| ^Not to mention that if you look at the characters, you realize that while you can specialize anyone to any class, there are obvious hints as to which classes work best for certain characters. Basch is clearly meant to be a tank, and Penelo a mage - while you can switch it up, it's not practical to go through the game unlocking ALL the licenses bit by bit, and only focus on one area - Penelo and Ashe definitely have more magic buffs early on because they are the best casters, and Basch/Balthier/Vaan have strength buffs because as they level, that's where their abilities lie.
If you purposefully make them all the same, then yeah, it will be sort of 'ununique' - the game is most effective if you don't though.
(Never mind the fact that, while in battle, it's also impractical to have everyone play the same role - if you have three hard hitters and no healers, you won't make it very far. Same goes for if you only have magic users. It's all about strategy.) |