I'd have to disagree with that. Paradigms are essentially a way of telling your characters to focus on one type of ability (whether it be normal attacking abilities, attack magic, white magic etc.) and hoping the AI is smart enough to do the right thing more often than not (which it is most of the time). Unfortunately, up until Chapter 7 where I am now, it's never gotten more involved than all out attack for a bit, switch to a defensive paradigm to heal, then back to all out attack. If a battle is taking too long I might throw in some support abilities as well, and hope the AI doesn't keep throwing out ice resistance buffs against enemies with no ice attacks instead of protect or shell (I've had it do something along those lines before).Originally Posted by arcanedude34
It's a neat system in theory, but that's because it's pretty much FFX-2's dress sphere switching system. Unfortunately, the AI and the lack of options for a big chunk of the game really gets in the way of any potential for truly deep strategy.
