Dragon Quest VI first impressions

Even though I haven't finished playing Dragon Quest II and V yet, I tried to play some of Dragon Quest VI. A bit of it was because I'm both grinding for V and II but another reason was because of curiosity. Dragon Quest VI is often seen as the black sheep of the series, despite having of vocation system which in theory seems like an logical progression for the series. After playing it for sometime(I've got Milly/Muriel in my team), I got some good and some negative things to say about the game thus far. Off course since I'm not finished with this game my opinions can change. I can't really talk about vocations either since I'm not in that part in the game yet.

( First impressions behind the cut )