Compact skills similar to PvP

[Jovakim]

As someone who would prefer our hot bars to be free of combo skills, I'm afraid I'd have to admit that it wouldn't work.

Making the consolidated combos "optional" would make them mandatory for those who want to keep the non-consolidated combos. That's because consolidated combos completely remove all chance for error, and nobody in their right mind would want the potential to lose hundreds of potency in damage because you didn't choose the right "option".

The one-button filler combos we've seen on Viper and Pictomancer will probably be mandatory for those jobs. This choice makes sense because those jobs were designed that way from the beginning, with job engagement in mind.
In contrast, it wouldn't work for Dragoon because it would reduce combo buttons from 7 to only 2, potentially making the rotation less engaging for most players.

A change like that must be mandatory for every job the developers decide to use it on. That's probably why they haven't implemented anything of the sort yet.