1) When does combat not feel so insanely slow? I come from playing rogue in WoW and it is 10x faster. I hear there are many 'filler' abilities at high level, but damn I am lvl 30 or 31 now and it still feels like I'm wading through molasses.

2) Should I bother skilling up my leatherworking to do the materia quest at my current level? Will materia make me that much stronger? I do feel pretty weak, takes longer to kill monsters in this game it seems, but that could be my gear idk.

Thanks for input