> > Someone in this thread mentioned an "ultimate party" to strive for. Wouldn't that be six Assassins, each of whom know all 72 spells? Once Assassins get past level 40 or 50 or so they become amazing killing machines that do far more damage than magic-users could ever hope for. Of course they will gain SP slower than magic-users but this should only be a problem if you need to cast healing spells a lot.
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> I think the ideal party would have to be defined as a party that could win the game in the minimum number of moves (whatever that is!).
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> Since it's possible to win the game in a much shorter time than it would take to retrain your characters that number of times, your party can't possibly be an ideal.
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Well no, my party can't be "ideal" if you define the term to mean something else.

What I meant by "ideal" was the best party for gameplay, that offered the best prospects of killing whatever it encountered on the way to (through?) Murkon.

I might consider the game with the fewest moves to be a sort of "ideal game", but I don't consider it an ideal party if it gives you the least possible time to play.

I guess if we're both going to be talking aboot different types of parties, we should give them more descriptive names than "ideal".

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