Hi guys, my first post. I started playing FF with FF1 on NES back when it came out, and played FF4, 6, and lastly 7 when I was a kid. Now I have a lot of time off between college and new job and I've been going back and playing them again for kicks.

First I played the remake of FF1 on dawn of souls. I really liked the improved graphics and sound, but the game seemed tedious to me. I was encountering so many random monsters that I was a really high level at all times. I could kill anything in one hit basically, and that made the game way too easy and boring. I was at level 28 before fighting lich, and by the time I got to chaos my party was at level 72. Chaos wasn't even a threat.

Then I played FF4 again. I remember this one being my favorite back in the day, because it was such a huge improvement over FF1. I remember I bought my SNES just for FF4. Anyway, after replaying it, the dialogue was way crappier then I remember. Also it seemed much easier, just because I fought all the random encounters where as when I played it originally I ran most of the time. Because of this I was again always at a high level. I had the wall spell before even fighting Rubicant, when the first time I played I had to level up for a long time before going to the land of summoned monsters. I beat the game without having to level up anywhere, I was around level 60 when I fought the last boss, and it was easy.

Anyways, now I'm about to start playing FF6 and I want it to be a challenege, not a easy and tedious game that the previous two have been. Is there some difference between the original and the roms that causes the game to be easier? Or is it just that I am fighting more random battles? About what percentage of battles do you guys run from? I'm worried that if I fight all the monsters then I will be at a high level and this game will be too easy as well...