Combo Consolidation: How long before we see it in PVE?

[Ferth]

Granted it won't be completely straight forward for every class, but there are still numerous ways it could be implemented in PVE.
Being able to consolidate combos would drastically reduce the amount of finger gymnastics and separate hotkeys we would need, though.

Just brainstorming some ideas here, but let us set a hotkey as a consolidated button, then load in which abilities in which order we want them to be used.

E.G. Warriors can set up a consolidation key for the Butcher's Block Combo, a consolidation key for Maim + Storms Eye and leave Storms path as a separate hotkey cutting down 6 hotkeys to 3 hotkeys.

Monks can set up a consolidation key for flank weapon skills and a consolidation key for rear weapon skills, but it would change both based on stance so that they can still use whichever is most beneficial for the moment. 6 hot keys become 2.

This would allow us to use more hotkeys in more accessible locations for off GCD abilities.

[Saint_Angeles]

Hopefully never

[RaijinSupreme]

I like the idea as an optional feature. You can choose to consolidate, or play the jobs correctly. It would certainly decrease the bloat.

[Ferth]

Hopefully never

Any particular reason you feel this way?

[Saint_Angeles]

Any particular reason you feel this way?

I like the way it's implemented now, and I think people hide behind "OMFG TOO MANY BUTTONS" instead of just honing their skill.

[Belhi]

Well if the past is anything to go buy the earliest would be 5.0 so at least two years.

[Driavna]

I like the way it's implemented now, and I think people hide behind "OMFG TOO MANY BUTTONS" instead of just honing their skill.

? So, you don't have any real reason. I mean, 1-2-3 is the same than 1-1-1. In fact this only benefit elderly or players with some kind of physical characteristic reducing their chances to hit the wrong skill and breaking a combo. For your average joe once muscle memory is set nothing change.

[Saint_Angeles]

? So, you don't have any real reason.

Yeah no reason at all, aside from the rather 2 large ones that I PREFER IT and ITS UNNECESSARY.

[kikix12]

Any particular reason you feel this way?

You'll get the standard excuse of "because this is what makes the skilled stand apart from the unskilled" or "because I don't want this to be a single-button mashing game". There is really zero thought behind these excuses, but hey, people are like that.

A difference between a skilled and unskilled person is in what choices they make, not whether they have plenty of experience with keyboard/gamepad use (and HAVE a good keyboard) to not slip fingers from one button to another. But some people think that a skill in the use of keyboard is actually related to the skill of playing the game.

[Ferth]

I like the way it's implemented now, and I think people hide behind "OMFG TOO MANY BUTTONS" instead of just honing their skill.

That seems like a strawman argument. I have no problem with the amount of buttons there are now but I also make use of macros for a lot of oGCD skills.

When I play warrior my Butcher's block combo is 1 > ctrl+1 > alt+1. The amount of "skill" necessary to make these adjustments is negligible but the benefit to being able to use ctrl and alt keys for oGCD would be tremendous.

It would allow me to separate some of my macrod buffs. Would I be displaying any less skill this way?