heh, that cuz monsters lvl up as well when you do, they get special attacks, higher magics
so shadowheart might be right that it's easier to stay low level, but aside from missin alot of fun and challenges the monsters will drop non-rare items and have low magic levels makin it harder to find good magics and items
if you really want to power-level in ff8 checkout my golden tips in the information forum
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