I just got my plat yesterday, 93 hours in. I made a big mistake by wasting 2.4 million gils buying 3 dark matters. Turned out the shao long gui's rare drop isn't that rare...Most of the game I used Lightning/Fang/Hope. But post game, I switched to Fang/Lightning/Vanille.
Fang for highwind...very helpful for farming the turtles when you haven't maxed out yet. She has crazy strength and very decent magic. Just can't ignore her.
Lightning has decent magic and strength so good in both ravager and commando role (besides, she has enfire which is really helpful against the Long Guis)
Vanille because she has more hp than Hope.....But I guess Hope would do as well.
It all depends on the strategies though. Sazh's blitz is also pretty awesome. Snow, well he's probably the only guy I didn't find much use for. I think I only used him for 1 fight, mission 64.
"In the end, you're always on your own."
~ Squalll Leonheart
