The skill progression is atrocious

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I'm baffled at people arguing that skill progression is fine.

We don't need to dump the entire toolkit on people at 50, but if for example every melee dps had their 1, 2, 3 combo, 1-2 oGcd and the first step of their aoe at lv15, would new players seriously be overwhelmed by those 5 buttons? There is no excuse for 2 button Satasha runs or Ninja's being unable to aoe in Brayflox or Qarn.

Combat is the number one complaint I've seen from new players. They feel it's slow, clunky and boring and never get as far as 50+ to start unlocking oGcD's. First impressions matter a lot.

It takes a few hours of game play to level to 50. If players don't want to invest a few hours into an mmo they should probably find a new genre.