OK, I have a love/hate for Final Fantasy. My history is I got almost to the end of Final Fantasy 7 but my party was not powerful enough to get through the last dungeon because I did not spend enough time grinding. I got half way through FFX but got I just don't have the time to battle through the random encounters to get to a save point. I played some of FFI and II. Got half way through Golden Sun. OK heres the problem. I love the stories but hate the random encounters and level grinds. I have just started FFXII and I like having no random encounters and I love the story. What will happen if I just try to do the story? If I try to avoid combat will I not be powerful enough to finish the game at end or am I forced to level grind? I don't want to never fight a combat but I just don't have the time to spend constantly level grinding. I just can't get past my failure to complete FFVII because I did not grind enough and if the same thing will happen with FFXII I'll quit the game right now and move on before I drop another 40 hrs into a game I can't finish.