Well, if you're referring to FF8 and not FF9, I experienced the same boredom with fighting. The solution is to run away from every battle. Really! It's easy to run away from 80% of the random battles (the other 20% can take a short while to run away). I have never used cheats, so I don't know if there is a solution to your problem (I've never heard of this problem before).
cheats make ff9 slow hmmm........
well been playing ff8 awhile now at disk 2. and im startin to get tired of stoopid monsters on da map. so i tried a cheat for it with pec.. 
at the battle screens after that show the exp and stuff it will slow down it will take like 40 seconds to get thru it. anyone kno how to use cheats without this slowdown??
at the battle screens after that show the exp and stuff it will slow down it will take like 40 seconds to get thru it. anyone kno how to use cheats without this slowdown??
