Quote Originally Posted by REDace0 View Post
If I'm understanding you correctly, then in fact not all final fantasy games have had instanced battles, i.e. where the area shifts when you encounter an enemy, whether battles are random or not. FFXII had all enemies out in the world, and you fought them there.
I also know I'm not the only person who would love to play an MMO version of FFXII. You are correct though, FFXII was the only final fantasy with non-instanced fights.