Hero....geez...it's not that bad. Sure there are a lot of cutscenes but they are great. They are better then having to read for 10 minutes straight
. There has only been one time where I wanted the cutscene to end and it wasn't that I was bored it was that I had to leave.
What boss fight did you find to be that difficult? The last one on the Woglinde was hard because nobody was that strong in your group. But that one was easy for me... As has every one after (I've died twice through out the whole game)
I find myself selling off a lot of items. At first you don't get a lot of items but once you get about 15 hours into the game you start to get enough items. Plus you get to go back and visit past areas to pick up important items you missed and to strengthen your characters. Maybe you have not played enough yet?
I like this game more then any Final Fantasy I have played with the exception of VII.
For Easy Money: Once you get the casino passport play poker at level 4 until you have about 40,000 coins. Exchange the coins for card starter sets and card packs until you can't carry any more. Trade those in and you can make a ton of gil.