Alot of people who didnt like the menu/traditional turn based combat of other Final Fantasy titles, seemed to really like the FFXII system...so maybe thats why they are taking that route? Either way, i'm sure it wont be similar to XI or XII in the least bit, since no FF battle system is exactly alike and they seem to be trying to make it a fast auto attack system. They just need to implement other features in battle to make them stand apart from the rest.

Whats funny is that alot of people were actually clamoring for some sort of auto attack early on.