Okay, here's some advice for FFT:
1. Tell all the original generic units that you started the game with to take a hike. Seriously, unequip them of all their shit and kick them out of your party. Afterwards, recruit three new generic news into your party, each of whom have Faith and Bravery at least in the mid 60's. You can keep trying to recruit them over and over - there's no charge until you've actually accepted a unit into your party. If you REALLY wanna get ahead of the curve, I suggest getting one male recruit with good compatibility to Ramza's current zodiac sign and two female recruits with the best compatibility to Ramza's zodiac sign. That will give you a nice advantage when it comes to the strength of healing spells and such, but it's not required - especially given how tedious recruiting can be.
2. DON'T GRIND TOO MUCH. Enemies in random battles scale with your party, so you're doing yourself no help by trying to outgrind the story battles. Just bunker down and focus on improving your tactics, not your units' abilities. Furthermore, the game actually gets easier the further you get, barring a few major difficulty spikes (you'll know all too well when they happen), so you really just have to slog through the early game.
3. Have Ramza work towards the Ninja and Samurai jobs for the mid game. It'll pay dividends during a certain castle raid.
4. MAKE SEPARATE SAVE FILES FOR RAIDS. Some parts of the game will force you to fight a series of consecutive battles at one particular locale, between which you're stuck at that place with no way to shop, grind, or what have you. Don't ruin your game by realizing you've entered a raid under-equipped midway through and don't have a save file to fall back on.
A few more general pointers:
- Always attack from the side or back
- Don't use offensive magic in tight spaces if your units are around
- Don't be quick to sell off old equipment - it might be useful for another job or unit
- Have your generic units switch jobs as often as need be
And that's about it! Have fun.
1. Tell all the original generic units that you started the game with to take a hike. Seriously, unequip them of all their shit and kick them out of your party. Afterwards, recruit three new generic news into your party, each of whom have Faith and Bravery at least in the mid 60's. You can keep trying to recruit them over and over - there's no charge until you've actually accepted a unit into your party. If you REALLY wanna get ahead of the curve, I suggest getting one male recruit with good compatibility to Ramza's current zodiac sign and two female recruits with the best compatibility to Ramza's zodiac sign. That will give you a nice advantage when it comes to the strength of healing spells and such, but it's not required - especially given how tedious recruiting can be.
2. DON'T GRIND TOO MUCH. Enemies in random battles scale with your party, so you're doing yourself no help by trying to outgrind the story battles. Just bunker down and focus on improving your tactics, not your units' abilities. Furthermore, the game actually gets easier the further you get, barring a few major difficulty spikes (you'll know all too well when they happen), so you really just have to slog through the early game.
3. Have Ramza work towards the Ninja and Samurai jobs for the mid game. It'll pay dividends during a certain castle raid.
4. MAKE SEPARATE SAVE FILES FOR RAIDS. Some parts of the game will force you to fight a series of consecutive battles at one particular locale, between which you're stuck at that place with no way to shop, grind, or what have you. Don't ruin your game by realizing you've entered a raid under-equipped midway through and don't have a save file to fall back on.
A few more general pointers:
- Always attack from the side or back
- Don't use offensive magic in tight spaces if your units are around
- Don't be quick to sell off old equipment - it might be useful for another job or unit
- Have your generic units switch jobs as often as need be
And that's about it! Have fun.