Just hope you don't piss any moderators off with that post... As for me, whenever I play FF, I usually train a while before I go off to fight a boss. I'm not one of those beat-the-game-in-a-world-record types, more of a slow-does-the-job-and-smiles-when-I-kill-bosses-in-2-hits type.

I've yet to by FFXII, but in FFX just treain at the mountain. I know you've already passed it, but just in case you wanted to play it again, I suggest training on the creatures at the mountain, or going back to the caves and training there. If you have time, train until Tidus gets Blitz Ace, or if you don't have that much time, having Auron hit ovThen beating Seymour will be a peice of cake. Can't help on FFXII, sorry.