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Bambi

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Some of the jobs just seemed really.....pointless

Scholar, what was the point when there were mages?
And Bard? That has to be the most pointless ever >_<
Evokers & Summoners seemed like a waste of time aswel, especially as the Sage could use summons

Im not a big magic user tbh which is why I probably never even considered using them but meh, they just seemed like a waste of time
 
I use magic all the time, and I hated those mage-like classes too. It seemed as if they were simply weaker or just less useful than the warrior-like classes. From FFT, Bard was my favorite class so I was disappointed to see them be so random in FF3.

My favorite was probably White Mage, though. :D
 
Red Mage and Scholars. I've never liked Red Mages, they're good for the first half, but I find no use for them later. Scholars were useful for that one skeleton boss (forgot his name).
 
i only use these 6 classes since i dont the point in the others

DK, Magus, Sage which am consider Summoner since i have all summons, Thief Knight and Warrior because i have all the equipment and stuff for them
 
id say shoolar too, i only used it once.
i think i was suppose to scan a boss or something..

..and i think they could have given them some different weaponds ..i mean, hitting your enemy with books......:dry:
 
Mandi said:
id say shoolar too, i only used it once.
i think i was suppose to scan a boss or something..

..and i think they could have given them some different weaponds ..i mean, hitting your enemy with books......:dry:
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Clearly they are still in a school kid frame of mind.

Yeah the only real use for Scholars were to use Scan on Hynn (?) to pinpoint his current elemental weakness. Other than that not much cop.
 
Scholars - they could constantly deal 9999 XD They double the efficiency of items used, so like the item that casts Flare ... it'd be 9999, whereas a Magus wouldn't be able to deal that much.

I never used Bards, barely used a Thief. I thought that Sages were useless to be honest. Sure, all three magic types, but you could use like 2-3 of the level 8 spells. When fighting the CoD, you'd need it a lot more, so the Devout is so much better for that.

Summoners are useful because Bahamut can deal 6000-7000 damage across the board from the back row, and you can use him about 3 times. Leviathan does almost as much too, and you can use him about 5 times.

Monks were freaking USELESS. Barely no damage whatsoever, with or without weapons. I've never used a Black Belt or an Onion Knight.
 
Red Mages become a bit useless once you get Level 6 magic :P I only ever used them for about 1/3 of the game.
 
Sages are the best when partnered with a devout, ggod for backup magic and support, then you can attack with them when they are not needed.

Onion Nights are pretty useless, but I heard they become quite superior at high class levels.
I'd have to say the most useless was the bard. he didn't do much for me. and also the dragoon. sure he had the lances, but they were weaker than swords, and jump was practically uselss because it takes two turns in which you could have already done more damage with regular attacks.
 
dude i consider one job useless: scholar. no real magic skills, and attacking with books? WHO WOULD DIE FROM BEING HIT BY A BOOK I MEAN COME ON?!?!?!?!
 
All the classes have their uses, I guess.

Freelancer: Useful until you get the first airship...?

Warrior: Attacking tank, only outcalassed by knight once you get King Argus' sword.

Monk: Easy way to get 9999 HP.

Thief: Beast until you get Ninja, gungnir.

Red mage: *ahem* Physically good, magically good, all rounders that are useful until you get the water crystal.

Black Mage: A glas cannon. Great when you hagve to be minied, but knocked out easily.

White Mage: Healers. 'Nuff said.

Onion Knight: THE Best at job level 99.

Scholar: Hein, Chocobo's Wrath.

Knight: Defend, King's sword, Ragnarok, Excalibur.

Bard: Best for status effects.

Evoker: Good replacement for BM.

Ranger: Bows have their uses. As far as back row fighters go, they need the least MP.

Dragoon: Half the enemies later on are air type. Can anybody say 9999?

Dark Knight: Useful as a replacement for thief/knight/fighter. Doubling enemies.

Viking: Provoke+2 sheilds=Easy Iron Giant battle.

Masters, Magi, Devouts, Sages, Summoners, Ninjas are all useful too.
 
Well FYI Scholars are impervious to magic damage I have found. Every magic spell (excluding poison and other hp sapping spells) deals 0 damage every time.

Evokers, I just started Refia as an Evoker and it is sorta okay but I'll be switching to summoner ASAP.

I found the thief class to be good for support (item-wise) since they are difficult to hit, and it is usually poor damage.

The Monk class I did find useless though, since they lacked the physical endurance I expected them to have. (mine usually dies in just 2 or 3 hits) and the overall damage is poor.

Dragoons are currently my damage whores. With a dual wield thunder spears I can hit over 2K damage in a 10hit combo (fairly frequent) at level 26.

I rarely used the Ranger and most of the other class as most of them had low defense imo.

My black mage is capable of dishing out 1400+ atm with a blizzaga spell and thundara at times.

That should do for now. XD
 
I know that Scholars are only useful at one point in the game, in which I had to scan a boss's status and pinpoint exactly what his current weakness as it changes from time to time. Actually, now that I think about it, I got Refia to be a decent-level Scholar and she was pretty strong. o.o She attacked with two books but damn did it deal a lot of damage.

Now Bard...didn't use that class at all. I just don't think it's worth it. Can't really remember what else I did not use or found pointless though...
 
Geomancers useless?! I think not. They were practically a free Black Mage.

Geomancers + Eureka = 5000+ damage every time, I think the attack was called Nanoflare. Uber!
 
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