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Dikitain posted...

Fighters are good attack sponges. Any attack against a fighter is basically wasted for that round unless you are fighting something well outside of your abilities (Or you get magic attacked).

perhaps, but "fighter" is more or less a misnomer for most of the early FF titles. "Tank" would be far more accurate. they can take a hit, but their damage output is pretty dismal when weighed against the multi hits of the monk or thief. with the monk, thief, and black mage in the party once black gets access to haste, nothing--not even bosses are going to live long enough to make the damage you're taking much of a concern. the white mage is going to spend 90% of their time either twiddling their thumbs or using the hammer to cast lightning and is there more as an insurance policy to extend your time in dungeons. with a fighter, you're always going to be handicapped by the time you have to spend grinding gold for his best equips. all he is is a meatshield, and an incredibly expensive one at that. why stand there and take damage at all when you can mill everything in your path to dust in the first round to begin with?
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