So I was at EB and Gamestop today...

[A Black Falcon]

Well, I mean, I don't want to just come out and say it...

What, "you have bad taste"? :)

From being completely opposed to the very idea of random battles to defending insane design choices in various Japanese RPGs. You have ADAPTED ABF!

But DJ, this game doesn't have random battles... you can see the enemies. :D

... What? I'm intentionally misrepresenting your point? I know... :)

The timer-for-respawns (with item reward if you clear the area) is an interesting idea though. Where it evidently gets annoying is when you get jobs (quests essentially) which require specific item drops which you can only get from item collection mode...