In Final Fantasy Tactics do I get Job Points for the job I currently have or the job I am currently practicing

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I'll illustrate with an example: I have a chemist lvl. 6 whose second ability is 'Black Magic'. When this chemist during battle uses black magic spells, are these job points earned for the chemist job or for the wizard?

Best Answer

JP Gains:

You gain JP (Job Points) for the Class you currently are.

So a Wizard that has White Magic as its secondary skillset will only gain JP as a Wizard.

JP Spillover:

Party members under some circumstances spill their gained JP over to other members of the party. Dead/KO allies do not gain JP-Spillover (only tested in wotl).

So let's say there is a party (in battle) of a Monk, Archer, and Knight. You will notice over time that the Monk will gain (a small amount) of JP in Archer and Knight overtime in addition to his gained Monk JP. (This happens for the Archer and Knight respectively).

Pretty certain this works for jobs not yet unlocked and explains why some characters start with a nice amount of JP after unlocking the class (This part is just from memory and speculation though).

FFT Original - 25% of JP gained is spilt-over to allies. More info here.

FFT: War of the Lions - 25% of JP gained is spilt-over to allies. More info here (This might actually be 33%, I'm finding mixed sources on this but this is doubtful).

Gained JP Up - This skill does not increase the amount allies gain from spillover. Only the person with the ability equipped (Which explains why it always seems a lot less to me haha). Additionally if the character gaining spillover experience has Gained JP Up it still doesn't affect the JP gained. Gained JP Up only works strictly when they are the direct receiver of the JP and it is applied after spillover happens.

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