well if you really want to know, it all goes back to this one time. I got in a fight with two cultists(i only had Ness at this point). First turn, they call for two more cultists. So i'm fighting four cultists. I have no PP left mind you, so Rockin' is not an option. On average it took me two hits to kill a cultist, disregarding missing and smashes. But it seemed for every one i killed, 1-2 more took his place. In this one single fight, it took me about an hour to kill them all. We went through the alphabet multiple times with the number that kept being called. I may have gained a decent amount of experience, but after this fight i have had an extreme grudge against the cultists. They wasted much time that i could have instead rescued Paula, defeated Carpainter and gotten a lot further in the game with.(and in getting farther i would have faced stronger enemies and gotten more experience in the long run)