Quote Originally Posted by Richard View Post
Guess what? It's not going to happen. Archer is confirmed not to have it and considering the recent "we understand your concerns but we just aren't going to change our plans" posts by the Devs, it's safe to say they won't be changing their position on it. Like it or leave it.
This is what has been said about Archer auto-attack so far:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...700#post182700
Quote Originally Posted by Bayohne View Post
Checked with the dev. team regarding questions about archers and their ability to auto-attack. Auto-attack as a system will initiate when the player is fighting an enemy in close range. While archers will be able to auto-attack enemies while in close range it won't be with arrows. New animations will be implemented to make this all happen!
That doesn't say anything about "We don't want to do it."

Furthermore, I don't care if you want to have a passive attitude about it. I intend to change minds, not just give up.