Final Fantasy XIV Auto-Attack Video

[Rentahamster]

All i was saying IMO was that blizzard and other companies spend much more time developing their MMO's and reap the benefits

Yep. That's because other companies like Blizzard are much more efficient with their development time. SE's developers are inefficient because they spend so much time in development, yet do not end up with a quality product that justifies such long development times.

FF XIV was rushed my point and case.

It was probably rushed the last 6 months/1 year of development, but I doubt they were rushed for the previous 4.5+ years of development.

[Besbeset]

They may have made billions, but that's not to say how there is a decline of players. Gameplay is getting too repetitive, seriously, the way CoD is going its like the equivilant of making FFXI, FFXI-2, FFXI-3, FFXI-2 Part 2, etc. I cant imagine playing the same game that many times.

Same with Halo, just with more weapons. MMORPGs that are WoW remakes, games these days are just too dull. FFXIV brought something new, but people complained about it and now we are back to using FFXI battle system. My point being that it doesn't hurt to try. I bet if we had AA from the start, people would have complained and want a new battle system.

People complains mostly when there is a reason for it and the survey results from Yoshida's pool are the proof that the current battle system is one of the biggest complaints.

[Bayohne]

A few more answers to "auto-attack"-related questions we've seen pop up:
- Disciples of Magic will have an auto-attack when in close combat range
- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon used by each class

[Sephr]

A few more answers to "auto-attack"-related questions we've seen pop up:
- Disciples of Magic will have an auto-attack when in close combat range
- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon used by each class

DoM...? Really?

The whole 'swinging at the air' spirit/phantom dart auto attack they have sucks pretty bad, I was kinda hoping they'd be adjusted to compensate in other ways for not having one.

[DoctorMog]

Will the weapons themselves have a delay listed on them?

Or does each class have it's own delay?

[Sephr]

It'll be weapons, for sure.

[Cutriss]

DoM...? Really?

The whole 'swinging at the air' spirit/phantom dart auto attack they have sucks pretty bad, I was kinda hoping they'd be adjusted to compensate in other ways for not having one.

Based on Bayohne's response regarding close-range, I think the DOM auto-attack is just going to be staff/club bonk-bonking, not darts.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

A few more answers to "auto-attack"-related questions we've seen pop up:
- Disciples of Magic will have an auto-attack when in close combat range
- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon used by each class

Will you see if the development team will look into Auto-attack for any ability you select?

Aika Online is a quick example of how this works. No matter which ability you select it will auto-execute the same ability until you select a different ability (as long as you are eligible to keep using them). I would like to see something similar or more advanced than Aika.

[MizoreShirayuki]

A few more answers to "auto-attack"-related questions we've seen pop up:
- Disciples of Magic will have an auto-attack when in close combat range
- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon used by each class

Sounds like the system is nothing more than a copy & paste of FF11's auto attack system...

[DoctorMog]

Why is this line even there:

- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon used by each class

If the delay was on each individual weapon he would have posted:

- Attack speed will differ based on the weapon.

Looks like each class is getting its own delay. NOT each weapon individually.



GLD will attack every 1.4 seconds
LNC will attack every 1.3 seconds
MRD will attack every 2 seconds

and so on...

(just hypothetical examples)



Clarification Devs?