At the training area of the garden draw sleeps from the grats. Then equip it to someones status attack and go on a mad one everywhere and draw a hundred of everything you can. It doesnt take long to be honest and you will have a nice start. A tactic i always use.

Also remember to fight diablos as soon as you can because it is so much easier and also he has some good abilitys you want to learn quickly like mug.

The fish fins down on the beaches can give you around 6 and 8 ap i think which means if you fight them 25 times you will already have mug learnt. This is also rather quick by either having squall low on life and using his special attack or by using the lightning based gf ( sorry forgot how to spell it had a bit to drink )

Remember to check every boss you fight to see if they have any GF's this is so important because you wont be able to get them again ( you can get most but thats at the end when they are pretty much useless)

Remember when you go to get the Brothers gf that there is no need to pay for the indicator etc from the guard. Just go left right repeatedly to get to all the rooms u need and when you eventually find your self outside after visiting 3 rooms go back in and just run straight.

Play cards its both the second best mini game except for chocobos and it has huge rewards. Before each game try to remember to save it can be a real bother when you loose a good card.

Try not to mod your good cards untill quite far into the game. They are your most powerful cards usually.

Your characters will unfortuantly have a bit of a gap in levels but because of junctioning this can usually be fixed. Just try to remember not to find yourself sticking to three and forgetting the rest. There are a number of times when they will be split up and you need to use them all.

And in quote to some other comments i have read, this game doesnt suck because though its not the strongest on storyline or excitment its by far the easiest to start. The start gets you pumped straight away with killer music and a real war like feel. The others all seem to start slow and pick up after. 7 ( you dont get to run free and explore properly till after midgar, 9 is by far the worst for all aspects, and ten has no real free roam till the end. )

Im not saying enigma is bad. Because its what makes all the final fantasy's, but im saying you dont get that feeling of excitement. The others start so slow and 8 has you heading to war and that clip going to dollet and the music to it just gets me pumped everytime.