I was wondering who would be best (and yes, I'm asking all IX fans who have any extra time to give advice) for my permanent party in IX? The walkthroughs say Zidane, Eiko, Steiner, and Vivi are best mostly, but I was hoping not because I don't like Steiner or Eiko and I prefer monks/gamblers>black mages. Their character pages pretty much just talk about how they hit for 9,999 but in the long-run, who's really best when you get to pick who's in your party? | |||
Zidane, Eiko, Steiner and Vivi probably is the best party, at least in terms of gameplay simplicity, as you have a good range of class types and can easily deal 9,999 damage with each character. However, it is not necessary to have that as your party; I prefer to switch around my party as I go through the game. I would definitely advise having a white mage in your party at all times though (Eiko is definitely the better mage) but feel free to use which ever character suits you :) | |||
You could swap Eiko for Quina and Steiner for Amarant or Freya. Quina learns Auto-Life and can heal. Frog Drop is powerful if you're doing that frog catching sidequest and only costs 10 MP. You get a lot of Ethers in this game anyway. And Forks ignore row so you can use Quina in back row to do same damage as from front row. Only Steiner and Freya can equip heavy armor, so it makes your best equipment kinda useless to obtain if you're not even gonna use either of them. | |||
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Pretty much any balanced lineup is good for Ozma and the final bosses. I think Quina is underrated, as s/he learns a lot of great spells like Angel's Snack and Big Guard that are helpful in boss fights. Definitely use Freya if you're not going to use Steiner, though. Like Kelt said, you want either of them in your party to make use of armor. | |||
I like the original party with Zidane, Dagger, Steiner, and Vivi and I switch out Steiner or Vivi with Amarant because hes awesome. I chose this party because i can max out damage and make sure everyone is alive, My style of playing is: get in beat their ass and get out alive. short sweet and to the pointtrimackdissida
Yeah, I finally started getting into the game and I'm liking it a lot more. I just got Quina and I'm havig some really good luck with her random damage fork (it's hitting harder than Jump every time!). Does Vivi's MP ever get higher than the other party members?! It runs out way to fast and that's ultimately gonna want me to leave him out. Freya's not anywhere near as powerful as I thought she would be. She should be faster and stronger thatn Zidane but is not. | |||
Yeah, it is a good game, just takes a while to get into it :) I don't know how much Vivi's MP increases by but I've never had any particular trouble with running out of MP. He can also learn the ability Half MP from a Light Robe or Protect Ring, which is very useful. | |||