Discuss the new battle system from FFXII. What do you like about it? What don't you like about it?
Personally, I think its great. I laughed when I read all the complaints before it even came out (only the demo that came with DQVIII was out at the time). Everybody thought that it wasn't really a Final Fantasy game without the loading screen and the old battle system.
Its so much better now, you don't have to loose time waiting for a battle to load (which helps when you're trying to remember where you are in a dungeon and find your way around), you can see monsters rather than just wandering around on empty maps (which also means you can avoid fights before they happen), and I love the gambits. If you set your gambits right, you can just walk away from the TV while your characters fight for you. I did that with a boss battle; I just left and made myself a sandwich. When I came back, they had won the battle for me and healed each other back up.