Final Fantasy XIV Auto-Attack Video

[ZephyrAM]

I'm just honestly amazed at the 'Wow, that AA looks amazing!' type of responses to this video. Seriously, no sarcasm involved... how can watching your character attack and waiting for it (it, not you) to build up enough TP for other attacks be interesting?

Time to start sleeping at my keyboard again *sigh*.

I'd throw something positive in here, but AA is the only thing this Letter was about XD. Looking forward to actual news!

[RabidSquirrel]

I'm just honestly amazed at the 'Wow, that AA looks amazing!' type of responses to this video. Seriously, no sarcasm involved... how can watching your character attack and waiting for it (it, not you) to build up enough TP for other attacks be interesting?

Time to start sleeping at my keyboard again *sigh*.

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

[nibelunc]

I like the sword-attacking animations and the skills look cool. The battle speed is fine and i'm really looking forward for this.

I still don't like the typical MMORPG-UI for the battle commands. I prefer the classic FF -UI.

[ZephyrAM]

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.