By Bahamut.Kaioshin 2010-04-10 17:38:21
Having played this game and beat it in multiple formats for different systems I can safely say I am an expert at this game. First game I ever played as a kid (was 4 and was the OG nes one) and have probbaly played and beat it at least 25 times. Never gets old.
Your best choice for your first play through is the following 2 job combos
Fighter Monk White mage and Black mage
Fighter Thief White mage Redmage
If you want a bit more of a challenge and really want to enjoy each dungeon the following is my favorite job combo:
Fighter, Thief, Monk or blm, and Redmage
I really perfer thief in the dd slot because later in the game, your characters job classes do not change but they advance to the next fold. The following occurs:
Fighter: Knight (capable of weilding the best sword in game as well as access to whm spells)
Thief: Ninja (capable of using better swords as well as using black magic spells)
Monk: Black belt or master (depending on your version of the game) whats good about this upgrade is his bare fists are the strongest weapons for him at this advanced stage
White mage: White wizard (the advance name is diff in some versions. Capable of using every white magic spell in the game to effectively heal your party. Having one in party at this advance stage is pretty much a must for novices at beating the final boss of the game, Chaos.)
Black mage: Black wizard (the advance name is diff in some versions, clearly this is a reference to the NES version) Capable of being a valuable asset during the water and wind stages of the game as well as the final battle.
Red mage: Red wizard (best at dual classes of magic, this is my personal choice in advance replays of the game for added fun and difficulity because you must balance between which spells to learn as you can only learn 4 per level of magic so I take a look at each spell available for that level of magic and pick which black and which white spells i"ll have him use. Whats great about the advanced version of rdm is he can wear some seriously heavy armor and use some great swords so he can DD very very well)
I hope this helps. Also if you get stuck please don't hesitate to PM me for info, I know this game like the back of my hand with which i masterbate so thats pretty close lol.