I thought this concept would be more common but in my searches here I couldn't find a thread specifically about this. So why not start one?
And, really, I should say that I'm not thinking specifically of a warrior/thief/mage/cleric kind of party, but combinations of stat/skill types! As in one character who deals high damage and is quick, but low def and maybe medium special skills, and another with good support skills but lower attack and stuff like that.
Let's just use the typical RPG Maker stats of attack, defense, agility, evasion, magic attack, and magic defense. How would you balance out a 4-person party, with each having proficiency in 2, average in 2, and pretty meh in the last 2? And on top of that, what kind of roles would they play? And even, if it matters, the order in which they'd join whoever was the protagonist?
This is something I haven't quite delved into just yet for my project, but something I'd like to work out. Figured to get a discussion going!