So generally speaking, what is "Auto-Attack"?

I haven't played FFXI before, and have no idea what "Auto-Attack" is. Could someone please briefly expalin?

According to the word "Auto-Attack", does it mean once I set all skills for a certain class, and start a combat, I shall worry nothing (i.e. not need to click anything else) until me or the mob's KO'ed?

If my guess was wrong, then what does "Auto-Attack" mean?

Thx~

Auto attack is the most common form of attack in a mmo.

It is where you engage a mob and click attack and you automatically hit it. Usually a very weak basic attack.

Auto attack will not use any special attack, abilities, or spells. It will just do a normal weak attack over and over again.

Basically it is this.

The stamina bar is removed
Light slash (glad) is removed
You click attack on the mob
-when in range you automatically do light slash every say 2.4 secs(made up that time for example)
-auto attack builds up tp
-you can then use all your buff attacks as well between autoattacks, or when you have tp use a ws like now.

worthless system that they waste their time to develop it

and my $20 macro keyboard can do that for me

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Originally Posted by Evangela

worthless system that they waste their time to develop it

and my $20 macro keyboard can do that for me

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Hey if it gets rid of the stamina bar it already has a major + for me, that thing was a nightmare for any form of buffs or tanking.

OK, after rethink, It's worth in some point

at least, has something is better than has nothing

Thanks for your explanation.
But e.g., for Gladiator, who got light/heavy slash/stab (4 basic attacks), will auto-attack
1) just use light slash OR stab? or
2) use both light slash AND stab? or
3) use all 4 attacks?

Do you have any idea how auto-attack decides which basic attack(s) to use? According to which I put first in the skill bar?

it uses light slash, the first one you get, if you watched the video you would know this (and your original question) so i suggest doing that. You will see on there stab and such is still selectable and Guard is 1

You know how you can play some fights in XI-XIII without doing anything? That's an AA.
When it's good it allows for some extremely complex strategies like in XI but when it's bad you're basically just standing there when enemies die left and right hoping you'd have a hand-held to get some gaming done when you're playing a game.

I won't even get to how messed up XIII's system is there you lose the interaction, strategy, feeling of danger and class uniqueness and so on so that dumb people can play. The good news is that people are simple and bought XIII by boatloads. Then again people also buy Modern Warfare corridor-movie games and some just like to sit still and watch clouds go by.

If this sounds bitter then it's because I am. I used to love the feeling of immersion in games that had depth and freedom. Now it's all about getting every single player to the finish line without once feeling lost.

Personally I felt lost in XI in SO many ways and it felt amazing. Just thinking about the logic behind elemental days makes my head spin. Oh memories..

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Originally Posted by Seif

You know how you can play some fights in XI-XIII without doing anything? That's an AA.
When it's good it allows for some extremely complex strategies like in XI but when it's bad you're basically just standing there when enemies die left and right hoping you'd have a hand-held to get some gaming done when you're playing a game.

I won't even get to how messed up XIII's system is there you lose the interaction, strategy, feeling of danger and class uniqueness and so on so that dumb people can play. The good news is that people are simple and bought XIII by boatloads. Then again people also buy Modern Warfare corridor-movie games and some just like to sit still and watch clouds go by.

If this sounds bitter then it's because I am. I used to love the feeling of immersion in games that had depth and freedom. Now it's all about getting every single player to the finish line without once feeling lost.

Personally I felt lost in XI in SO many ways and it felt amazing. Just thinking about the logic behind elemental days makes my head spin. Oh memories..

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You should come back. I'm just now figuring out all this new abyssea stuff and it makes me feel like I did when I first started playing. Well, almost. Lots to learn and look forward to.

Basically "Auto-Attack" is something the SE Dev team ripped off from other MMO's prevent you from quitting the game before they add new content.

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Originally Posted by Seif

You know how you can play some fights in XI-XIII without doing anything? That's an AA.
When it's good it allows for some extremely complex strategies like in XI but when it's bad you're basically just standing there when enemies die left and right hoping you'd have a hand-held to get some gaming done when you're playing a game.

I won't even get to how messed up XIII's system is there you lose the interaction, strategy, feeling of danger and class uniqueness and so on so that dumb people can play. The good news is that people are simple and bought XIII by boatloads. Then again people also buy Modern Warfare corridor-movie games and some just like to sit still and watch clouds go by.

If this sounds bitter then it's because I am. I used to love the feeling of immersion in games that had depth and freedom. Now it's all about getting every single player to the finish line without once feeling lost.

Personally I felt lost in XI in SO many ways and it felt amazing. Just thinking about the logic behind elemental days makes my head spin. Oh memories..

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13s system was actually had a ton of interactivity strategy, and danger, it was easy to die without approaching attacking the monsters right, and the harder fights had you changing strategies constantly almost to the point of the second some times.

But i will say it took awhile to reach that point, and the world was super linear for way too long.


you really should go back to ffxi, me and my friend restarted recently at the same time, i found it super boring and monotonous, with a dated world and annoying battle system, but he loves it. I really think its just made for a different market. And even with the probs i have with it, looking over the Abyssea content, the ideas behind it look entertaining, even though the battle for me is just too slow, and doesnt have enough depth


Back in topic, it looks like you will have the computer automating your most basic attack, ie the attack you started the game with (before completing the first story line mission
the other basuc attacks will be altered to accomdate the new system, the exact implementation is unknown at this point, but they hinted to using cool downs, and the video shows MP for some basic attacks, so those are good starting points.

[QUOTE=Physic;190468]13s system was actually had a ton of interactivity strategy, and danger, it was easy to die without approaching attacking the monsters right, and the harder fights had you changing strategies constantly almost to the point of the second some times.
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You sure you were playing final fantasy 13? i beat that game by spamming the X button, and sometimes changed paradigms to heal. (90% of non-boss fights required 0 healing)