Actually, I've played FF III and found, as an example, the number of encounters I was forced to fight while flying to Doga's mansion in the Nautiless (was it?) to be pretty annoying, but on the whole, I still miss the random encounters...

And I never noticed that until after I posted, I've only just gotten to the Yensa Sansea and noticed the urutan drop like 26 gil each time I kill one... Still... I miss the old systems, but I do like this new one too (or mega old ones if its more like the classics ).