Help me play this game!

[Kyros]

Shockwave Pulsar was killing all/most of my team last time I faced him if I didn't have invincibility up (even if I was summoning a GF he would often do enough dmg to kill that GF and the character). I had Revive/Full Life and Recover on my characters to quickly reset my team, but I guess it also made it harder that I don't use items or the Defend command. The only time I normally don't attack/limit break is when I summon Doomtrain early or I am healing, which is only vs a couple bosses occassionally.

[Rowan]

As mentioned before, the battle system is very easy to exploit. If you focus on running away from enemies and keeping your level low, the game will be a breeze for you provided that you play triple triad and get some good card mods happening. I always wondered why we didnt get EXP for killing bosses, and now I know that its because EXP isnt such a wonderful thing in FFVIII. Also, try searching around island closest to hell and heaven for invisible draw points. Please make sure you have enc-none from Diablo equipped otherwise you will be getting in very tough battles every 4 seconds.