Auto attack: A complete battle system

[ESAR]

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

grats you've probably ruined a next gen MMO.

I don't think you're going to pull off an auto-attack that could've been anywhere near as entertaining as battle could have been if you didn't give in..

That's just my opinion, please prove me wrong.

Regardless if you can't, how do I get my 75$ back I wasted on this game? now my time is wasted I'll never get that back.

[Malakhim]

grats you've probably ruined a next gen MMO.

I don't think you're going to pull off an auto-attack that could've been anywhere near as entertaining as battle could have been if you didn't give in..

That's just my opinion, please prove me wrong.

Regardless if you can't, how do I get my 75$ back I wasted on this game? now my time is wasted I'll never get that back.

Don't lose your shit just yet, bro.

Just start clamoring for more info on it.

Then feel free to rage.

[ChiefCurrahee]

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

grats you've probably ruined a next gen MMO.

I don't think you're going to pull off an auto-attack that could've been anywhere near as entertaining as battle could have been if you didn't give in..

That's just my opinion, please prove me wrong.

Regardless if you can't, how do I get my 75$ back I wasted on this game? now my time is wasted I'll never get that back.

Lol would you rather FFXIV stay it's course and watch it slowly die until SE is forced to shut down the servers?

[Dreamer]

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


The objective here is not to lower the battle difficulty. The main objective here, when thinking about battles rich in strategy, pace, and exhilaration, is instead of having to time regular attacks, we will be preparing situations that require proper timing of abilities, magic, and weapon skills. Following this, weaker enemies are a different story, but we will make sure it’s balanced so you can’t win a fight just by using auto-attack.

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.

[Kimahri]

Malakhim....See? No less than a few hours from the dev post and I already see Esar and Dreamer whining.

It's not completely automated, Dreamer. Stop crying, please. It's not the end of the world. Your character won't have an engage & disengage button only. Trust me. Smacking the number one isn't a better solution to strategy.

[Theon]

lol [SIZE="7"]WAKE UP[/SIZE] ,one of the reasons so many players quit the game was the lack of an auto attack feature.

Thanks SE! Weapon speed please!

This will make the combat feel soo much better.

[Grit]

Tangible weapon attack speed is something that makes for a much smoother combat experience. I never liked that a two-handed axe could attack as fast as a dagger, and generate the same TP. Kind of boring, really.

[cataclysm]

Bummer. I am definitely not looking forward to an auto-attack system. While not perfect yet, I really thought they were on to something with the current system.

Apparently I was not paying attention to realize Matsui was the current battle lead. As a long time PUP in XI, my expectations for any new system are quite low based on that alone.

[Lienn]

grats you've probably ruined a next gen MMO.

I don't think you're going to pull off an auto-attack that could've been anywhere near as entertaining as battle could have been if you didn't give in..

That's just my opinion, please prove me wrong.

Regardless if you can't, how do I get my 75$ back I wasted on this game? now my time is wasted I'll never get that back.

Ditto. I feel the exact same way.

[Kimahri]

To Grit,

Well in fact in FFXI you would gain about the same TP per second and DPS as any other jobs weapon in terms of just the weapons' stats. At least then it felt like something tangible. Now you just see someone swinging away at the same time as if there is none of Newton's laws at work.

"Man....That axe sure is big, yet you're swinging it like it's weightless!"

It seemed much more appealing that it took two swings from a Thief's dagger to equal the swing from a Dark Knight's scythe.