Auto Attack wins!

[Sojiro]

/em pours himself a glass of fine brandy, lights a cigar, and kicks his feet up onto his desk.

/em doesn't care that he's at work.

You're welcome, everybody!!!

Didn't know you worked for SE. Otherwise you didn't do a damn thing.

On topic though, I didn't think manual attack was the worst thing in the world. But on the same coin i'm ok with AA. So long as we're going to get some defined battle roles i'm ok with either way they take it.

[Alcide]

Well I'm glad I played the game when it was fun.

Can't say it yet, but I've got the feeling I'm gonna quit after the battle system patch >.>
Have fun in you new FFXI-2/WoW-Clone/Whatever.

[Sojiro]

Well I'm glad I played the game when it was fun.

Can't say it yet, but I've got the feeling I'm gonna quit after the battle system patch >.>
Have fun in you new FFXI-2/WoW-Clone/Whatever.

At least give it a shot first. We still don't know all the details, it could turn out to be good.

[ChiefCurrahee]

Didn't know you worked for SE. Otherwise you didn't do a damn thing.

On topic though, I didn't think manual attack was the worst thing in the world. But on the same coin i'm ok with AA. So long as we're going to get some defined battle roles i'm ok with either way they take it.

I know I, along with others championed the support for AA. This feels like a campaign win, which I think BelgianRofl feels the same way. We have been playing with this battle system for 6 months, it's time for a change, we supported that change and now we are getting it. Will it be awesome? that remains to be seen, but there is nothing preventing them to alter it again in the future.

[Spuffin]

+1 to SE!!! Heading in the right direction. Now I can actually UTILIZE an game controller. Good news for PS3 players ^^

[Nephera]

Ehh i'll wait till i see it.

I want my guild marks for heavy attacks back though.

>:[

[Sojiro]

I know I, along with others championed the support for AA. This feels like a campaign win, which I think BelgianRofl feels the same way. We have been playing with this battle system for 6 months, it's time for a change, we supported that change and now we are getting it. Will it be awesome? that remains to be seen, but there is nothing preventing them to alter it again in the future.

I supported the idea to implement a toggle for aggro indicators. I'm not claiming that I did a damned thing and want peoples thanks.....

[Spuffin]

Well I'm glad I played the game when it was fun.

Can't say it yet, but I've got the feeling I'm gonna quit after the battle system patch >.>
Have fun in you new FFXI-2/WoW-Clone/Whatever.

/goodbye

/10char

[solracht]

So what's the argument against auto-attack, exactly? Are people worried about lack of involvement during battles? That is not related to having or not having auto-attack at all. There are plenty of MMORPGs which are more involved and spammy than FFXIV yet have auto-attack. The key part: the damage from auto-attack is not as significant as in FFXI, and it's your special abilities that make the difference in battles.

Matsui himself said that you would not be able to win by only letting your character auto-attack, and he actually mentioned that he wanted to avoid FFXI and FFXIV auto-attack comparsions, which makes me think auto-attack is going to be the same as in other MMORPGs: something that doesn't contribute much to your overall damage, but that makes the combat feel more fluid and faster.

In the end, you're probably going to be left with the system you have right now (where your actions do matter) but with more animations.

[Tenchi]

I'm glad to see this game finally making major changes! Keep that ball rolling SE!!!