I agree, the turn-based system is so sweet =) It was nice playing like this for a change, but I'd stick with turns.
And yeah lew, a lot of people I know who plays the game complains about the same thing, the lack of money at the beginning of the game =/ (ot the expensiveness of the items if you prefer it that way

) Although I do remember buying many things.. I'm confused now
Two important points that I don't like from the game:
1- You don't get to explore the entire world, just a part of it, you don't even get to know Al Cid's kingdom =/
2- I don't like selecting the airship's destination from a list, I like to actually fly in the heavens and see the world map beside me

but well, I guess that was impossible with the graphics they pulled, at least for now