But the parties aren't that different. The two extremes are all white mages, or all knights or black belts. Everything else is sort of in between. However, I have finished FF1 quite a few times, probably more than most people here (probably not all - but possibly! I remember when people were saying which games they replayed the most times, and a lot of those "most times" weren't that many times at all). If you like changing parties, you should look into Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 5, because they go a lot farther with the concept of changing parties than FF1 does. Right now I'm playing FF5 with a "normal" party, but maybe when I replay it I might use more exotic classes like hunters or berserkers.
I LOOOOOOVE Flying Omelette!