Originally posted by skatehippie
-so, i set the battle stuff to "wait" in options but it's still active when in battle?
The entire battle system is based upon Active Time. Setting it to "Wait" only stops the action while you're going through menus.
-you can barely see anything! the girls are so oddly placed that they cover up the enemies, and there are so many screens up its a wonder i can see the girls at all.
I'm pretty sure you can turn off the Help marquee, and everything else is necessary for the system to be functional.
-whats with this chain attack thing? i understand what it is but not how to do it! what is the strategy for timing chain attacks?
Have one girl attack, then have another girl attack immediately after placing the command for the first one to attack, and the same for the third girl. There's really nothing to it.
-is there any more summoning? are the aeons really gone now that sin is gone?
Ugh.
-how do you use dark magic?
What?
-is the songstress' only purpose inflicting status ailments?
Every class needs a specialty. A Songstress can also imbue the party with positive status effects that will last as long as she keeps on keepin' on.
-theoretically, you can have every single dress have the same things (attack, item, etc..) and the only difference between them would be their dress-dependent abilities? (shooting, stealing, etc..)
Abilities aren't the only things the distinguish classes; stats also enter into it. Magical classes have high MP and magical power, Dark Knights have obscenely high HP, etc.
-is it really efficient to change their dress things all the time? coudlnt you just leave yuna as gunner, rikku as theif, and paine as warrior for 80% of the time, changing them periodically depending on the enemy? in that case, is the songstress of any use AT ALL??
This is not a game with one and only correct way to play. You can go through the game without ever spherechanging if you really want to, but you would be missing out on the incredible amount of flexibility the game offers in all its many options for you to use to develop your own personally favorite style of play.