Quote Originally Posted by ReloadPsi View Post
By "streamlined" I meant "cut down" like "we are streamlining our staff."

Yes, I'm totally referring to the way FFX-2 had multiple actions going on at once, but FFX-2 let you control all three characters and individually switch to any job you wanted rather than setting up specific combinations of three. The Paradigm Shift isn't a new idea; it's taking an older idea and choking it. Removing control over the rest of your allies was a dick move too; now the entire game plays like it's an escort mission, and I hate escort missions.
Changing a thematic class mid battle is nothing like functional duties of a whole team in XIII. XIII shift focus on macro level management and designed encounters around it where. Also, Paradigms are nothing like Garment Grids.

I don't think ability to control more characters mean a lot here because i don't think characters will be on standby mode or something.