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[rubah]

I guess if you have to have tied down job classes, that would be the way to do it. I don't like that kind of system myself, though.

[Bolivar]

And the mome rath Mirage outgrabe

The row system in FFIV worked fine for FFIV, because you always had members in your party that fitted into the system. I don't know how that will work now that you can switch in any members in the GBA version. Might be hard with more than three melees, or more than three squishy mages.

well there is a part where you have 4 fighters I believe.... going into tower of zot i think???

Like someone else said, it was different, and enjoyable, I prefer 4 people myself, although 3 works fine too.

[Heath]

I liked being able to use so many characters because it put less strain on each individual character as there were more there to be able to pick up the slack. The row system also meant you had to think carefully about where you had each character and how you put a team together in the GBA version. Thumbs up from me and I prefer using larger parties such as the more traditional four or even the five found in IV.

[ReloadPsi]

Option four, because five party members in FF7, 8 and 10 would've been too easy (so would four for that matter). I think FF4's difficulty was designed to accomodate that particular setup.

[eestlinc]

four is the right party size.

[marysonnie]

In that last boss fight, I needed EVERYONE. I can't imagine a party without one of them, or I'd have been totally killed (Hell, I was killed WITH all five before).

[Goldenboko]

And the mome rath marysonnie outgrabe

In that last boss fight, I needed EVERYONE. I can't imagine a party without one of them, or I'd have been totally killed (Hell, I was killed WITH all five before).

Ironically I found that in the final boss fight it was like I was battling with 4-3 people, because Zeromus's Black Hole was SO powerful that it 1 hit KOed Rydia everytime (effectively eliminating her from the battle). And easily killing someone else if I didn't constantly attend him.

IMO 3 Party members, is, and will remain, the worst set up. I like a lot of things going on at once :o

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

The five-member party was an advancement for the series, and it's highly unfortunate that it didn't become a mainstay the way the ATB system did.