I really disliked the old sp system because you had to fight against your party members to gain sp. Some one was always loosing out every fight. I remember being very frustrated when i gained around 90-100 or less skill per mob and some one else was constantly "Capping" out. Hell i remember a lot of cases not gaining a single point of skill especially early on, its was a real kick in the dangly parts to get no skill what so ever because you were killing to quickly.. at rank 1.