Combining some buttons into one

[SpiralMask]

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

wouldnt collapsing certain skills to a single button (either as a toggle or an autocombo) free up more hotbar room for things to be added to a class, presumably to increase depth elsewhere and make classes "less dumb"?

[ForteNightshade]

wouldnt collapsing certain skills to a single button (either as a toggle or an autocombo) free up more hotbar room for things to be added to a class, presumably to increase depth elsewhere and make classes "less dumb"?

In theory, yes. However, you're kidding yourself if you think they'll add 6-8 new abilities in 6.0 for Dragoon. oGCDs are also used far less than GCDs. So unless they were to add more combos, you'll wind up pressing the same one or two keys more than anything else. Finally, people who typically bring up combo consolation don't want more abilities but less. All in all, what we'll end up with is something closer to PvP which is a big reason so many people are against combo consolation. Pressing 1234 may not be more skillful but it does feel better than pressing 1111. At least it does for me.