I get embarassed when I talk about my first game. O.k. Here it goes. By the time I had gotten to Ultimecia's castle, I didn't know how to Junction, so I was doing, at the most, 1500 damage per hit, with Squall. Squall was at level 74 and was using Cutting trigger, no spells junctioned, Rinoa was at level 29, using Rising Sun, no spells junctioned, and Zell was at level 32, first weapon, no spells equipped. That was my party. I was missing Bahamut, Doomtrain, Cactuar, Tonberry, Siren, Brothers, Alexander, and Eden. I didn't get everything or understand anything until my 3rd playthrough, which is my perfect best file.