Why are they going in this direction? ARPG means less control and options. You can't have or manipulate tactics as much as with games like FF7-8 and other turn based ones. Now all your actions or preprogrammed actions are controlled by a few buttons. I would wanna try this new mode, but I wouldn't want it to dominate the whole game. I'd also want to be able to switch to traditional ATB turn based mode if fighting with more complex enemies. That way tactics would come into play as well, not just quick flip flop action.