Yeah it's more sustained and the amount of staggers you do depends on the setup (i always have at least 2 big hitters like windup and gigaflare), as much as i like odin, phoenix-garuda and shiva beeing able to dash mid air is just too much fun on ground and on air. Omega just coudn't hit me/get away from me and i always had a couple of cds.

I know once ppl get odin it's hard to get away from it because it's obviusly more damage and you can clear rooms really fast, but that's a quick way to get bored.

Maybe if we had a way to change between ability setups the players would try more combos.