Well this topic is based on the persons preference of characters used in battles. So it's not like you have to use Claude even though his moves are easily the best.

mario: i use cluade,rena,precis(she rocks!) and opera

Yea Precis is pretty underrated if you ask me. I think she's just as good, if not better than Dias.

Acctually I would have to say Ernest is the most underated. Then Probably Bowman (who I think is the best) and then probably Precis. But that is a pretty balanced group.

Well Ernest is underrated but still isn't as good realistically as compared to Bowman, or Claude. Bowman is considered plain to most people so maybe that's why he isn't used.

I don't know if I am supposed to say this, but if you check the gamefaqs boards almost everyone hates him. But anyways, I would have to say it Bowman will always be in my group.

Yea no one really began to like Bowman here until I pointed him out then more people started using him. He's just too good. And yea I knew about him being hated at Gamefaqs, some do love him though....

... Back on topic.

My Party is still and always will be

Claude
Rena
Bowman
and Chisato.

Yeah, I am one such fan of Bowman. I used Precis my first few time, but then I tried Bowman, and I found out he's the best.

My next group will probably be:
Bowman
Leon
Rena
Celine
I want some challange this time.

Mostly mages, nice. It would be cool to beat the hard bosses like Iselia Queen or even Unlimited Indy.

Once I beat the game with all mages, but for some battles I did use fighters. This one I plain on using one fighter and the rest mages.

I beat the game using Claude alone for a while and then I switched to Chisato once I got her in my party.

I think just using Bowman would be good. But I don't find it as fun with just one character. I like to use my whole group on manual, but that's just me.

I would probably get bored to death if I were to only use Bowman in my party. If you ask me he's kind of dull. But he's still my favourite character.

i think bowmen sucks his medicine follows him in the air and he dances till a tornadoe comes precis i use her hop stop or whatever move all the time the cpu player uses it madley and it doese 9999 lol and its low cost and opera has that good starlight heal thing that for every go it heals you by 5 more hp up to 5000 hp on alll alies and i think the last bosses arepushes overs and theirs one attack ernest has thats stupid

You obviously don't know how to use your characters. Considering that Bowman is easily the best character in the game. You shouldn't use Secret Medicine anyway since you can use Explosion Pills and Poison Pills.

Precis is ten times better using Alley-Oop and Barrier.