What Does the Auto Attack Button do?

[CrisGer]

I have never known what good the auto attack "skill" is for anything? the live help said ..hit it and then attack but i never have used it since. now that I am a paladin there is a skill that only activates WITH auto attack..so can someone explain what Auto attack is for ? thansk

[yukikaze_yanagi]

you start auto attacking after using any skill, so that button in pretty useless.

Regardind auto-attack per se, it's a regular attack which happens automatically every set time, with a potency of 100.

[Berkhof]

perhaps it has more relevance when using a game pad, as you cannot right click an enemy to start auto attack?
But yes, if you are using mouse and keys, don't both assigning it at all.

[Phantasmid]

perhaps it has more relevance when using a game pad, as you cannot right click an enemy to start auto attack?
But yes, if you are using mouse and keys, don't both assigning it at all.

Not relevant for starting your attack at all on gamepad. Hit A/cross while targeting any enemy to start auto-attacking them.

The purpose of the command is to stop auto-attacking without losing your target, if, for some reason, you want/need to do so.

[Akuha]

Not relevant for starting your attack at all on gamepad. Hit A/cross while targeting any enemy to start auto-attacking them.

The purpose of the command is to stop auto-attacking without losing your target, if, for some reason, you want/need to do so.

I don't even use the button, it's a waste of a hotbar slot. If I need to stop attacking something I just take the extra small fraction of a second to hit square then x (Submenu -> Stay Attack).

[CrisGer]

OK thanks, then that is a strange condition they have on that Paladin skill, it is unique to the Paladin Class and it says Attack is Ehanced 50 Percent if used with Auto Attack, that remains a mystery. but thanks for the posts i will dump it from my hot bar with pleasure.

[Teleniel]

OK thanks, then that is a strange condition they have on that Paladin skill, it is unique to the Paladin Class and it says Attack is Ehanced 50 Percent if used with Auto Attack, that remains a mystery. but thanks for the posts i will dump it from my hot bar with pleasure.

While that skill is in use, instead of your auto-attack potency being 100, it will be 150

[Phantasmid]

I don't even use the button, it's a waste of a hotbar slot. If I need to stop attacking something I just take the extra small fraction of a second to hit square then x (Submenu -> Stay Attack).

I didn't say it was useful. I just pointed out what it was meant to do.

[Orbital-Dragon]

Am I the only one that believes ARC/SUM/CNJ/TMG/BLM/SCH should have a ranged auto attack? Honestly, I just wish ruin was my auto attack haha! Get rid of Ruin 2 and just call it Blind.

[SugarPeanut]

I always thought it might be a quick way to STOP auto attacking *Shrug* but no, like in every game I take it right off my hotbars cuz it just takes up space :P