1.18 - Where's the beef?

This is just a quick concern regarding the recent outline posted about the 1.18 update:

Is auto-attack being downplayed because it's already a set-in-stone part of the update, or are there complications which limit the 1.18 patch to strictly guildleve reforms?

I know that last letter from the producer made mention of auto-attack, but it seems to have wiggled out of the spotlight somehow... which is fine, but I'm just making extra doubly sure that our button mashing to be divided in half by 1.18 :o

Past letters and the battle reform blueprint, as well as recent interviews and Dev posts elaborate on this.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Use-This-Forum

Auto attack is coming in 1.18, additional refinements to the algorithms, mechanics, and animations will follow in 1.19 and beyond.

Thanks, and great job on the list ^^!

aaaand completely off the topic, anyone read this:

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Similarly, completing a regional levequest as any class other than those recommended will yield no skill points.

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I only actually level two classes!!! And one of those is fisher xD

Yoshi also mentioned in the last letter that that will not be the only letter covering 1.18. There will be more letters focusing on different features. That one was only about guildleve reform. Then we will also get the full patch notes on the day of the patch.

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Originally Posted by Fuzball

aaaand completely off the topic, anyone read this:

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Well, that only makes sense. Non-class-specific regionals are always DoW and DoM. If you try to leve-share with someone on a crafting job, you get no SP. This is just extending that limitation to the end SP reward - they don't want you to get any XP on a DoL/DoH class if the quest was combat-oriented.

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Originally Posted by Cutriss

Well, that only makes sense. Non-class-specific regionals are always DoW and DoM. If you try to leve-share with someone on a crafting job, you get no SP. This is just extending that limitation to the end SP reward - they don't want you to get any XP on a DoL/DoH class if the quest was combat-oriented.

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This. Or at least, so says the fan-translation from the Japanese. 'Course, I'd rather they hadn't said anything about it at all. That way, there'd've been no false alarms. Plus, I'd've been able to make fun of the people who thought this would work. :p

Lol yeah it would've been hilarious on the day of patch 1.18 release to see some DoL and DoH players trying to get SP from battlecraft leves :)

Ohhs... i read it to mean that they'll say something like "for archers and lancers only." Kinda like how you don't get guild marks if you don't use the related class to complete the leve...

Also, fishers are totally awesome at throwing rocks and should always be valued members of any behest >:|

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Originally Posted by Rentahamster

Auto attack is coming in 1.18, additional refinements to the algorithms, mechanics, and animations will follow in 1.19 and beyond.

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Originally Posted by The Lodestone

Auto-attack functionality will be prioritized in 1.18. Changes such as battle algorithm revisions, attack motion diversification, and peripheral motion tweaks are scheduled to take place in 1.19 and subsequent patches.

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Can't get much more dead-on than that :p