Thread: What will become of the "Alternate" basic physical attacks?

With the implementation of auto-attack imminent, I still have some questions left unanswered, the biggest one being what I outlined in the title. When the new battle system is implemented, will we still have the option to utilize skills such as Full Thrust, Pierce, Flurry, Heavy Slash, etc? I for one find them to be an integral part of strategy in both solo and party play, and would be sad to see them go. However, I also cannot think of a good way to adjust them for use with the new battle system. Will they possibly have a small recast timer or TP cost? And if they are scrapped completely, will we receive a refund of guild marks spent to purchase them (I believe Yoshi-P mentioned something like that in a post recently)? Here's to hoping this thread will garner enough attention for a community rep comment. And if this has been already answered somewhere, forgive me ^^;;

Although you bring up some good questions I am really surprised to see no discussions of weapon delay/damage, which will have large impact on best weapons/classes etc.

@Zhinse Thanks, I must've missed that post somehow.

Also, to the people mentioning weapon delay, it's mentioned in that same link Zhinse posted.

Question. Does stamina recharge at the same rate across classes for light strike? With introduction of auto-attack, and then delay/weapon damage, will also make stats like ACC more important for high delay classes (presumably MRD and LNC) and crit/attack more useful for low delay classes (PUG), a la FFXI. Definitely will have impact on what weapons are best. Going to be interesting to see how it shakes out.

Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur

Question. Does stamina recharge at the same rate across classes for light strike? With introduction of auto-attack, and then delay/weapon damage, will also make stats like ACC more important for high delay classes (presumably MRD and LNC) and crit/attack more useful for low delay classes (PUG), a la FFXI. Definitely will have impact on what weapons are best. Going to be interesting to see how it shakes out.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...I-(06-14-2011)

•The stamina gauge will be abolished with the introduction of auto-attack.

Originally Posted by Perrin_Aybarra

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...I-(06-14-2011)

I meant currently.

Originally Posted by Gidonoidon_Sur

I meant currently.

I see ^^

Then I do believe the stamina recharges at the same rate for every classes.