Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
For me, anything involving time travel or time compression is annoying and unwanted. I dislike such things because they are so inherently flawed particularly time compression. But this thread is about FFXIII, so let's not get off topic. If you want to discuss whether people dislike time compression and why, you should probably start a thread in the FFVIII forum.
I direct you to Chrono Trigger.

The Chain Meter (not the Stagger System, just the Chain Meter itself). A refinement of the attack chains from X-2, but it actually lets you continue them across multiple turns and see precisely what effect they have. The choice between Ravagers and Commandos was one of the most interesting in the new battle system, constantly allowing you to balance raising the damage each later hit does versus dealing huge burst damage right now.