Quote Originally Posted by Snuf View Post
Why does everyone want everything to be fully voiced? Half the time I finish reading the text before the voice actor finishes reading it and I just want them to shut up, I barely ever even play with game sound on...

Besides that, active combat is fine, but pressing 1 over and over again to select the same basic attack is not my idea of active combat, i'd rather have something like DC Universe Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online where you click the mouse to make a basic attack.
I think people just want more atmosphere. Silence doesn't really give you that.

And I don't dispute that FFXIV's attempt at action combat was a total, miserable failure, but as you say, there are many incarnations that seem to do the idea justice, and many more to come like Blade&Soul which is still tab-target based but with a bigger emphasis on positioning and skills. (As opposed to merely stats).