yes it does i will kill everythin with my lvl 73 squall easy now no challage i must find out whats wrong plz people test your ff8s and find out whats wrong with my game 1000exp to level up each time it may make the game funner but i have completed it 1 time and i never noticed this before maybe it is meant to do that but in all other ff it does now my ifirit and shiva and other gfs like gettin to lvl 83 to fast too lol not my day at all is it