Levels or Sphere Grid?

[eternalshiva]

The Grid is similar but more direct in the sense that you do not use it to make your character stronger, you use it to allow your character to access abilities, it's not like FFX at all.

Yes, it is similar to FF9, but you can only use that ability once it is mastered and also only when you have the dress sphere equipped on yourself.

You can access other abilities with a grid that allows it. for example

If you obtain a sphere grid that has the ability to let you use the Dark Knight abilities, you do not need to have the Sphere Dress Dark Knight on the grid, you can put something else there and you will still have access to Dark Knight Abilities in your options menu. There are 60 different grids you can get for your characters >.<

For example, I can have Yuna as a White Mage but because I equipped a grid that allows Dark Knight abilities, she can also do ARmor Break while in her White Mage Form. It allows to use more abilities without having to change spheres.

Does that make sense?

You have to tinker with the Grids to get different abilities and also the spheres, you can't access stuff you are in the middle of learning, only once it is mastered, that is the only difference from FF9.

And the grid is not all THAT bad >.<