I didn't want to use the talkback thread because of the controversy. I just got this game in friday and have been playing it since. First off I enjoy the jobs it gives me a since of accomplishment when level grinding now that I know job leveling is done on the number of actions. In fact I recently got my second set of jobs and I wanted my Geomancer and Ranger to be level 20 job wise... I gained 8 characters and a ton of level on my scholar and thief trying to get those two up...
So far I haven't hit that uber boss difficulty yet. In fact the best that any boss has done is 3 rounds (Thats only because I had to wait for the barrier shift). I only lost a character once during level grinding because I wasn't paying attention to their life. I just got the darkness lifted from the "surface". Knowing how that was going to be I had leveled my character to 10 before I even had any jobs.
My party currently is:
Scholar 28/~60 Luneth
Thief 28/93 Rufia
Geomancer 28/20 Arc (Who really looks like a girl)
Ranger 28/20 Ingus
The Geomancer use to be a warrior then a knight and the Ranger use to be a Black Mage. This has been working for me. Also everyone dual wields except the ranger because of the bow. I just got boomerangs for the Thief and dual Boomerangs rock. Now only my Scholar is front row.
So yeah the level grinding gets old and I wish their was more description and like for the jobs/equipments/items . Also I'm a little lost on how to get where I need to be right now. I'm having fun though.