Bravely Default 12 min footage shows Classic JRPG goodness.

[VicViper]

RolStoppable said:

VicViper said:

Seriously now... there's one let's player on youtube called HCBailly... he's pro at Rpgs, and a very funny guy. If you have the time try to check out his FFV let's play... I never played the game, but he tells a lot of things about classes, making all of them somewhat useful, minor some exceptions ( and uses Blue Mage a lot - it's that good)

If you spend enough time on a JRPG, you can make (almost) all characters and classes useful. Yes, you can set yourself challenges like that Final Fantasy I stuff Salnax mentioned, but that involves spending a lot of time on grinding. And yes, a Blue Mage can be good once you know where to learn the best abilities and which enemies are vulnerable to Level 5 Death.

But that's the thing. I don't want to spend hours to optimize my party or hours to turn something useless into something somewhat useful. Which I obviously can't know in advance, unless I use a guide.

No, no. He never spends time on the class to make them good or play them all just to show , he actually tries to optmize the game, play it with maximum eficiency. And by doing that he uses classes we never thougth to be good. He fights the final boss as a Ranger/Time Mage/Blue Mage and Thief team, and they all have a part.