Consolidated vs. Open Combos - Which would you prefer?

[Gravton]

I think it should be a setting under character configuration. What difference does it make if I press circle three time or press circle, x, square? If you want to reduce button press then cool, if you want to mash buttons like your at a Starcraft tourney then go nuts.

[Priya]

If a skill is only active under certain conditions, such as being a proc, the button should change as it does in pvp. For example, Jolt 2 procs Impact, and you will always use Impact over Jolt; the Jolt button should change to impact in PvE just like it does in PvP. You literally cannot use impact otherwise, so it doesn't need its own button.

Similarly Ver Holy/Flare are only available once certain conditions are met and they should replace Ver Stone/Fire respectively. Especially since the former will proc the latter after use. You need 4 key binds for these spells when you should really only need 2.

Another example is when Bahamut is out, Ahk Morn should replace the Deathflare key. Also, Ruin should have been upgraded to Ruin 3 like other numbered spells.

I don't mind keeping non conditional skills separated for PvE as that keeps a little bit of risk involved ("oops, I fat-fingered that"), but if a skill literally cannot be used except under certain conditions, the key should change accordingly, even in PvE.

Combat in the current form feels almost as bloated as it did in Heavensward. I'm not seeing the pruning I was promised aside from tiered spells. It's still necessary to bind abilities to awkward keys.

[Vincenti]

I think it should be a setting under character configuration. What difference does it make if I press circle three time or press circle, x, square? If you want to reduce button press then cool, if you want to mash buttons like your at a Starcraft tourney then go nuts.

I agree, I'm for the combo. I can't see how it would be harmful an if other people for any reason doesn't like the change there could be an option to enable or disable it.