(Ramza should, as should most of your heavy-duty fighters, but mages should probably stick to a low brave. Not everyone should have maxed out Brave. there are literally pages of info about the mathematics that drive the game alone. Hope this helps I just recently played through it again before Disgaea was released (higly recommended if you like this game, btw), so my memory's been refreshed. You'll want Holy and Haste by the end of Chapter 2, it'll make things MUCH easier. Most likely you'll find Wizards (Black Magic, anyways) are the most useful to start with, as they'll have the best chance early on to kill an enemy in one blow. Mages: Have two rotate between Wizard, Oracle, Priest and Time Mage eventually you'll want these characters to become Calculators (Or rather, learn Math Skill, Calcs are awful as a primary class). Use guts until you get access to guns or, have them as a Knight with Throw Item. Being able to break items from a distance is extremely useful. Use Steal Heart frequently.Д¬ombat Medic: Chemist. Sunken State is nice when you get Ninjas. Give her Attack Up or Concentrate both also incrase chance to steal. For some odd reason, Martial Arts (standard in Monk) adds to your chance to steal. Favorites are Jump/Guts and Guts/Time Magic. Ramza: Any powerhouse class (he kinda stinks with damage/healing magic). My ideal party, using only Ramza & standard characters: When you're using the Accumulate trick, make sure that you're using Ramza's Cheer Up rather than Accumulate, as it permanantly adds a point of Brave every time you use it. Additionally, Dancers are more useful than Bards. Not only do they get amazingly powerful female-only items in the late game (chantage), but female thieves with Steal Heart are an amazing equalizing force, as most of the enemies you'll face are either male or monsters (only females can charm monsters).

Really, the main reasons to learn White Magic are Reraise, Raise 2 and Holy (one of the most powerful and useful damage spells in the game).ДЇemales are intrinsically more powerful than males in FFT. Costs for potions are pretty much negligible, and work both regardless of the target's Faith and immediately two very important edges over White Magic. Enemies will level with you, but by gaining more JPs per level, you'll be gaining a very important edge.Д¬hemists are very important, and one of the strongest classes in the game once you get access to guns. Yeah, Accumulate is a great way to get jps, but the first ability you should get is Gained-JP Up. Leveling up as a Summoner or Time Mage will give you lots more than as a White Mage or Oracle, and Black Mage is about in the middle. That's about all I've got to blab about, although to answer your question about MPs, most of your MPs will come from your character class and your equipment. Either wait until you've got all of the important base skills and then move on, or wait until major events (like when a couple of new cities have opened up to you, or good new equipment is available) to upgrade. It's inefficient and will cost you boatloads of money. Later on you might want Equip Gun this is purely your choice.Дon't switch classes immediately. Move+1, Gained JP-Up, and Counter Tackle will basically be necessities in the early game likewise I'd recommend each party member having Dash and Throw Stone (though not everyone will agree with me on that).Д¬hemists should have all of the Potion skills, maybe Elixir, definitely Phoenix Down, probably Ether, and most certainly Maintenance and Move-Find Item. Squire should not necessarily be mastered, but nearly so. You *will* have to master it by game's end. Get the major Chemist skills before progressing from that class.

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