FFXIV moved away from auto-attack while WOW went without... how odd.

[Reliquia]

Auto attack holding the genre back? I have problems seeing that, unless there is another alternative to the ago of conan/pre auto-attack patch I am glad that SE finally came to their senses.

Spamming a button over and over again is just tedious. If you think that auto-attack can't be challenging or busy look at the way ninja and red mage worked in FFXI. Auto attack was a leap forwards.

[Shipp]

Auto attack holding the genre back? I have problems seeing that, unless there is another alternative to the ago of conan/pre auto-attack patch I am glad that SE finally came to their senses.

Spamming a button over and over again is just tedious. If you think that auto-attack can't be challenging or busy look at the way ninja and red mage worked in FFXI. Auto attack was a leap forwards.

I agree. Unless you have crosshairs popping up like Tera, auto-attack should be standard. There is no reason to have to keep hitting the same attack over and over. This is doing the same thing as auto-attack, but instead of not hitting a key, you have to manually press it. When you manually press it, you can't communicate effectively.

[Kafeen]

Looks like someone from Blizzard is a fan of Kung-fu Panda.

[zaviermhigo]

Why do people act like action based battle is the step up from auto attack? There two separate battle mechanics, in gaming just because something is an old concept doesn't technically mean we moved forward from it, it just means its a genre of gaming not in style right now. Not everyone likes action games, I personally would not want to dodge and such as a mage as some games have it.

the new blizzard expansion seems racist or at the very least ignorant to me, and then you add on that people wanted to be a "kung fu panda" this is amazing, not amazing, astonishing. I really can't believe this exists or that people are pumped for it.

[Baxter]

There's a lot of this too. FFXI and FFXIV players have always been the most hostile against WOW, don't know where it comes from.

There's good things and bad things to take from WOW, guys. Stop pretending like everything they do is bad.

goes both ways though.. wow players do the exact same thing. There are WoW players hoping so badly that this game dies. Not because they've played it or even will play it, but because of some stupid rivalry.

I also disagree with the notion that this game could never see 25% of WoW's subs. The fact that the reboot (although unprecedented) is causing quite a stir, and piquing interests all across the mmorpg world is a key indicator that people ARE still checking for this game. Before the announcement after every update you had people still checking for this game. That speaks in volumes in what kind of potential this game holds (if remade right).

honestly though..all of this reminds me of the reviews for FFVIII. When all these people new to the series via FFVII came aboard and could not understand that ff numbered series were not sequels. One person said witch in space, and that's all you heard as the argument against ffviii. Storyline was stupid, draw system was stupid and there was a witch in space. You could tell they never played it. lol

[Shneibel]

right, ppl cry me a river for auto-attack before and now complain because SE add auto-attack, WTH !?

[Akumu]

right, ppl cry me a river for auto-attack before and now complain because SE add auto-attack, WTH !?

So many massive threads crying over wanting AA so I guess those people should be in love with such an outdated system.

While I do not want this(video speed fast but still get the idea) I just want to know was there no other way? I just came back after last playing 1.17(cpu was damaged) and it is slightly annoying drawing my weapon then waiting and watching for my turn to actually do something.

I just want to know was there no other way? I would really love if SE(unless I missed it) told us what were their other options they had besides just using AA and getting rid of the "1 spam" system. Also why did AA come off so golden in their eyes.


As stated I do not want the WoW cluster**** look because it destroys the beauty of fighting imo but it's amazing how there are people that actually wanted this just so they can do more typing in battle?

[Wynn]

right, ppl cry me a river for auto-attack before and now complain because SE add auto-attack, WTH !?

This statement makes the assumption that people complaining about auto-attack were on the AA bandwagon previously. It should be needless to say that would be a poor assumption to make.

[Andrien]

I cant tell if you guys are serious or not...or probably have a serious case of ADHD.


I just cant fathom why pressing 111111 over and over is fun. Like if this is a rambo hack and slash game.

[Vackashken]

Auto attack holding the genre back?

Its called making up crap to scratch up some kind of point together and - bizarrely enough - try and sound clever/informed.