Skill based fights..

[Lakshmana]

Skills in deep MMORPG games which are missing here, unfortunately:
- adapting the strategy used to the jobs you have in your party composition - NOT NEEDED IN ARR besides ranged vs melee
- choosing cross class abilities of the party jobs depending on the battle you're facing - NOT NEEDED IN ARR (way too few useful cross class abilities so you just take all)
- choosing the equipment you use depending on the battle you're facing - NOT NEEDED IN ARR, as generally higher iLvl means better, no matter the fight
- adapting the battle tactics to actions of the boss - NOT NEEDED IN ARR (scripted encounters)
- cooperating with others in the sense that actions of Player 1 are influencing the potency of the actions of Player 2 - VERY FEW CASES IN ARR

It's not only Pinball that requires skill. Chess requires quite a high amount of it, just of a different kind. Hopefully ARR will become less Invaders and more Baldur's Gate, so to say ^^

Please note that I'm not saying what you list above is bad. It's cool, itt's good. But it's simply not enough. A MMORPG game can't be based so much on dodging red areas on the screen. It should be mainly a rock - paper - scissor - shotgun game, with great depth. I love SE, I want this company to succeed. And if ARR will succeed in the casual area, so be it, I'll still be happy for them, even if I won't play the game. I'm just afraid they're in for a quick buck and in the long run this will not work. Maybe I'm simply wrong. I won't be upset if I am

-Lak