Quote Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF View Post
I agree that FFXII deserves a lot of credit for trying something new and which, I admit, worked reasonably well. But I'd have rather they gave us a generic battle system (Because for me, 'generic' in FF terms means 'goddamn genius' next to almost anything else ) and actually worked on the story and characters. The only FFXII characters I care about at all are Penelo, Balthier, and Larsa. And I care about pretty much everyone in FFX, down to bit-part characters like Belgemine, way more than anyone in FFXII. And I do find the battle system rather flawed in several ways - the regularity with which one has to cast buffs, for instance.
I was actually happy that buffs were actually worth your time in FFXII. In some of the past games, I found that "Green Magic" was more or less a waste of time and MP. In FFXII, it actually became useful. That being said, I only tended to use them later on when I got the area-effect ones. Even then it was predominantly in boss/mark fights.