Quote (SaF7 @ May 6 2010 01:31pm)
So it gets REALLLLLLLLLLLLLY BOOOOOOOOOOOORING
every single battle takes like 4-5 mins etc for some weak little faggot monsters (some take 1.5 minutes for very easy ones)
do i need to upgrade weapons more or what? Or is this just how ff13 is?
Each monster has at least one good way to approach it: if it's got low life and low defenses, go commandos on it; vice versa, get a couple of ravagers. Some battles are meant to take several minutes, but unless you're severely underleveled, the majority of the common battles should take somewhere from 20-60 seconds depending on the monster and if you can preempt. Remember that staggering is your best bet against most monsters unless it's faster to just go all-out commando. You really don't need most of your buffs or de-buffs against most monsters either, so if you're doing that you're probably just wasting time (but if you're facing a strong physical opponent, protect is a good idea to keep from having to use a medic, etc).
tl;dr: learn the particulars of each monster and fight the battles correctly to save yourself a lot of time.