I haven’t seen anything done with ATB a simple dynamic turn order wouldn’t do better. Not only do I strongly dislike any kind of time pressure, you also get rid of the wait time between turns.
IIRC this is almost how FF7 worked if you changed the settings to A) increase ATB speed, and B) set the mode to “wait” so active time paused while you made your menu selections. I can’t recall if there was an “instant” ATB speed option or if that was just a PC mod.
X2 did a lot with chaining attacks, so idling could be a strategic choice to maximize combos. I don’t recall if X2 had a similar setting to pause time during menu selections.
IIRC this is almost how FF7 worked if you changed the settings to A) increase ATB speed, and B) set the mode to “wait” so active time paused while you made your menu selections. I can’t recall if there was an “instant” ATB speed option or if that was just a PC mod.
X2 did a lot with chaining attacks, so idling could be a strategic choice to maximize combos. I don’t recall if X2 had a similar setting to pause time during menu selections.