Forum Top: Battle Mechanics

Maybe its silly but the more spells I see the more I think they are all alike, they all seem to be some sort of magical elemental explosion! Why...

Just a simple question~ If any community rep could get an answer that would be awesome! One of the major setbacks with Battle Regimens is how...

I formulated this concept from two final fantasy titles, and there corresponding mechanics involving both Ammo(from final fantasy 12) and Gathering...

I can't understand why they feel the need to make crippling changes to the battle system. Some say it's because there's no strategy, others say it is...

Im gonna keep this short... Im a rank 50 still wearing 4 silver rings cause i can wear 4 of them. If i upgrade to a class specific ring i will...

Every 80.000exp we get -10% exp. How about a system witch gives you a exp bonus for not dying? Every 80.000exp we get whilst not dying once, we get...

Im reading the new post http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=f190cdb1385c767ed137148ace50c372373a87e4 And I keep reading...

This is a a simple one: I want a timer on my shield(when its up) so I can better keep track of the timing of my actions. Provoke, war drum, taunt...

After reading through the Letter from the Producer XII, I felt quite relieved that Guildleves are to be aligned to solo play. What I am confused...

Maybe a stupid question but what exactly happens when i get the following message? "You earn reduced surplus h2h skill skill points due to fatigue"

TBH I have no idea if we'll even be keeping the BR system b/c of the new impending auto-attack system... but one thing I notice (that is REALLY...

Having a cap for sp puts the game on easy mode and encourages unskillful play. There is no danger in a mob only 10 lvls higher and killing things...

Can you give us some more insight on this, Bayohne? Specifically, how will this affect our current action bar situation? Will we need to have that...

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/2011/06/27/4gamer-interview-june-2011/#more-7936 "Gondai: I can’t get into specifics right now but we’re working on...

When doing anything in this game, there is some type of delay that is obviously intentional. For example, when using Quick Stride, by the time the...

This idea came up while reading ClashBlades topic about Overdrive and Limit Break actions for the each party member just like in older FF games. ...

Am I missing something, or is there really no current way of macro targeting specific to party members, or for that matter, mobs?

Weapons being locked to jobs is not a bad thing, what they should do is add a more variety of weapons to lock to said class. For example,...

I've seen a few things on here about people saying with AoE toggle removal there is going to be waaaaay too many skills. So how about this? AoE...