[MidgarFanatic]

I always had the same party, two Fighter's, one White Mage, and one Black Mage. I was always too chicken to experiment with the other ones. I never once used a Red Mage.

But ultimately, I think that was the best balanced party. Lot's of muscle when you needed it, and a full array of all the magic the game has to offer.

The thing I liked about customizing in this original game was the way there were always exceptions to so many of the rules. For example, one rule is that no Fighter can use magic. But they can use magic if you give them staffs and artifacts to hold onto which have magical properties to them when used as Items. Another rule is that no Mage can weild a sword. However, I think it was the Masmune that was the strongest sword in the game and any job class in the game could weild it, including a Mage, adding a third Fighter to the game essentially. So there were interesting ways to customize.

Does this make any sense? lol