Screw It, It's the FF8 Thread Now :o

[SLjimbo]

The thing I hated about FF8 was trying to get Doomtrain, even though he's a valuable GF. It's annoying as hell to beat Malboros to get the item for Doomtrain (the only way I killed him was by Odin, which he very rarely appears for harder enemies) and it takes longer if you tried to convert the Malboro cards into M. Tentacles. After that was the Remedy +, which you could only get after you got Alexander and getting the required GF ability. It's pretty much going back and forth trying to find and get items.

Oh yea, I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but I believe you get the battle meter by some guy in the Desert Prison while escaping.