Peer pressured badly to switch engines?

[Steel Beast 6Beets]

A game like Fantasia just wouldn't be possible in XP. XP like VX and Ace is built with only RPGs in mind, and trying to stretch the makers beyond that capacity can be done, but its hard to make it work well. In MV, there's a lot more optimization.

This is a pretty good point. From what I could gather, it's easier to make non RPG stuff in the newest engines. Seems Enterbrain/whoever is in charge of the programs finally caught up to "the joy of using RPG Maker to make non-RPG games".

As for the lag, I do have issues but that's on my PC not being up to the task. None whatsoever on my spare laptop. Now, on this subject, I'm currently using Near Fantastica's anti-lag script. Is there a better script or should I stick with it?

I would suggest Zeriab's Anti Lag System. Together with MKXP/HiddenChest I can run 600x600 maps with 10.000+ events in my game without any lag.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try and see if it is an improvement.