Viper's weapon concept is wasted

imo.. I only play Viper because of my Deadpool Glamour.. but yes their auto combo stuff may prelude the Death of the 1-2-3 Combo.. I mean looking at PLD.. they could change their 1-2-3 Combo into a 6 tier autocombo.. and save 3 buttons.. while that being more convinient I wouldn't want that! and Viper.. come on.. Viper is a Glamour Job...

I mean, the concept of a combo is also kinda lost in this game too (though maybe it's an mmo thing?)

Every move in every combo has the same cooldown, there's no animation lock or forced movement, they rarely ever can be broken, most oGCDs can be woven inbetween, and many of them don't branch. There's no tactility to it.

Compare to the action games this game isn't sure if it wants to be or not, where consolidated buttons for combos do work, you have to weigh the risks of following through a combo to the end to get some of your stronger hits in, or have to dodge and break the combo, or maybe branch into a move that would help you dodge with minimal dps loss.

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Originally Posted by Azurarok

Every move in every combo has the same cooldown, there's no animation lock or forced movement, they rarely ever can be broken, and many of them don't branch. There's no tactility to it.

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I think this is why GW2 instead mostly relegates animation-combos to the autoattack skills on the 1 button. And the few others that exist have tiny combo-windows that flip back to the base skill after just a second or two in most cases.