I have grown tired of XII. I put 47 hours into it just from basic storyline and leveling, and i'm only about halfway through. I lvled a good bit too, because i could easily slaughter the enemies in one area, but soon as i hit the next i was the one being slaughtered because the lvl increase was so drastic.

But as for the gambits and weapons, those arent a problem. I dont even use gambits except for Attk Party Leader/Attk Nearest Foe and Ally 50% Cure/Potion. I'm so used to manually selecting everyone's moves that that's what i do.

Dont go so overboard with the class things either. I had Vaan use daggers until he had the LP for katanas and i switched to those. Balthier still uses guns, Fran uses a bow, and Ashe uses swords. However, i do make sure everyone ALSO doubles as a mage, because its extremely useful. Balthier's is a little weaker than everyone else's, and i think Vaan has the strongest magic attk for some reason.

And dont talk to everyone in town, i gave that up way early into the game. But I agree about the towns being too large. I always thought "man, i wish i could actually explore all of Lindblum" and whatnot, but it's just too damn confusing and time consuming to find places and now i actually have to memorize routes through the cities, i cant used to that.