IMO not having Auto-Attack has been the best part of the game for me....

[Dubont]

ya know with a game that needs a high end computer to run it i don't think $5 for a mic to be able to efficiently communicate is so hard. when we party in my ls you do not have to have a mic, but you do need to get into skype or ventrillo so you can hear what is being said. if you cannot get a free program to be able to communicate more efficiently you can't blame it on 1,1,1. all this will do is lead to more down time which you want to be able to type, but it will lead to a less engaging battle system.

Not everyone parties with only their linkshell. You know, some of us actually like taking advantage of the MMO aspect of a MMORPG....

[Sojiro]

Not everyone parties with only their linkshell. You know, some of us actually like taking advantage of the MMO aspect of a MMORPG....

How dare you!

[Dubont]

How dare you!

ikr? so much taboo

[darkstarpoet1]

Not everyone parties with only their linkshell. You know, some of us actually like taking advantage of the MMO aspect of a MMORPG....

i never stated i only partied with my ls. i'm sorry i have friends i talk to so i play with them mostly, but that does not mean that i do not party with others alot also. my statement about voice communication is drastically better than typing inside a chat box stands. if we are in a battle side by side i can promise you a voice message gets across to the other players faster than any speed you can type and them read.

if you are playing with multiple nationalities like the japanese groups that is different, but then you are better to discuss things before and after the battle so you can make the most use out of auto-translation. then you still have no need of talking inside of a battle besides calling a macro that uses auto-translation so everyone understands.

[Bled]

i never stated i only partied with my ls. i'm sorry i have friends i talk to so i play with them mostly, but that does not mean that i do not party with others alot also. my statement about voice communication is drastically better than typing inside a chat box stands. if we are in a battle side by side i can promise you a voice message gets across to the other players faster than any speed you can type and them read.

if you are playing with multiple nationalities like the japanese groups that is different, but then you are better to discuss things before and after the battle so you can make the most use out of auto-translation. then you still have no need of talking inside of a battle besides calling a macro that uses auto-translation so everyone understands.

Where are you getting this delusion from that everyone in the game uses voice chat... call me old fashion but i don't mind typing rather than hearing 15 voices in a group yelling, like happened too frequently in WoW. Majority of players I come in contact with don't use voice chat, and i currently have no IRL (due to this game being crap right now) friends playing FF XIV so majority of people i party with are either LS, or randoms and my LS dose not even use voice chat.

Like i said earlier, what is the point of manually typing 1111 when you can have AA do that so you can focus on your actual tactical abilities and chat functions?

There is immersion and then there is tedious.

[Gath]

IMO? Your opinion doesn't matter, that's because it's not me. Had it been me who started this thread it would be instant awesome. Seeing how I approve of auto-attack means that this thread if full of fail, that's because my opinion outweighs ANYBODY else who has an opinion. My 1 gil is worth more than your 1 gil.

[RabidSquirrel]

Providing SE doesn't focus as much on auto-attack as they did in FFXI, your "immersion" in the battle will remain. If you've ever played a game like WoW or its clones, you'd know auto-attack is hardly a factor in battle. Those battle rely much more heavily on abilities. If you have played WoW and have relied on auto-attack more than your abilities to fight your battles, then you're doing it wrong.

The player should always be engaged in the battle and doing meaningful things instead of arbitrary tasks. Hammering on a single button is an arbitrary task that takes very little skill. And hell, even if auto-attack is relied on as heavily as it is in FFXI, it's still a leap foward compared to the clunky mess we have now.

[Mugiwara]

Everyone knows this is why most of the Zelda games flopped so hard. I mean, what were they thinking, only giving you basic attacks for your sword...

Adding auto-attack is a step backwards for the game. All it does it remove control from the player. I haven't had to spam basic attacks since I was PL10. Actually, let me emphasis this so that people might actually read it:

If you're doing nothing but spamming basic attacks, you're simply failing at combat in this game. This is not, nor has it ever been, a valid excuse/reason to wedge auto-attack into the game.

People simply want the same old system they're used to (FFXI, WoW) instead of getting used to something new.

you realize you just compared a single player action RPG to a MMO right? just making sure...

P.S

While this system would actually be doable in a single player setting, this was a horrible idea for MMO scene.

[Mugiwara]

Wasn't really my point. Point was that Zelda and FFXIV are very different games so comparing them serves no point.

he likes to dodge solid points and make up his own. no point in even replying back to that.

[Kam]

I dont understand why soo many want Auto-Attack .. i dont get it

"IMO" is the beauty and downfall of a fan-base like this.

People who are still posting want this game to have a future.

Relax your whining until you've played the updated version, please.

I'm sure many 'forum viewers' are waiting for that shit-storm to drop...