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I find Orlandu, with his ultra-cheap attacks and all-star swordskills, to be the most useful character. After that comes Reis, with her all-purpose high MA, PA and Speed, adaptable to all classes except for perhaps mime or dancer; I had her become a monk with Two Swords, and have Beowulf hit her with Berserk and Haste; the result was a Reis that dealt 900 damage two times against Altima.

Beowulf comes after Reis, as the Oracle on steroids; his status-effect attacks own in most battles except for some boss battles. He can effectively pull off one hit kills with Break or Shock if you have beaten him down to 1hp somehow.

Ramza is perhaps, the least useful, although the most generic out of the whole lot.

Worker 8 is VERY useful as a long-range artillery battery; have Ramza yell at him until his speed goes through the roof. Then, have someone constantly potion him (presumably to cool down his circuits) as he hammers away the opponents with Dispose. I think, at lvl 99, Worker 8 can do up to 460 damage with dispose.

Well, maybe Ramza isn't that bad as a Monk. Unbuffed, using only Power Sleeve and Bracer, with Two Swords, Ramza at lvl 99 does 999 damage times 2.

This post has been edited by life-giving-river on 26th April 2006 04:32

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Reis owns all! Possibly more deadly than Orlandu at lvl 99.

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Ramza with his Yelling at party members to greatly increase their speed I would consider to be very useful. Beowulf's instant status effects and Orlandu's all powerful All Swordskill with the Bracer and Excalibur also qualifies. Any character with Math Skill could be a great asset in the elimination of your enemies and/or great restoration of your party with proper mathematical calculations.



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Orlandu was the best. Obviously. Does someone with initial class called "Holy Swordsman" who uses All Sword command and initially equips the Excalibur to automatically cast Haste on him sound like he's not the best?

Second in my opinion is a tie between Ramza as a Monk with Armor and Beowulf because of his amazing Orcacle Sword Skill that can do VERY nice damage to Zodiac bosses, even Altima.

In terms of usefulness, there is about only one choice: Beowulf.

Why? Beowulf can be useful whatever you want to do. You can either turn your foes into chikens or put them into a deep sleep. Petrify some goblins or even turn your party members into zombies to avoid death via death setence or instant death.

All Cid can do is kill some stuff then die badly of status effects.

Also, a permanent haste is really not good when fighting against undead enemies when you are poisoned. That's one of the reasons I could never solo with Cid; his skillset is deadly (yet only "useful" to kill) but it almost takes nothing to kill him.

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Beowulf. Instant status effects are just so nice. Plus, he's got the HP to take a few shots and then bam, Shock!.

Orlandu is just a one-trick pony......you can slaughter things just as effectively with a generic math-"killer" or Draw Out user

Although Ramza gets some honorable mention for being able to buff himself and others to a ridiculous level

Beowulf is my favorite character, all you need to do is learn drain sword and bingo, you got a 900 dmg on Altima lol... also his multiple status effects make him one of the best allies you can have. Sure Orlandu is strong.... but geez, he's like the Paladin in every classic RPG stories, the hotshot, the super cool/powerful guy... He's strong but perhaps TOO strong? he shouldn't be counted in this.

Quote (life-giving-river @ 25th April 2006 01:23)

Ramza is perhaps, the least useful, although the most generic out of the whole lot.

What are you talking about? Ramza can become a godlike warrior if you don't have him stand around and twiddle his thumbs. He becomes useful without the player even intending it. He is by far one of the most useful players in the game. Also, scream anyone?

The most useful character, however, is without a doubt Orlandu. Why? He kills everyone. I rest my case.

#1. TG Cid
#2. Beowulf
#3. Ramza

Depending on the situation, each of these three could jump to #1. For instance, in the Deep Dungeon, Beowulf is a must for treasure hunting, while Cid is reduced to a slayer role. When JP whoring, Ramza shines much more than Cid, and slightly better than Beowulf. In terms of raw power and general usefulness, though, Cid takes top billing.

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Eh...sue me for saying this...Mustadio!

I mean, okay, he doesn't exactly scream power like Cid, nor is he particularly adept at gaining JP, but his status damaging snipe command is pretty good. I jut wish it would have been expanded some more. I enjoy Mustadio mainly because he is the only character in your party who uses a gun as a default weapon for his class. This gives him range for days if coupled with the appropriate move ability/ Accessory. Most people focus on defending statuses with accessory,and this is true in my case as well, but with Mustadio, I tend to give him germinas boots and either Ignore Height (great for sniping) or Teleport(though a little unrealiable, it has it's uses) Combine this with a high PA through leveling up/down and then give him either maintenance or equip armor as a support ability. Reactionary ability for me is almost always abandon or speed save. Secondary action ability varies, but I like giving him he Ying Yang magic to improve his status damaging capabilities.

But if not Mustadio, I'd have to say Beowulf...if only he could snipe too..

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Definantly orlandu onn this one.I mean,holy swordsman,with all sword skills of holy,mighty,and dark.I mean come on ppl.U can't go wrong without orlandu.

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Probably my most useful general-purpose is what I call my "Merlin" build:

Summoner........Wizard Rod
Sing
Abandon...........Flash Hat
Short Charge....Wizard Robe
Teleport............Feather Mantle

A bit fragile if anything gets close (and gets around the nice evasion percentages), but between teleport, large-area summons, and singing, nothing usually gets close.

Too bad Short Charge doesn't work with singing, or it'd be even better.

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Beowulf is versatile and works as both a supplementary and offensive fighter, which is why I pick him over the Thunder God, who's only good for stabbing baddies. Having MP-skills is a downside, and Cid has him topped there as far as hit probability and amounts go (usually). Still, I think if the two squared off, Beowulf might be able to squeak a couple out.

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Still, I think if the two squared off, Beowulf might be able to squeak a couple out.

Eh, I'd say probably not. Orlandu, having perma-haste, strikes first with Dark Sword, and suddenly all Beowulf has is a melee attack. From there, Cid pretty much just picks apart the Temple Knight at his leisure. I'd agree that Beowulf is the more useful of the two, but that's in a regular battle, not a one-on-one cage match.

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But if u give em both excaliburs, Beowulf strikes first. He's faster than Cid. Then all Beowulf has to do is chicken Orlandu. Or even do don't move on him, and then move away. As Beowulf has longer range on most of his skills (except for Orlandu's Holy Explosion, all he needs to do is stay out of Cid's range and chicken him twice.

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Reis owns all! Possibly more deadly than Orlandu at lvl 99.

Yes, I got social skills of a rock. And I'm proud of it. Damn straight, I don't really trust people, even though I'm human myself. Even I don't trust myself sometimes. Gah! this is getting nowhere.

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But if u give em both excaliburs, Beowulf strikes first. He's faster than Cid. Then all Beowulf has to do is chicken Orlandu. Or even do don't move on him, and then move away. As Beowulf has longer range on most of his skills (except for Orlandu's Holy Explosion, all he needs to do is stay out of Cid's range and chicken him twice.

k, so drop Orlandu's Faith to 3. Battle's over no matter who goes first -- Beowulf's skills have single-digit chance to succeed, and Orlandu's are unaffected.

Which, to bring us back to the subject, is something I hadn't thought about. Against low-Faith opponents, Orlandu would be more useful than Beowulf.

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But if u give em both excaliburs, Beowulf strikes first. He's faster than Cid. Then all Beowulf has to do is chicken Orlandu. Or even do don't move on him, and then move away. As Beowulf has longer range on most of his skills (except for Orlandu's Holy Explosion, all he needs to do is stay out of Cid's range and chicken him twice.

If you put a Thief Hat on Orlandu, he's way faster than Beowulf. Also, a good point was brought up with the Low-Faith opponents. Beowulf is significantly less useful in that case