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Don't worry about the level 27 right yet. I think I was only level 30 (or possibly less) when I decided to fight Goldor. I got tired of not being able to travel back and forth from the floating continent so I was just like screw it, and fought him anyways.
Saronia is a pretty integral part of the game. Especially once you are able to unlock all the shops, since when you first visit Saronia you are limited to maybe 3-4 shops. Be sure you get the Wind Spear by visiting Southwest Saronia. The old manin the Southwest part of the village gives it to you after you have saved Alus from the soldiers.
If you need any maps/item lists for the shops let me know (there are a lot) so I could scan my strategy guide pages for you to reference.
As far as job classes go, I've always just went my own way. I think there's a good combination of jobs to use when you read the end of the game, but up until this point each job carries it's own points of strength and weaknesses. I was discouraged to use Dragoon at first due to him not being able to use magic but trust me.... put a Dragoon in your party. If you level your party well, and get all the best weapons and hidden items for the Dragoon... he is by far the most beneficial right now. I believe I'm only at level 35 right now and my dragoon does somewhere between 2000 and 4500 damage when using the Jump command.
Other than that I've used the White Mage since the beginning. A good level white mage can use their healing abilities and heal your party in 1-2 turns, compared to a low level magic user using heal and it taking 5-6 turns.
I also have a Ranger. Not popular among many but does a lot of damage with the best Bows and the Medusa arrows. The Barrage command can cause massive damage.
And of course the Onion Knight. Not powerful at all for awhile, but you have to start leveling early on if you want to be able to use it for the end boss. Plus he has access to high level magic right away, and can use all forms of magic. So if your white/black mage only have 1-2 magic points for a certain level (or none at all) your Onion Knight can still cast these spells, although they are significantly lower in damage since your magic users will always cause more damage.
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