Auto attack: A complete battle system

[Kimahri]

Well excuse me for not being as 'Hardcore Gamer' as you are, Eldaena. I'm so sorry that me wanting to chat to friends and other relative gamers bothers you so bad as an excuse to wanting auto-attack. Not only do I want to chat with people to talk about whatever, it'd also be nice if I could type instructions/commands/thoughts while still being engaged to the enemy. I'd like my character to attack while I'm typing rather than just hit "1" then type something while my character stands around.

This is a game to enjoy, not obsess over. If I wanted to be serious, I'd build an addition to my garage. There is nothing serious enough not to goof off a little bit eventually. I'd much rather this game lean more towards the leisure style that XI had. Tapping the same button all the time is too stupid and repetitive.

Oh! And it's not an argument. It's my opinion. If you have a problem with that; Oh well. Didn't buy the game to hear some moron tell me I'm 'silly' for saying something.

[Eldaena]

Well excuse me for not being as 'Hardcore Gamer' as you are, Eldaena. I'm so sorry that me wanting to chat to friends and other relative gamers bothers you so bad as an excuse to wanting auto-attack. Not only do I want to chat with people to talk about whatever, it'd also be nice if I could type instructions/commands/thoughts while still being engaged to the enemy. I'd like my character to attack while I'm typing rather than just hit "1" then type something while my character stands around.

This is a game to enjoy, not obsess over. If I wanted to be serious, I'd build an addition to my garage. There is nothing serious enough not to goof off a little bit eventually. I'd much rather this game lean more towards the leisure style that XI had. Tapping the same button all the time is too stupid and repetitive.

Oh! And it's not an argument. It's my opinion. If you have a problem with that; Oh well. Didn't buy the game to hear some moron tell me I'm 'silly' for saying something.

I didn't say anything at all about being 'hardcore' or not. lol And why is everyone that has any issue with something you say suddenly a 'moron'? I wish you'd stop trolling all these forums. =p

Anyway, it looks like they are going to implement auto attack regardless, so that's not the issue here. It IS fun to chat with your friends and socialize while you're fighting. But if you're doing that stuff on an important fight and use your auto attack to do it, I'm not sure how many people will want you in their party. There is fun in doing things right too, and not just goofing around.

You don't need to spam 111111111 in this game. This is just a bad habit that many people have picked up because they are impatient as hell, lol. I can show many examples where spamming attack or even if I had an auto attack wouldn't benefit me in any way. (On my mages, or my Gladiator or Pugilist as well.)

Typically, if I find myself in a chatty mood, I do an attack/spell/or an ability, then type while the action is going off, then go back to fighting. The only times I ever have problems socializing in this manner is when I need to constantly be spamming heals and dots on NMs, but that is usually because we low man everything which means working doubletime on fights.

My point is 'socializing purposes' is not a good reason to add autoattack. If they want to focus more on spells and abilities that's fine, but come on....'I have problems being chatty when in battle.' That seems really counterproductive to a well-oiled and enjoyable battle experience. =(