Quote Originally Posted by GranFran View Post
The only character I'm finding that has haste in their arsenal is Sazh.. It's hard to use it if none of the other characters have access to the ability.. The way the guide is written out it says it's best to stay with Light, Fang and Hope and make the other 3 specialists.. Besides, you don't even get access to all 6 specialties until way late in the game, right? So, Hope, my only Synergist and the only one who has access to Haste, can't get it for a long time due to the amount of CP required and the high Crystarium level it's on for him..

Did you have access to it earlier then that? Can you tell me if I'm missing something on accessing the ability by the 3 main characters earlier then chapter 9, which is what I'm on now? Thanks so much for your help.. It's appreciated..
Sazh is the only character to have haste by chapter 9; everybody but Vanille gets haste. I got the same feeling of slowness as you did and even though this is my second favourite battle system, it is my least favourite system for grinding because of the ATB rate.