Quote Originally Posted by Daniolaut View Post
ATB or Active Time Battle isnt wrong.

This is Final Fantasy. Its very much appropriate.

Whats wrong, is:

Calling return, release
or
calling Omnirod the Elder Staff, and the Elder Staff the Omnirod.
Active Time Battle is wrong, by your own analogy.

Active Time Battle refers to a Turn Based System, where Turns come based on a value hitting the designated number (Usually '100'), often increased by a variable amount ('Speed'). You can toggle off the forced turn-wait in certain Final Fantasies, but in others it's enforced (Such as Final Fantasy 10).

ATB, in every iteration, is either a variation or an exact duplicate of the Turn Based System.

The GCD system is not. It is always 'your' turn, it's real time.