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Message: [QUOTE="Varyag, post: 246571, member: 8071"] I think the only "random battle" systems I've ever enjoyed in JRPGs are Pokemon and Tales of/Persona/Atelier way of visible enemies in the overworld. Pokemon puts specific spots where you go intentionally chase wild encounters to capture new Pokemon or grind up levels on your own, and in the case of the other games, the enemies being visible roaming in the area gives you the option to confront or evade them, depending on the situation (with sometimes granting you advantages if you intentionally initiate or sneak up on them!) it also very strongly depends on how much the game expects you to grind, and how many enemies are there per area. Tales of Berseria was tuned just enough that if you cleared every enemy in your first pass of the area you should be set up in levels. No need to keep going back, or still fight them again when you backtrack. Atelier Sophie or Ryza, the enemies were more a source of alchemy materials instead of XP, and you could sprint through the area avoiding most of them when you're just there to grab rocks or something. Compared to the classic Final Fantasy random encounters everywhere thing, where eventually each encounter turns into a minutes long battle where the enemies are strong enough to risk killing you every time, that gets old fast. It's why I never finished FFX [/QUOTE]

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