MazeMe on 19 May 2009
If there's some way to counteract the random encounters, then I don't really mind. In Pokémon, if you want to avoid battles you just don't walk through the grass. If you are in the grass and don't want encounters, you use repels. If you get in a random battle against your will anyway, you run.
But yes, I prefer monsters being visible on the map at the very least, but having realtime battles, preferably on the main map itself(like in FFXII and Kingdom Hearts), is the best.
