Bringing Back the Secondary Charge-Up Meter

[Zantetsuken]

Those who played this game in the beginning (esp ALPHA and BETA) will remember the Secondary Charge-Up Meter that worked in conjunction with the stamina bar.

It was a part of combat that required extra clicking, it slowed the pace of battle down to a crawl and made the whole system seem sluggish. Not only that, but its functions were never fully (or at least clearly) explained in the game. Due to player complaints, they removed it, and rightfully so.

But that was then...

With the advent of Auto-attack, battle runs at a good pace. We can now chat with people while in combat and the amount of clicking we do is greatly diminished. So much so, that it might be a good time to reintroduce a revamped secondary meter for special attacks like TP moves.

The inclusion of a secondary meter for special attacks could open up all sorts of nifty options during battle customized for each attack.

For example:

• Skull Sunder: Accuracy >>> Effect Duration
• Red Lotus: Physical Damage% >>> %Elemental Damage%
• Damnation: Damage >>> MP gain%
• Shock Spikes: Duration of Effect >>> Damage of Effect

There are lots of possibilities and they would all help add an additional dimension of strategy to battles without burdening the whole system down. Perhaps it wouldn't be used for every TP move. And some moves might have their own custom secondary meter... (think the slots for Tifa's Limit Break in FFVII, or the triggers for the gunblade overdrive in FFVIII)

Now that FFXIV's battle system is on a solid foundation, I would like to see some of the very forward-thinking ideas from the original design brought back into it.

[Rinoa]

Hey, so you did make a thread about this after all. I hope this gets added.

[Falcus]

I've been playing from alpha yet I don't remember this D:
Though then again my PC was rubbish and didn't upgrade until launch lol

But anyway, this looks awesome. Kinda wish I'd played alpha/beta a bit more to have learnt about this =/

[Sav]

I forgot entirely about this! Now that combat is smooth, it'd be nice to see the ability to enhance standard moves like this.

[Ferth]

They must have nixed it before I started playing in beta...

It's basically a meter that pops up for tp moves and such that the more you allow it to fill the stronger an effect you get?

Could be neat... Sounds like Cyan's swordtech/bushido abilities from ff6.

[Xenor]

I just want the stamina bar back for ARC. It was stupid to take it away from ARC when it didn't get auto attack. The timer bug makes the class too painful to play. It wasn't half as bad with the stamina bar.

[Azurymber]

this would be epic.

[Anima]

Hell yeah! I hope they bring back Good Original Ideas.
Meanwhile, can someone explain me how do you fill the Meter? :P

[Charismatic]

Hell yeah! I hope they bring back Good Original Ideas.
Meanwhile, can someone explain me how do you fill the Meter? :P

It goes up and down over time, you don't do anything to fill it. It's a timing thing.

[Anima]

It goes up and down over time, you don't do anything to fill it. It's a timing thing.

and What effects the timing? Monster attributes?

EDIT: About Limit Breaks, a few months ago Rukkirii mentioned:
"Matsui let us know that this would be an idea that they will look into after the battle adjustments take place."