When I first time played that game, I made just maybe 10-20% of missions.
I did few always when I was just bored. But now when I'm playing it through again, now I'll complete all the missions this time, I'm soon completed 80% ;D
When I got more missions, I made most of them right away and then I went forward.
I think those missions are pretty cool, though sometimes it's just boring maybe

I think I did about 37% of the missions then finished the game, I found them a bit repetative, but I'd usually go for Normal or below as I liked to get them out of the way. I did the 200 soldiers one and just ignored the 1000 soldiers because by the end of 200 my thumb was DEAD. Nevertheless, I think they're a good idea and it's a lot easier to level up during missions, also you get some nice items/materia - SOMETIMES.

the mission o man thy stink and r wastes of time.thy giv good rewards thy lvl u up and gives some of wat leads 2 advent chlidren so thy arnt wastes of time.i did like a whloe 4 weeks of missions and only did 10%.nut th yuffie ones give good rewards.thy need 2 make the yuffie ones more harder.um and i think there should be less missions.over all b+ thy could be better.


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1000 soldiers is very easy if you put Mortal Shock on, all of the soldier's will die in one hit and you will get 20x9 soldier point, providing you do a good enough job dodging the MP, AP, Super and Normal Grenade. The Dynamite and Solar Plexus are moves you should dodge too, as well as the status changing shots.

>> the only way to get the most badass equipment is to go through the missions. By doing that guess what my hp and attack limit is...99,999. So that means I slowly and surely becoming able to beat monsters way higher than my current level and with my hammer punch i can kill almost every thing.

Sure, the missions are mostly all the same. But they are necessary and you get some great stuff doing them. I did all missions up to Very Hard and would then continue with the story line, and went back after a couple of level ups to then go through them again to Very Hard.
If you don't do missions the rest of the game is that much more difficult and you miss out on some good stuff.

Well, I usually do several missions before trying to continue with the main story because missions are usually short, the rewards are kind of good from time to time (especially the materia ones ^^) and they stop me from finishing the game that fast! (which is something I don't want to!!! I'm enjoying the game too much! Don't want it to be over )