FFVIII battle system is fine the way it was >.>
Lol what never cast any magic ever? It also sucked how to get max stats you had to use the 3 characters you didn't like until jumbo cactar then level them individually with him because of his stat-ups when level.
But yeah it sucked how every time you used magic you lost stats.
Love the game my favorite FF by far, but the battle system could have been more thought out.