^ I disagree. In FFVIII, whenever I find a new spell, I have all 3 party members draw once, then transfer it to one user after battle, and move on. The game maintains the same challenge and pacing of any other FF this way.

We could argue all day and night about how long it takes to get the refine abilities, get the items to refine, or the resources to get those items, but I've played the game many times and I'll maintain that breaking the system is FFVIII's equivalent of grinding, which may in fact be easier than other FF's, but it mostly just appears that way because it's much more dramatically noticeable in FFVIII.