when playing RPGs, who takes the time to grind? or do you just go ahead and move forward with whatever level your on after boss fights? why grind? is it to make boss battles easier? for me, the reasons i grind are
1. Unlock skills - yeah, most jrpgs ulock skills when a character reaches a certain lvl and i'm always curious to see what new skills my party gets
2. cash - grinding usually drops cash and items to sell which i can use to get better equipment
3. full inventory / equipment - ties in with cash, its kinda pet peeve of mine to always want to have the maximum number of items possible for all items. and coz i grind so much, I dont really use them. I just like them at 99 all the time. I also like keeping all of my old equipment and buying every single equipment available. another pet peeve i suppose
4. payback - ramdom or regular enemies, when first encountered can sometimes give me a run for my money and grinding allows me to take revenge on these poor fools!
5. challenge - taking on and winning against stupidly strong enemies is fullfiling. ahhh...reminds me of emerald weapon and ruby weapon in FFVII. those guys are asses! Then there's the damn phonix birdy in legend of legaia and Amon was it? in shadow hearts 2.
6. just enjoying the battle. as long as the battle mechanics are fun of course! like Shadow Hearts judgment ring! sure its slow but really awesome!
7. finally yeah, to get really strong and kick boss enemies ass!
