Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
Skinner Box

Grinding is basically an underhanded way to try and get you addicted when implemented to the degree you'll find in MMO's or some of the later FF's where grinding is more and more prevalent and obvious.

That said, I beat every FF game ever made without resorting to item grinding and generally refuse to participate in such exercises simply because I feel it's a cheap and easy way to try and addict people without having to spend the time actually designing gameplay that is inherently enjoyable.

This is also the reason I don't play pretty much every game Zynga has ever made.
Back when I first played through FF7, I barely bothered looking for anything. Now I feel like I've got a sickness... why am I running back and forth between zones in XII looking for a rare monster or Entite just so I can Steal from it and zone out again when I don't get the specific item that I'm looking for... why? Because I'm trying to build an Ultima, an Apocalypse? A weapon that I formed an attachment to early in my Final Fantasy gaming... which I probably really don't even need. I never bothered playing through IX a second time to get the Excalibur II. That's so much of a waste of time, it insults my will to live. But I waste so much time on sidequests that aren't even real sidequests. What have I become?