I'm currently on the Dreadnought, currently about LV 12, but since that Judge handed his ass to me I'm going to try to build up my level to 15.

The only thing I'm not liking about the Liscense system is that you have to kind of experiement to see what kind of bonuses you can get. You might have to learn a group of spells to get that extra HP bonus or some such. Although that's a really minor gripe, as I still like it far more than the Sphere grid in X, which was pretty linear. And in X you had to get quite a ways through the game before you could start mixing each other's abilities in stats (like having a strong Yuna, or Magic-saavy Tidus). While in XII you can pretty much start straight away. Have Vaan as gun toting badass or Penelo a Heavy armor wearing, heavy sword dualing warrior.

BTW how do quickenings work, I got one for Ashe and tried it against the boss but it seems like it needed a certain button press of some sort. I want to know how to optimize it for maximum damage.