I dont know in us, but in sg you need 2 or 3 ppl with 92/94/96 quest done to kill General (normal ppl I mean, not ppl with godlike pvm gears), with buffs and heal mage. So I cant see why all of you says that its easy to kill general (O.O)... well in fact general is easy, but when you kill the general you have to kill the zhin general, this one is a pain in the ass. I dont know how much damage this mob makes on .us, and if some ppl can kill it alone, but in sg, you cant kill it alone, just try it if you think you can. and you cant kill alone dragon too. I saw many ppl saying that aqua dragon is soooo easy, but, it isnt really that easy. Maybe for crono is easy, but not all ppl can be like crono, and I doubt too that he is able to kill general (sg general) alone. I think that most of ppl that post here see a lot of movies, or read a lot of shits about it.
And yeah, I think that in sg its easier to exp and evolve your character, but at least, if you arent a maller, you can get the same things as a maller with your own work (farming), I dont know on z8, but on gf servers is forbidden sell md(zp or tp) and you can be banned. At least in sg, if you are a non maller, you can make a good character even without spending money. I cant see nothing bad here, if somebody see something wrong about this well, I think that this person should think about it. I think that to be good in a game should not be related with the amount of money that you spend, should be related with your skill playing this game, and in Sg, this works in this way. Everybody can achieve the same things.