Magic Getting Way

[I Don't Need A Name]

i liked getting it from equpment as it makes it easyer to use relly good spells when you need them without doing rapid levelling up

[Del Murder]

I really liked learning spells and abilities from weapons in FFIX =)

[PearlRose]

From all the methods I've tried, materia and just plain old buying the spells are my favorite ways.

I'm one of those people who hate leveling up with a passion, so learning spells that way is my least favorite way. In my first play with IV, I didn't get much past level 40, so I didn't see *any* of those late-level, super-powerful spells.

[RedCydranth]

To me it didn't matter how you got the spells. I liked the games that allowed you to "level up" the spell or make it more powerful. Like in FFX's sphere grid unlocking all the magic spheres made Firaga way more potent. Or equipping an esper to a person not only allowed them to learn the magic but for every level up they recieved while it is equipped the character gained a permanent stat boost. Using that properly made Relm and Sabin magical gods. Yes.. Sabin is best with increased Magic Power, not Vigor.

FFIX was cool, but the only ones who used "magic" was Vivi, Garnet and Eiko. FFVIII sucked, because with patience you could be casting Firaga before the Ifreet cave.

If I were to create a new FF game, I'd most definitely go back to buying spells. I liked that a lot.

[chionos]

Equipping Espers was a fun way to learn spells. Materia was also fun. "Draw"ing while dynamic is just too silly to be any fun; it degrades into something other than magic when you draw the spell like stealing an item, though it was fun to draw Avatars(GF's). Each method for learning spells is interesting in its own way. Buying your spells is exciting b/c each town you come to might have a new spell. >joy<. And learning spells as you gain levels is exciting b/c you never know when you're going to get your next spell. Very exciting actually, if you can be patient. It's really hard to pick any one over the other, but if I had my choice, I'd be like Ryukishi and accumulate points so that I could pick which spells to learn at my leasure.