So, longtime Gaia Online Enthusiast.
I remember back in '05 waiting for the battle system. I really liked the Kung Fu Panda one, if anyone remembers that.
Then we got zOMG! which was a terrible little game on release, only marginally improved (I decided to play it a few months back, the VERY FIRST BOSSFIGHT was still glitched on Medium Difficulty.) over time, and now it's gone.
Maybe we'll finally get a proper battle system? Flash or Unity based, probably gonna' be pay2win...