Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - Job Combinations?

[brendude13]

Bristow9091 said:

brendude13 said:
I spent ages looking into this. Apparently there are optimum setups so that each character has access to 3 swiftness unlocks. Then there is taking into account what can be considered canon classes for each character.

I eventually went for:

Vaan - Shikari / Foebreaker
Ashe - Time Battlemage / White mage
Penelo - Monk / Black mage
Fran - Red battlemage / Archer
Basch - Bushi / Knight
Balthier - Machinist / Uhlan

Ooh I think I like the look of that party, it uses all the jobs, and gives people the jobs I think they should have based on what I know about them, which is basically looking at a picture of them and saying "Hmm... this person looks like [insert job]"

Having Balthier with Uhlan would mean he can use guns AND swords, right? That definitely fits more in line with the sky pirate thing, lol. Although I'd probably swap the order of which some people get jobs, for example, Ashe would be White Mage first, Penelo Black Mage, Fran Archer, and Basch Knight, simply because they're more traditional roles and I'd feel more comfortable having them from the start, but the job pairings there do look like they'd make sense, except for one thing;

Would Vaan be better off as Shikari/Bushi, and Basch be Knight/Foebreaker? 

Forgot to mention I wanted to use all jobs too. I also based the mage choices on this artwork:

I feel like Basch is also an Archer and Ashe a Knight, but I didn't want to use the same job twice. Knight / Foebreaker isn't one I've seen listed before as an optimum combination. It could be, it's just not in the guide I used.

Apparently it's good to put the Knight and White Mage as well as Time Battlemage and Machinist in different parties as their buffs and healing abilities overlap.