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Are you nuts?

Yes

I don't get level 3 limits until disc 2. xD

I get all the limits it's possible to get for everyone on disc one xD

Not the levels, but the fighting.

You said it was the levels before >:O ;-)

You have to kill an absurd amount of monsters with each character, and use each first level limit a certain amount of times. Doing that is a huge time-waster.

I find that time is there for a wasting Apart from when I'm doing challenges I like to do as much as it's possible to do on each disc. I don't think of it as a waste of time because I get easier and quicker boss fights through good usage of the skills of the limits I learn, a good amount of gil that covers every single character as far as buying them new equipment is concerned and my materia increases it's effectiveness meaning I don't feel the loss of Aerith's healings skills as much later.

And for what? Aeris with limit breaks is not worth hours of work.

It doesn't take many hours. Really for the amount of use I get out of them it doesn't take that long at all. Also for me personally it is worth it because Aerith with limits makes boss fights easier and quicker like I stated before. Having Fury Brand also helps other characters learn limits quicker and gives them more chances to use them too

Besides if you want to learn limits for characters you're going to have to use up time eventually anyway. I just prefer to do it sooner rather than later

You can easily get past the first disc without her.

You can easily get past the first disc with her too

Might I ask you though do you ever have problems with her in the temple of the ancients?

White Wind is available on disc 1. It's basically an Aeris limit break in and of itself.

The point is my dear Raistlin is that Aerith is spoiled for choice She has all of her own limits and then on top of that she has items which like I said in l-j she never has to use but the option is there if there is ever any call for it, restorative materia is also an option if I want to equip it *and* White Wind. The skill Wind Wind has chances of not being as effective at healing as her limits anyway since it costs magic points and only heals characters for the amount of hit points they have left so if they only had one hit point left it would only heal them for one hit point However it can be effective if it's use is timed properly or the enemy doesn't get critical hits in. I get it as back up so I'll have something to fall back on after disc one.

Not really, since the other characters only get better after disc 1, wheras Aeris would just gain levels. The other characters would continue to catch up to her attack power, and she would continue to lose offensive effectiveness.

I mean if she (SPOILER) had lived and the game didn't act like she was dead If she had been meant to continue on with the other characters then there are chances that there would have been new weapons available for her so she would have been able to continue to improve Thus she wouldn't have to lose offensive effectiveness and would also have a wider variety of offensive options available to her on the later discs than she does on disc one such as the chance to equip the counter materia and more counter attack materia more chances to counter attack, a higher chance of finishing her attacks up with deathblows, two times cut, four times cut, slash all, flash Or if going the magic route she could chose from all the high level spells and summons that become available on the later discs and materia such as the magic counter, quadra magic, w-magic and w-summon materia.

Plus, the edition of leveling up the Magic Plus materia would basically make her magic stat a moot point.

It would also boost her already high magic stat and the Strength Plus materia would continue to increase her attack power making other character's strength stat a moot point

The lovely thing about FFVII is that you can use absolutely ANYONE because the differences between characters in combat is so minimal that with the right materia combos, it just won't matter at all.

I completely agree DJZen

I've taken characters who don't come reccomended at all and absolutely destroyed the toughest bosses.

Same here