Quote Originally Posted by Cendres View Post
We didn't need auto-attack we needed a more visceral combat system (faster, functional, intuitive). Now we are just going back in time. Let me grab a sandwich while I auto stab these crabs I'm farming... Bleh...
It will only be doing your normal attacks. That's it. You still can't just go afk. You still have to manage all your timers and use all abilities yourself. Not sure why having to go back to press your normal attack button every 1-3 seconds is considered any more fun by people. It down right turns your brain to mush during a long NM fight, where no matter what you are doing, you have to constantly go back to pressing 1/A/X, whatever you use to attack.

All auto attack does is normal attacks. Are we some how losing some kind of grand strategy that I am not aware of with auto attack? Is it really that more strategic and action packed having to press your attack button that often?

Now, I don't really think auto attack was the answer to what we needed, but it's nowhere near as bad as people are making it out to be, as if it will play the game for you or something. If the game doing your normal attacks for you leaves you with nothing to do yourself, then you are definitely doing it wrong in the first place.

edit; oh, and to the above poster. You are still pretty low as far as mages go. I believe you will probably see your spell damage drop of dramatically as you get higher in level and fight higher things. I know that I especially never see that stuff cast on NMs.