Quote Originally Posted by RabidSquirrel View Post
Yep. Because every MMO with auto-attack causes people to be bored out of their minds and fall asleep. It's not a testament to how much of a role auto-attack plays into combat. It's just the fact it's there. /endsarcasm
That's because in most MMO's Auto attack is just an afterthought. Sure, it's there. Is it even a consideration? Nope. Doesn't generally do damage worth paying attention to and serves no other purpose, combat is all about using your abilities.

As of now, that's not what AA looks to do in XIV. It controls our TP gauge, and thus our level of downtime. If we have a consistent stream of TP that we don't have to worry about running out of, then sure, it'll be fine... but they why have TP at all?

Never base combat around something you, the player, aren't even actively a part of.

Now, if it does turn out that we can just hit skills throughout battle, then I won't complain, AA will just sit in the background, which is fine. It'll work just like City of Heroes combat does. I just don't see that being the case at this point.