Please change BLM's new auto-attack.

[Drivont]

I miss my ranged phantom dart from 1.0

[Daenerys_Sedai]

Re SCH/SMN autoattacks... >.>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6jKceeQGnM

[Wicc]

Man. I have to try this out now. Do they really beat them with their books/bows/wands?

[Warlyx]

gate of tartarus ws ftw lol

[gornotck]

They really do. It's adorable.
*close book with your thumb to hold your place* THWACK *back to reading*

When I came back to FFXIV, I was expecting conjurer/thaumaturge to have a ranged auto attack, since that's what they had before. It never made any sense, and still doesn't, for a thm/blm or cnj/whm to run up to an enemy and thwack it with their highly delicate piece of shrubbery or gaudy keepsake.
I sort of expected arcanist to have a ranged attack too, for the same reason, but some people really wanted to experience their librarian love, I guess. ; . ;

[Arkghyom]

Love doing this. It's very cathartic. ...and it reminds me of Super Mario RPG. Go Peach!

I haven't played that game in years. :3

[saber_alter]

as a note, one of the questions in the THM questline gives you the option to answer "hit them with my cudgle!"

[Pandastirfry]

In that case why give casters an auto-attack at all? And ACN before the late thirties (38-39?) aren't very bursty since any attacks not from their pets are basically all DOTs, and using Scholar means the pets don't even do that. (Admittedly a pretty small slice of character leveling.)

in 1.0 when we had ammo (thank the lord that's gone) Archers/Bards used to have a wimpy little punch as an auto attack

[RegnumMagik]

Auto-attacks on caster isn't entirely useless. When theres are moves that doesn't require a cast time (Scathe, Fire/Thunder procs, Ruin II, Bio), your character is able to auto while you wait for the GCD.

[Madoka]

Auto attacking on a SMN is worth about 20-25dps. On a dummy. So that's at least 5-10 more dps in a real fight whenever you give your character a second to whack the enemy. I love seeing my character hit Twin in the ass when I run in for a conflag.