Final Fantasy XII Appreciation and Strategy Thread

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The Fury said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Vaan and Penelo's purpose in the plot is that they represent the small normal commoners who are pulled and tugged by the whims of those above them.

I can see that, just to me, their characters never felt quite as filled out as the others. Penelo was only there because of Vaan getting her in trouble and Vaan felt like he didn't get it most the way through. I still never really use them in my play throughs and would swap Vaan out for Balthier in towns if I could (the true leading man).

My Vaan's Shikari/Time Mage combo almost never leaves my party now in the later stages of the game. His Haste spells, Being a stand in Tank or DD in a pinch is just so nice.

My usual party consists of Vaan(Shikari/Time), Ashe(Bushi/RedMage), and Balthier(BlackMage/Machinist). Note the only healer is relegated to Ashe partially but the nuance of this party is that all of them almost never get hit. Vaan and Ashe's evasion and parrying capabilities is top notch and Balthier stays effectively out of harms way. I often like to control the chaos from Balthier's pov so  can keep him a reasonable distance and ensure the others have Lure on them to control the hordes.

If that does become to hard to control I just swap Balthier for Penelo(Whit Mage/Archer) who stays equally out of harm but is actually quite OP with the bow.