Roto13, I'm 16 hours into the game, please answer me some questions...

1. Sometimes I get an option to add a new character, I've added all of them so far, and now I have 12 total. Should I deny all new character or add all of them? If I add some, which ones should I add?

2. All my character have only 1-2 abilities. In order to get new abilities I have to get a piece of equipment that they can equip and that has an ability, then level up the ability until I can use it. The stores don't sell regularly much equipment that I can use. Apparently all the good equipment exists in the Bazaar. But there are like a hundred different items! How do I know what item has what power level and what ability and goes with which class?! Maybe I missed something, but I don't understand all of this yet. What's your thought on this?

3. I have only done the first level of the few Clan Trials I seen, do I really need to do them? I don't see a use for them yet. I believe that eventually I'm going to come up to new quests that require me to have certain skills and in order to get those skills I have to do Clan Trials, and that's the purpose of doing them, right?

Thanks, please consider those questions, in response I'll give you some information.
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Fall 2008 Rpg Release Calendar

  8-19		Xbox 360	Action		Tales of Vesperia
  8-19		Xbox 360	Action		Too Human
  8-26		PS 3		Tactical	Disgaea 3
!!9-2		Xbox 360	Action		Infinite Undiscovery
  9-2		DS		Action		Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
 !9-16		DS		Traditional	Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
  9-23		DS		Tactical	Disgaea
 !10-xx		Xbox 360	Action		Fable 2
  10-xx?	PC		Mmorpg		The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
  10-xx?	Wii		Action		Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
  10-21		PSP		Action		Star Ocean: First Departure
 !11-xx?	XB360/PS 3/PC	First Person	Fallout 3
 !11-xx?	PC		Mmorpg		World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
!!11-xx?	DS		Traditional	Chrono Trigger
!!11-xx?	PS 3		Action		Eternal Sonata
 !11-20		Xbox 360	Traditional	The Last Remnant
  12-9		PS 2		Traditional	Persona 4
The games with one exclamation mark are the ones I have some interest in. The ones with two exclamation marks are the ones I have a chance to buy. Please give me your games from that list that you give ONE or TWO exclamation marks to?

Also, in Final Fantasy XII Montblanc mentions that he had a teacher/master who died or something while trying to defeat Yiazmat right? I believe he said that he had many siblings. I think that these siblings, Montblanc, Nono, Hurdy, etc, represent some of the main team members of the Yasumi Matsuno team.

Some possible members based on various members of the Ogre/Tactics/Ivalice/Yasumi Matsuno games...
Yiazmat: Yasumi Matsuno or the monster that defeated Yasumi Matsuno, I hope they reveal a moogle based on Yasumi Matsuno
Character Designer: Akihiko Yoshida
Art Director: Hiroshi Minagawa
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Composer: Masaharu Iwata
Game/Battle Design: Hiroyuki Ito

I like this theory, !!!