Final Fantasy XIV Auto-Attack Video

[Betelgeuzah]

A quick note regarding the comments about the slow auto-attack speed presented in the video, etc. In line with the comments made in Matsui's Battle Reform Blueprint, this is only the first wave of the auto-attack implementation with the second wave including the motion/animation updates and adjustments.

There's a small issue I'm slightly confused with. Maybe it is intentional, but it's hard to understand what the scope of motion adjustments is. Some posts make it sound like the adjustments will mostly change how auto-attack animations function, others make it sound like all close-range skills and even spells are getting the same treatment.

Not sure just how much you're willing to say, but at least knowing whether the largest adjustments will rotate around auto-attack or if there's something larger-scale in store would help. I see that at least active/passive mode is receiving motion-adjustment with 1.18.

I wouldn't mind the wait on everything else, but the combat aesthetics play quite a large role in my current gripes with the combat system.

[Evangela]

It's funny to see a character can pull out his sward while running but they didn't add the animation yet, so he just slide on the ground

[Seirra_Lanzce]

It's funny to see a character can pull out his sward while running but they didn't add the animation yet, so he just slide on the ground

indeed is funny, here's hoping it will change.. :P

[Coldbrand]

Can we get an idea of what auto-attack might look like with stuff like double/tripple attack, an OAx weapon, or most importantly, some haste gear?

[Rentahamster]

Can we get an idea of what auto-attack might look like with stuff like double/tripple attack, an OAx weapon, or most importantly, some haste gear?

Based on what they've said so far, I doubt they've got any concrete details ready yet. They're still working on the basics, with extra stuff like that coming later.

[Coldbrand]

It just seems dumb to show off the system with 0% haste when that won't be relevant once good gear rolls out finally.

[Sorel]

It just seems dumb to show off the system with 0% haste when that won't be relevant once good gear rolls out finally.

We can't have it both ways.

We can't ask the Development Team to show us a video of what they are working on, and then tell them they shouldn't have shown us something that is incomplete.

Well, I guess we could ... but it would make us look literally like morons (i.e. an adult with the mental capacity of an 8 year old).

[Physic]

It just seems dumb to show off the system with 0% haste when that won't be relevant once good gear rolls out finally.

showing it with haste or special gears would defeat the purpose of showing us AA. People with special gears are special, what you want to see now is what AA actually is at its base, not what it may become 2 years from now, that would be false advertising

[viion]

i cant believe its taking several patches/updates and months of work.... to properly implement Auto Attack....

[zoekwon]

its not just auto attack they are adding.....