Heroes of Might and Magic V [Game Discussion]

I'm afraid to disappoint you, but the developers have already announced that there will only be an ATB scale.

ATB, if I'm not mistaken, is turn-based when one player goes first, then the other, right? But even in the third game, units didn't go one after another; one could start, then others, and the turn ended with the first again, almost like initiative! Or am I wrong? And what's wrong with the ATB scale? Of course, it's different from the third game, but can't it be replaced with a damage bar?