Still no auto-combo for 123 on old jobs.

[Absurdity]

I mean PCT is the perfect example of showing that 1-2-3’s were always just artificial bloat

You can split the aetherhues apart totally and you’d add 8 buttons (aero in green, aero 2 in green, water in blue, water 2 in blue, stone in yellow, stone 2 in yellow, thunder in magenta and thunder 2 in magenta). PCT well and truly has the hotbar space to add 8 new buttons, hell you could also split the hammer combo adding hammer brush and polishing hammer for a total of 10 added buttons.

But…..there is simply no point; it adds absolutely nothing to PCT’s gameplay and adds no complexity, all it does is artificially inflate its button count. I’m not saying to remove them but changing them optionally to 1-1-1 doesn’t change the state of the job and I’m usually one who opposes all “complexity reducing” changes on principle

I'd say there is a bit more nuance to it. 1-1-1 works on Picto because it's a dps and has more going on even during it's neutral game.

But take Warrior or Dark Knight for example that spend about 60% of their GCDs on just the basic filler combo. Turning that into 1-1-1 wouldn't be any easier or harder but it changes the gameplay "feel" significantly, spending 60% of your GCD presses on the exact same button gets quite close to healer territory of boredom.