Best way to start this game?

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Blue Magic in any Final Fantasy (not counting X) is the best magic in the game. Blue Mages are the best just take time to get them to be the best. Don't matter what you use. You will be swapping in and out of jobs throughout the entire game.

I really don't think that Blue Mages are that good. Most of the spells that you can learn are pretty bad, and you would never want to use them. Also, you can only get their few good spells (spells that are actually worth using) late in the game. This makes them pretty useless until the end of the game. They can do some of everything, but they don't really excel at anything. I don't think that Blue Mages can do as much damage as a Black Mage or a Summoner, and I would say that white mages are better healers. Also, Blue Mages usually don't have very good stats, so it is pretty annoying to use them as a job. =/ If you are going to use blue magic, it is best to just learn their couple of abilities that you need right away, and then just forget about the job.

I would much rather have characters who could use white magic, use black magic, or summon instead of using blue magic. It probably wouldn't hurt to have one character be able to use it, but like I said, you won't even want to use blue magic until you learn the better spells near the end of the game, and even then, in my opinion, they still aren't the greatest.