I am a big XII fan. I really enjoy the game play, the main playable characters (all three of them), the sidequests, and more. The story was hit and miss but the overall themes were there, mostly.
Since returning from University, I've finally had time to play games. I booted back up my XII to resume playing it where I left off (just before Giruvegan). I subsequently resumed hunting loots for bazaar goods to get more weapons; it's a perfect game or sorts where I get most things as soon as I can get them.
But then I began hunting for one loot with a mere 5% drop rate, and spent hours finding three of the damn things. I then had to get three copies of the Yagyu Darkblade and trust me, that was tedious in the extreme.
If there is one gripe about XII, it's the sometimes inane drop rates. Not to mention the treasure chests and the VERY inane rates for those. If you're anything like me, farming for loot is a necessary evil. One that should be limited as much as possible. Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't stand farming loots and treasures in this game. I wish there was an option to speed up play; I know FFXIII-2 had that option. Just make the game play faster, to facilitate faster farming. That would be excellent!
Also, gambits. I like them, but I wish there was an option to create more than one deck. That would save so much damn time. I generally have a standard deck for my characters that see them through most generic encounters, but most bosses have a special method to fell them. Now I have to de construct my primary deck, build a new one (for just one battle!) and then...urgh! Why can't we make multiple decks!
I also didn't like how many weapon types just seemed to be nerfed beyond comprehension. Crossbows were near useless, even in the early portions of the game. Maces were mostly useless, and lets face it poles and hand bombs were hardly spectacular weapons either. And measures? Don't get me started. I wish these weapons were improved. Literally, as soon as great swords appeared, they overwhelmed most other weapon types. This would have given greater variety to the game, I think.
Basically, this entire thread is moaning with a touch of improvements. Discuss.