Alpha Video 5 - 3 sec GCD combat seems slow

[Psykotsu]

i'm not talking about gcd (which it's confirmed it's reduced at highter levels) but skills not having recast in alpha

I guess I'm confused about the difference between the two. What do you mean by skills not having a recast?

[Alerith]

I guess I'm confused about the difference between the two. What do you mean by skills not having a recast?

She's implying that weaponskills will have their own recasts in addition to the Global Cooldown and that those individual recasts simply aren't present in the current Alpha. However, I don't recall reading anything of this nature.

[Zenaku]

She's implying that weaponskills will have their own recasts in addition to the Global Cooldown and that those individual recasts simply aren't present in the current Alpha. However, I don't recall reading anything of this nature.

I think most of people. are taking our informaion from Alpha forums if you in it go read it yourself. not sure what you said is really in there or not but go look for it yourself if you in alpha.

[Skies]

I have another concern that stems off of this. Not only do we have a 3 second global recast, it is the only recast for all of our weapon skills/spells/etc. Is this going to lend itself to at higher level we'll find all our jobs just using their one strongest ability? If its available every 3 seconds along with everything else, why bother using any of the other skills?

One thing I loved about 1.0's combat system was how the different recast timers + combo system made it so you always had good reason to use ALL the weapon skills you had at your disposal. I loved the variety in attacks that this facilitated and the fact that our skills didn't become useless after we got new ones. It was a thing of beauty and made combat more engaging for me.

I realize we haven't seen how the new combo system will work. I also realize that the higher weapon skills might be managed more by something other than recast time, like higher tp cost. But those things considered... this system seems like such a step backwards. They spent over a year tweaking and fine tuning the combat system to make it something really solid and different... it was great! All it needed was the new server structure/graphics engine ARR is bringing. Why... why are they throwing out all that work for... this?

Look at the description of the attack, you gotta pause. Combo Action: Double the attack power
Again
And again, this time it ALSO has a Heavy effect in addition to double attack power, presumably also being third hit in a chain.

Combos are still present, they give benefits for being used. Global cooldowns won't lock you into using only the 'best' ability, it just makes easier to recover from a miss or badly-timed combo starter or to restart the combo chain from the middle if you screw up.

[Endigiont]

P.S. The guy in the video is also a clicker too, any serious guild would not allow clickers in their guild however he actually has time to hover over his next command due to long GCD.

O.o Shut the front door, you're dumb.

[GreyJorildyn]

O.o Shut the front door, you're dumb.

This is actually a real thing lol

Don't be so quick to dismiss it. Ff's version of this could be "oh, so you play on PS3..."

[Forgo]

Are you trying to get banned or something?

nope just stating the facts madam

[Davy]

I know I will start a flame war with this, but at this point I have had my fill.

My question is a simple one.

Why are there so many people complaining and trying to turn FFXIV (Which stands for Final Fantasy) into Aion, WOW, Tera, etc?

If you want to play Aion or WOW here is a suggestion. Go play them. . . Shocking.

We play FFXIV because we want to play a FF (Which stands for Final Fantasy) game and enjoy it as we have enjoyed the others.

Do you go to McD's wanting a Whopper? Do you go to Wendys wanting a Big Mac? Do you go to Burger King wanting a Baconator? No. You go because you want a hamburger and you want a the kind that is provided to you by that eatery. They all sale hamburgers, yet all are different and your able to choose.

Can FF (Which stands for Final Fantasy. See a pattern yet) use an update in some areas? Yes. I have no problem there. Full disclosure, I have wanted jump in game for years and supported the addition of it. But now I see, swim, flying mounts, 3 seconds between attacks is to long, Grass (seriously that one made me laugh. WOW couldn't look like 1.0 in a wet dream), etc. The FF purest want the game to make SOME updates but remain pure to our roots and who we are.

You are free to play any game you want, FF included. But please keep FF, FF. Stay who we are, update a few areas and move forward.

[Klefth]

ARR is already on the way to become another bland, cookie-cutter "standard" MMO and there's people that actually want it to be even much more like every other MMO? Seriously people? Seriously? I fear combat will be nothing but a spamfest, and people still want to be able to spam stuff faster? Damn...

[Alhanelem]

except for a well designed interface and including quests in the level-up experience, I really don't see what's so "cookie cutter" and "bland" about ARR. Everything i've seen just makes me more eager to play it.