I think the battlesystem in FFXII is great for the series. The battlesystem has been constantly evolving since the beginning; from FFI to FFVI, from FFVII to FFX, etc. This is just the next step in the evolution of FF's battlesytem. To tell you the truth, I actually perfer real-time over turn-based, though, it will be weird at first to play a real-time FF game, but it'll grow on me I'm sure.