Thanks for all the info... Does Square expect you to figure out all this stuff on your own? Or maybe it's all in the manual... which I don't have because I bought it on PSN. Anyway, I switch my two females (Jeanne and Sylvia) to Chemists and keep my guys (Ramza and Blake) as Squires for now. According to a friend, I should try to get Gained JP Plus, Move+1, and Auto-Potion as the passive abilities for my units initially.
I walk past Gariland Magic City and get into a random battle with some Goblins and a Chocobo. I assume that later on I would be able to capture the Chocobo somehow? Anyway, I dispatch of them with relative ease even without Delita and Algus hiding uselessly in corners (shocking). The next battle at Sweegy Woods is a little tougher because one of the Bombs blew up and knocked out Sylvia early on. I apparently forgot to teach anyone how to use Phoenix Downs even though I bought like 10 of them >>.
Anyway, Blake has enough for Gained JP Plus and Move +1, so I make him a Monk. I don't think he's gonna need Auto-Potion since I'm going to give him Counter when he has enough JP for it. I also teach Jeanne Bolt and give her the Black Magic command since her Attack does like 10 damage only >>. Will make her a Wizard when she has enough for Auto Potion... The other Chemist will probably turn into a Priest. Not sure what I want to do with Ramza yet, although Samurai and Ninja both look good.
Dorter Trade City! It's too painful to even relive the battle because I got absolutely trashed. The enemy had like a bunch of Archers and Wizards that just tore through my team. And the knight kept freaking dodging my attacks. It also didn't help that I was a moron, casted Bolt on an enemy, then walked two of my other guys next him to attack him... then Bolt hit and apparently it's AOE which hurt all of them.
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-Merc