Help FFXIII: Can someone help me with party composition

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right now in using Snow Hope and Vinille, but im trying to get lightning in there... Snow is staying, i know he has a bad rep in these boards but hes kicking ass and then some...

i can part from either hope or vinille, i prefer to keep hope.. the problem is that either way i am loosing either a synergist or a sabotaur. So ive leveled up some of lightnings Sab skills to give her the big damage increasers (de protect/shell/the elemental booser thingie) with the intention of replacing vinille with light as a ravager...

and this is where the problem starts. Lightning is a COOL character, she really is, but she SUCKS as a ravager. i guess im doing it wrong. snow is my primary commando, which is why light fit as a rav, but she does maby HALF the damage as anyone else that i use. I tried zerging up her STR stat and going with Strike spells, that didnt work so well... and then i zerged up her Magic, and the elemental spells still arent that great.

so then im left with the option of switching snow out as a ravager and having lightning go commando, would this be a viable option? or will snows damage suck so bad that it will make me want to weep..

i dunno i guess im doing something horribly wrong.
 
Ummm... why don't you just change up your party depending on the situation you're facing? I know that I never had a "fixed" party throughout the game, although I did have a general exploring party (Light-Snow-Van) but only because I like those characters and they provide a useful variety of paradigms. Besides, its not like the normal baddies pose any sort of challenge anyways.

For bosses and such, I always ended up using different parties to suit the situation. If one party didn't work for a boss, then I'd try a different combo and new paradigms.

I do agree that Snow is a beast commando, way better than Fang. I think he mainly has a bad rap cuz some people think he's an annoying character story wise. He sould stay in your party.

I think the problem you're having is that you think you MUST have a saboteur AND synergist in your party at all times. That's definitely not necessary as I only found those roles useful for a few boss/eidolon battles anyways. So it comes down to swapping out Hope or Van. It's purely preference in this case. I'd keep Hope since I find synergists a bit more useful, but in reality, I kept Vanille since I never liked Hope. So you see, one or the other doesn't affect the overall strength of your party too much.

I don't know why you think Lightning is so useless. She's like the best character in the game. She might not be the best at anything, but shes certainly good at a lot of things. You need her as a commando sometimes when your main commando switches to another role and you have to keep the chain guage up. Or you may find her to be a handy medic when your main medic needs to fill a different role (or you're really getting your ass kicked and need 2/3 medics). And often, you may need 2 commandos for bosses that are resistant to magic, or 3 ravagers (final boss).

For me, the most useless character was Sazh. He sucked at everything.
Anyways, if you don't find Lightning useful, then yea, you're doin it wrong.
 
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I use lightning,Fang,Hope
Fang is a marvelous charecter because she litteraly excels at all levels of the crysterium and learns most of the abilities for all roles.Shes best at Com-sen-sab
Lightning is a good multitasker but as a sentinal she sucks and as a rav she learns Army of one. Her main focus is building chains as a Rav. Kep her as rav-com-med
Hope is the best as he learns much like Fang mostly all the role abilities and has a high magic stat keep him as Med-rav-syn
So all in all Fang and Hope are able to play any roles rather well
Sahz is much like Lightning but as you upgrade his weapons he gets the best boosts..but untill that time hes rather blah-as a med he cant even reserect so keep him syn-rav or com
snow sucks and cant reserect either hes best as a sen but com and rav work well for him to
Vanille is like hope but as a syn cant use haste keep her as a sab-med or rav

All in all Lightnings not bad but shes not the best ..shes a chian builder so as rav she wont be as strong but will build up the stagger bar rather fast.
Fang and Snow are best as coms next to Lightning/Sahz to build chains.Have Fang be a sab as a good second to her Com.Snow dosent do well with sab/syn/med so keep him away from those unless necessary.Remember Snow and Fang are best as sentinals so upgrade those first for good mesure Fang is just slightly worse than Snow as this but is good none the less.
Vanille and hope are excelent Med/syn/sab's so keep then as such..remembering Vanille dosent get haste as a syn and Sahz is rather good as a syn to.
I have no idea if this Helps
 
thanks for the help both of you

any extra advice on how to gear light for the multitasking role would be much appreciated
 
I dont have any real advice I just build up the best accesories and weapons thet boost the stats I personaly want for my charecters...High HP is a must for Hope since his happens to be the lowest in the game....
So build up the bangles for him to max,also use the Magician mark" items since they raise his magick,- I use the wristbands for fang,with a random HP bangle, ,also I have auto haste on all of them-sprint shoes-,and a combo of both for lightning.
For hope/Vanille use the bangles and" Mark" accesories to highten magick and HP
strength items for snow/Fang
and combo of both for Lightning/Sahz
 
thanks again..

so hey i took your advice, and i put light in my party, evened out her stats and leveled her weapon a bit, shes actually performing quite nicely...

oh and i have to say this..

holy...shit

i JUST got to this part where i unlocked another tier in the grid, and lightning got army of one...

.. HOLY SHIT!!!!!!
 
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