@H.U.N.K: Oh I know what you're talking about when it comes to those silly little staffs! I ran around beating bubble and faith and bravery and what now into my enemies before I actually realized that me myself DID NOT have those stat buffs on me, hehe. I'm so slow sometimes, I remember thinking that the game had leveled up in difficulty or something because all of a sudden enemies started to be tougher on me. It was my first play through though, I didn't even use gambits at all back then.