Lack of ability spheres

[Lux Aeterna]

I played this game often on ps2, I always had enough spheres. I bought the remastered version in the steam sale and I lack of ability spheres. How can I fix that? It is so annoying.

[ramsza]

I think in Besaid and Kiiika there are no random encounter monsters that drop ability spheres, which I agree is kind of annoying. I think starting with Mi'hen road there is usually at least one kind of monster that drops ability spheres. Wakka can get at an ability very early that allows him to change the drop of a monster into ability spheres, so one could try to save up one ability sphere for that. Otherwise there is one weapon ability and and an consumeable item that have the same effect. But I think the consumeable shows only up in the second half of the game.

[Hinnyuu]

There is no difference in drops between the PS2 version and the Remaster.

As @ramsza said, the skill "Ability Attack" will make any monster you hit with it drop Ability Spheres instead of any other item they'd normally drop (there's one for each type of sphere, except Luck). Using that, you can make sure you never run out. The skill is available very early on both the Expert and Regular Sphere Grid, meaning you should have no trouble activating it very quickly.

Note: these skills replace the type of drop, but not the amount. That means any enemy dropping large quantities of items (not equipment) can be made to drop the same amount of stat spheres. This becomes relevant late in the game when you are farming the Monster Arena and leveling required vast amounts of spheres.

[IamKnight]

Don't the big enemies of each area drop abby spheres? Like the big bird for Besaid.

[ramsza]

Yes, in other areas there is a good chance that the big enemies have ability spheres. But as I wrote before that's not the case for Besaid and Kilika.
The birds in Besaid drop power spheres. And in Kilika the monsters only have power, speed and mana spheres as possible drops. But there no really big monsters there except the optional boss.