Auto attack: A complete battle system

[Reika]

In what world does making your character automatically attack ADD strategy? Timing your regular attacks while deciding how to line up your other abilities is a large part of both the strategy and pacing of the battle. I'll wait and see, but my expectations for the new battle system just dropped considerably.

It doesn't add strategy.. it appeases those who came from any other MMO and cant live without auto attack.

Rank 50 gladiator and closing in on R50 thaumaturge, and I did it with out auto attack. And pugilist is quite fun without auto attack as well.

I am intrigued.

While it makes me sad to see any unique or special aspect of FFXIV removed, I can understand why they're moving in this direction. Adding auto-attack could make the battle appear as a faster fight while actually slowing it down and allowing for more tactical choices.

Really the only thing I hope is that auto-attack is implemented correctly and that they don't take the easy way out.

It saddens me as well. Next thing they will do is go back to Job/subjob because enough people don't like the current class system. Then we will no longer have crafting tools and be back to using crystals and 'imagining' what we want to create for a fail/no fail end.

[Joe_Cool]

In what world does making your character automatically attack ADD strategy? Timing your regular attacks while deciding how to line up your other abilities is a large part of both the strategy and pacing of the battle. I'll wait and see, but my expectations for the new battle system just dropped considerably.

As did mine. I'll try to keep an open mind about it but....I didn't want auto-attack with this game.

[Mr_Gyactus]

Greetings everyone. We have some comments for you regarding auto-attack, straight from FFXIV battle lead, Akihiko Matsui.

Ok, just a thing,
I don't like to see characters glued on a monster, but they should have a realistic battle collision.
I hope you take this into account.

[Delmontyb]

Wow, that's some excellent info, at least we know some new things, auto attack yes, but after then XI which is good, and that you can't just win with auto attack. I'm also happy to see some strategy come back into play.
But what will really make me excited is to see some video of the new system. I'm OK with them getting it right, and thus don't need to see it now, but hopefully we'll start to not just hear more, but see more as well.

[Kimahri]

Malakhim. I was only trying to say that this game is not perfect or even close. I'm tired of people defending it at every turn. Like how 51% of Republican's still think Obama isn't an American. I want everyone to say, "Hey! This game could be better!" y'know? You're right, though. AA isn't the answer to everything. We still need the battle system refurbished in other ways. BR being maybe another key point.

[Malakhim]

Malakhim. I was only trying to say that this game is not perfect or even close. I'm tired of people defending it at every turn. Like how 51% of Republican's still think Obama isn't an American. I want everyone to say, "Hey! This game could be better!" y'know? You're right, though. AA isn't the answer to everything. We still need the battle system refurbished in other ways. BR being maybe another key point.

Nobody isn't saying they don't want the game to be better. The fact that they don't coincide with what you want the game to be doesn't mean they think everything's perfect the way it is, and ostracizing them arbitrarily makes them more wary to listen to anything you say in the first place.

The only thing that I find annoying though is now we know it's there, but we don't have any actual information on any of the real details except "it's gonna be big". I'd kind of want to know how auto-attack is going to change the game.

[Shikyo]

Nobody isn't saying they don't want the game to be better. The fact that they don't coincide with what you want the game to be doesn't mean they think everything's perfect the way it is, and ostracizing them arbitrarily makes them more wary to listen to anything you say in the first place.

The only thing that I find annoying though is now we know it's there, but we don't have any actual information on any of the real details except "it's gonna be big". I'd kind of want to know how auto-attack is going to change the game.

sounds like you dont like this but too bad all the happy ppl in this thread know how this will change things, if you dont i guess you'll see when it is implimented

[Grit]

Nobody isn't saying they don't want the game to be better. The fact that they don't coincide with what you want the game to be doesn't mean they think everything's perfect the way it is, and ostracizing them arbitrarily makes them more wary to listen to anything you say in the first place.

The only thing that I find annoying though is now we know it's there, but we don't have any actual information on any of the real details except "it's gonna be big". I'd kind of want to know how auto-attack is going to change the game.

More info is always nice. But from what Matsui-san said, auto-attack itself is not what is going to change the battle system. They decided that it was a necessary change to go along with the "new" battle system.

[Delmontyb]

Malakhim. I was only trying to say that this game is not perfect or even close. I'm tired of people defending it at every turn. Like how 51% of Republican's still think Obama isn't an American.

First... Where do you get your stats? 51% really, can you back that up with some sources. And second... I don't think that analogy is even needed or relevant.

But on to your comment about BR, I agree, that perhaps the new battle system will use it in a better way, or improve upon it. Can't wait to see what they do.

[Warp]

I am very excited by this dev post. To quote Bart Scott: "CAN'T WAIT!"