Quote Originally Posted by Andromeda View Post
I did very little on upgrading my weapons. About all I ended up doing was upgrading Fang weapons into the 20s, but the gains you get won't really mean a lot. You'd be better off upgrading a strength accessory and transforming it.

You won't need to spend too many points on getting Cure. Just stop when you learn Cure and that'll be enough. You should only have to spent about 15k CP on that. Once Sazh learns Cure that'll be enough. Focus on your main three roles in the Crystarium until they are completely finished. The main three roles will give you your largest boosts for loss CP cost, the extra three will never be able to compete with the cost to boost ratio you get out of them.

Just make sure Sazh's Synergist has a lot of the buff spells, especially Haste. Just keep in mind that once you have Haste on the game speeds up a lot. If you're used to selecting all of your stuff yourself then you'll probably find that the meter is full and the character will be waiting on your action. Once you reach Haste auto-battle tends to be a more smart way to play unless you want something very specific and can do it really fast, because you'll loss all of the extra time you're gaining by using Haste. So just keep that in mind, the speed increase can be a little jarring at first.

It is usually best to use a Ravager x2 and Commando pairing for your primary offense Paradigm and then you can change to Commando x2 and Ravager when an enemy is staggered. If you move in Sazh you can actually do Commando x3 which can be very good at killing things fast once they are stagger so you may want to try that out. At the point in the game you're at everyone still only has their 3 roles more or less. So changing one character out for another will make significant changes and open up new possibilities. Experiment is good to find something that suits your style.
Yes, I stopped Sazh at cure, considering the ridiculous cost of going any further.. I have been doing some upgrading on my strength accessories like the Brawler and Warrior, but only until Lv 5 or so.. I have my Paradigms set up the way you describe now so I'm going to go in and try some more.. Keep your fingers crossed for me.. I'll let you know how it turns out.. Thanks so much for your help..