I'm up to Costa Del Sol now and heres what I got so far;

Cloud as a Paladin for now. Restore, All, Heal and Cover.
Tifa as a White Mage for now. Restore, All, Heal, Exit, Revive and Shiva. May switch her as just a Monk type later....
Barret as a Blue Mage for now. Enemy Skill, Sense and Choco/Mog.
Aerith as a Red Mage. All, Restore, Heal, Revive, Lighting, Ice, Fire, Earth.
Red as a Black Mage. All, Lighting, Ice, Fire, Earth, Poison and Ifrit.
Yuffie as a Thief/Ninja. Throw and Steal.

I'm thinking of having Cid as a Dark Knight and Vincent as another Red Mage seeing as Aerith would soon bite the dust. Cait Sith might become someone who has many Command Materia's, just so I'm forcing myself to use him at least a little bit more than usual. I'm dividing up the summons between characters, similar to FFXII.

I must say that even though I've had no real trouble so far, the battles are taking abit longer and that certain other enemies do seem to be putting up more of a fight. It'll be interesting to see how I pull off Materia Keeper or Godo without everyone able to use Cure or Big Guard at will....

Personally I think its a good idea, having to wait to cast cure while all your charachters are pretty beat up makes it all a bit harder, a degree of skill comes into it then.........knowing when to use cure so that it is cast just when you need it.
Might give it a whirl next time I play.

Did everybody give Jobs to everybody. I tend just to use 3 characters throughout. The game catches people other charecters up level wise every so often.

Yeah but I'd get bored with just using the same three throughout. Plus they never get as high and when you do get forced to use the others due to storyline they can be quite lame. Like I never realy use Cait Sith anymore but that Bit in Junon on Disc 2, he always gets pwned by Soldiers:2nd.

Suppose so but i get by. Sitting training everybody up can get boring itself sometimes though

I haven't really spent time levelling. The only times I've wandered around fighting battles without intent of progressing story has been when I'm earning Gil. Buying lot's of Materia seems to be quite the expensive feat

Just finished the Gold Saucer and got my Buggy. Just back tracking and getting White Wind, Big Guard and Aqualung Enemy Skills and the Bolt Ring before going futher. Clouds level 20 and everyone else is 17 or 18 I think.

Yuffie - Thief

Cloud - Warrior

Tifa - Monk

Aerith - White Mage

Vincent - Summoner

Cid - Lancer

Cath Sith - Black Mage

Red XIII - Red Mage

Barrett - Green Magic / Enemy Skill

I think they're already skilled anyway, but this is what i'd think they'd be suited to.

Do you really get what in what you get out of spending time what you get spending time on levelling and customizing these charecters? Your optimum 3 is enought and has also served me enough

Yeah but once you've completed the game about 30 odd times, mixing it up a bit isn't such as bad idea. Playing with just three consistent characters is boring even if it is quicker.

Temple of the Ancients next. Clouds 28, Tifa's 24, everyone else is either 25 or 26. Spent a while getting Gold Armlets from Dragons up on Mt.Nibel, hense the level boost. Still I must say the game is now a lot harder. Materia Keeper actually owned me for the first time in like YEARS! Red Dragon and Demon's Gate I fear are gonna rape me till my rectum bleeds