Currently, I spent 40 hours and I just got Belias recently and level 31 roughly, but I really like the side quest and etc in this game, not to mention there are so many unique hunts to do, which also pisses people off sometimes =)

Also wondering, what do you mean by "bubbles"?
is it a a cheat? or obtainable in game? (didn't play FFXII for a long time)