Combining some buttons into one

[Limonia]

What is the reason why some abilities can't be combined in one button instead of multiple buttons?

This is not about combining combo actions like in PVP, but specific oGCDs.

For example, combining BLM's Ley Lines and Between the Lines into the same button, so that when having Ley Lines active, the button changes to Between the Lines. Or for SMN's Dreadwyrm Trance / Deathflare and Summon Bahamut / Enkindle Bahamut, or SCH's Summon Seraph / Consolation (maybe with implementing a 1s CD so you don't fat-finger it immediately - but that probably wouldn't work anyway...).

Currently it's like if placing and detonating Earthly Star were two different buttons.

I always thought it's not possible to combine these actions because of the different cooldowns of them, but then we have DRG's Geirskogul and Nastrond. So if it works for those, why not for others (and if those two are combined into one button, why not Jump and Mirage Dive?)?

I also don't think combining some buttons would make the game too easy, it would just be some nice QoL changes and free up hotbar space. Not everything has to be combined of course, but it would absolutely make sense for some few actions, and especially on jobs that already have a lot of oGCDs.

[Recon1o6]

With this sort of thing, you have to be very careful what you wish for. Give specifics as well.
Though its always better to have more buttons than less, since atm there's hardly any that would need merging.

Merged buttons I would like

About half of monk's either useless or overly niche skills (seriously 5 things to do when boss is disengaging is too many)

Ley lines and Between the lines. BLM's have been asking for this for ages.
Cover and intervention.
Hide and Trick attack
Dragonfire dive and Stardiver. They are literally the same just potency. Dragonfire is on too long a cooldown anyway
Draw and play (seriously decoupling these was a stupid idea like many things in current Astro. Just remove the timer)
Cure 1/benefic 1 into cure 2/benefic 2. Benefic 1 is never used and Cure 1 is no longer used after level 40

[SomeRandomHuman]

With this sort of thing, you have to be very careful what you wish for. Give specifics as well.
Though its always better to have more buttons than less, since atm there's hardly any that would need merging.

Merged buttons I would like

About half of monk's either useless or overly niche skills (seriously 5 things to do when boss is disengaging is too many)

Ley lines and Between the lines. BLM's have been asking for this for ages.
Cover and intervention.
Hide and Trick attack
Dragonfire dive and Stardiver. They are literally the same just potency. Dragonfire is on too long a cooldown anyway
Draw and play (seriously decoupling these was a stupid idea like many things in current Astro. Just remove the timer)
Cure 1/benefic 1 into cure 2/benefic 2. Benefic 1 is never used and Cure 1 is no longer used after level 40

Should collapse combos like the tanks' combos. Set the base path into 1 button and put the alternate finisher(storm's eye, and Goring blade for WAR/PLD respectively) into a 2nd button. Same for pretty much every other job with a linked combo like that. For red mage I like how pvp did it. Where verfire/stone turns into verthunder/aero. They already made thunder/aero turn into flare/holy and jolt turn into scorch so whats stopping them.

SAM would be the only tricky one since it has 3 separate combos, but I think making hakaze > yukikaze 1 button and then putting the other 2 into 2 different buttons would work since the finisher would reset the chains. So Jinpu > Gekko and Shifu > finisher(can't remember the name)

I disagree with re-collapsing draw and play. I like being able to hold a card for the CD to cooldown. Makes it possible to throw out 2 Lord/Lady with divination for a solid dps spike without having to blow through sleeve draw just to do that. Draw > wait for CD > deploy the Lords/Ladies > Divination > Sleeve Draw > Deploy more lord/lady or set up next divination for when CD finishes. The more Lord/Lady you can throw using draw the better since its 8% for the respective roles instead of the lower 6% for the basic cards.

[Limonia]

I think we already had a few threads about the combo merge subjects. It's kind of controversial, as some people are for it, some are against it.

Of course it would reduce button bloat as well, but it wouldn't even help jobs that don't use combos, like casters and healers.

So I thought I'd suggest combining some abilities, like SMN/Bahamut or the Ley Lines thing. It wouldn't be such a big change, and 1 button less per job (or 2 at max) wouldn't make the game simpler, just improve QoL without changing too much.

[Drakeos]

This would save so much time due to people may have developed carpal tunnel

[SamRF]

Personally would rather have more buttons than less. Those suggestions you made do make sense in some way but I still prefer them to be separate buttons. Imo having them seperate is more fun, engaging and immersive since then your button is reserved for a specific action/command, I don't consider summoning something the same as commanding your summon to do something, thus having separate buttons makes more sense to me and I enjoy it more this way.

The earthly star comparison isn't really a good one imo immersion wise since there you basically cast something that doesn't do anything on its own. It's dormant until time goes by or you trigger the ability, here it makes sense that it would be the same button you'd tap for it to trigger.

The button bloat-ish combat is something that's atm fairly unique about FFXIV and it's a big reason why I prefer this game over other major MMOs.

[EaMett]

Should collapse combos like the tanks' combos. Set the base path into 1 button and put the alternate finisher(storm's eye, and Goring blade for WAR/PLD respectively) into a 2nd button. Same for pretty much every other job with a linked combo like that. For red mage I like how pvp did it. Where verfire/stone turns into verthunder/aero. They already made thunder/aero turn into flare/holy and jolt turn into scorch so whats stopping them.

No please no. Jobs are dumb enough to play already.

[Macleod]

No please no. Jobs are dumb enough to play already.

If the jobs are so dumb currently, then why do you play?

[Morningstar1337]

No please no. Jobs are dumb enough to play already.

TIL QoL changes makes jobs dumb :P

[EaMett]

If the jobs are so dumb currently, then why do you play?

Because:
- I'm hopeful.
- There's more to the game than class gameplay. (Thank god because I'm a career healer)
- You don't pay my sub.

TIL QoL changes makes jobs dumb :P

I'm referring to combo actions being merged. That's no longer QoL. The rest of the stuff in here makes sense.