Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
This is not an action MMORPG Gift. It never was, and it probably never will be. It is an MMORPG with minor action elements that relate to real time combat, like positioning and distance. Not every game these days has to be an action game. You can still have fun with games that don't have heavy action elements just as you can enjoy a movie without explosions. I'm sorry this game didn't turn out to be the action packed high fantasy extravaganza you where apparently expecting it to be, but judging from the direction the game is flowing in, I'd suspect it will never go there.

And you know what?
That's fine.
I am a full time crafter, so I am more concerned with the dev team brutalising that aspect of the game. The previous battle system sucked too anyway (hence the crafting), and I was merely interjecting to say it was bad idea to remake the combat system into one that still wasnt fun.

Why they thought it was a good idea to waste 6 months on autoattack is beyond me.

You make it sound like FFXIV's combat is an algebra equation that only the Queen and you are allowed to like, and that's probably one factor which will influence FFXIV's eventual downfall.