i have to interject here......
i mean even if you did alternate characters througout the battles and keep em dead.....there no way in hell you could stop your any of your characters from not reaching lvl 8.....
by the time you leave midgar you would have sued most of your options already.....
sure the first boss battle would lvl cloud to lvl 7....not forgetting the exp you get from the dudes at the beginning...
so you have barrett to juggle with here.....you can see where im goin here.....
i cant see it being possible.....though the best way to disprove this theory...is with actual evidence....so unitl we see evidence poiting to either side of the case....we count it as rumour....and leave it at that....
i always find the midgar zolom would kick my ass if i got into a fight with it...however...wouldnt be the case if i WANTED to fight it....
its all about preperation and strategy.....or in the perosn who posted this threads case.....LUCK!

lol