Quote Originally Posted by Jericho View Post
It wont become an issue in FFXIV because of the way macros work. And thats fine, its a new game, and we will adapt to a new style of playing. Plus, WS's happen way more often than they did in XI. Regardless, I'm just unclear of what issue is with it. Thats all.
There are a few legitimate issues, without going into the "because it sucks" or "omg elitism" responses. They are:
  • It isn't realistic. Yeah sure it's a fantasy where we shoot fireballs from our eyes but is there is a difference between magic and absurdity. It is absurd to change your clothes every other second.
  • Situational gear takes up a lot of inventory space. This is gear you're not storing on your retainer or in your safe but gear you are actually carrying on you. There's no two ways around this.
  • "Skill" at the game comes down to skill at either a) writing situational macros or b) downloading someone else's macros.
  • Bypasses the "pros and cons" of armor by twitch-macroing to avoid any drawbacks. Hecatomb gear, for instance, goes from balanced (best STR but Slow) to unbalanced (best STR and just don't TP in it).
The "against" camp agrees that this is a new game and prefers to adapt to a new style of playing.

The "for" camp... hasn't actually made any substantive arguments and mostly just calls the "against" camp a bunch of idiots. For every, "It's not very realistic to take off your pants in the middle of a fight" they respond with "lol use a macro noob" or several posts about defecation.

The only reason the "against" camp is still quite active in this thread is because the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and the "for" camp, although small, is quite squeaky.