you can ever lock yourself out of any licences (Shikari excepted). I've yet to see anyone come up with a job combo that disprooves this.

[HideoKoncima]

Thanks guys.
So, if someone suggests, for example, for Basch as Bushi/Timemage to skip Quickening 50, is it still valid if he has other jobs?

[Melodia]

The quickening choices are irrelevant as far as which you choose, the only difference is LP cost. There's no specific reason to take or refuse any of them outside of the issue of you can't get licences behind the 4th one after you've taken 3 (which as I said above should be avoidable outside of Shikari)

[HideoKoncima]

Thanks guys. I found a very handy tab with all stuff unlocked via Quickenings and Espers. I guess it'll come useful for some other people.
https://imgur.com/8YNvQxh