Been searching the ol google for these answers and haven't had luck
Does the game have grottos (like 9 did)?
Is the alchemy system like 9s or more like 8s?
I was able to learn that there isn't a job system, I was kind of hoping that the game would be more like an incredibly beautiful improved version of 9 (9 was my favorite of the series so far), but it seems more akin to 8 (which was also very good). It's just that for me 9 had MASSIVE appeal with the whole leveling system, and delving into grottos trying to get better and better maps for better treasures/ingrediants to alchemi