Any plans for Skillchains?

[Laughlyn]

This is one of the topics i havent seen for a long time now.

I'd like to know what the Dev team is planning to do with this, and if it will
have the same "unique" simmilarities to FFXI's skillchain system.
(wich imo was working nicely)

The current Battle Regimen...well it plain sucked imo, sorry but thats how it is.

[Greencactaur]

I agree that the BR system is just plain awful :X

[Cendres]

Down with battle regiment and up with the skillchains. I don't usually like ideas that bring back stuff from XI, but I'll make an exception in this case. The BR just isn't working as intended and there's has to be something wrong if most people don't know it's there or exactly how it works. It should be used all the time, and I never see it, then again I don't play nearly as much as I'd like to, but still those days when I've partied all day, never seen it in action. :/

[Reinheart]

They did say in a interview they are working on a combo system where you can do it solo, pretty sure this can also be applied to the party combo (skillchain like FFXI) I don't even use the battle regimen after trying couple times... is it even worth it?

[Jaide]

I've used it quite a bit, and from what I understand there is a damage bonus applied to additional attacks added to the BR. It only really seems to be worth it if everyone is coordinated and the BR is joined up to and executed right away. Otherwise you stand around doing nothing, unable to even heal yourself, while you're waiting for everyone else to get in.

Oh yeah, and I prefer the skill chain system. I wish they'd implement that in this game.

[Alcide]

They did say in a interview they are working on a combo system where you can do it solo, pretty sure this can also be applied to the party combo (skillchain like FFXI) I don't even use the battle regimen after trying couple times... is it even worth it?

And that's why people still think SC is better than BR >.> go play the game before asking for changes.

However, how can you do a combo in solo? o.O that sounds odd.

[giftforce]

The BR concept is ... ugh... really retarded. It belongs in a turn based game, not a real-time MMO.

SE mentioned they are working on a combo system, so perhaps that will tie in with multiplayer gameplay.

[Chardrizard]

SC belongs to slow paced battle. nobody used it post-ToAU when everyone melee burns.

[Wolfie]

Battle Regimens could work, but they need to be redone almost completely. Having to enter a new combat mode, queue up attacks properly, confirm the right order, and then LEAVE the combat mode makes for very awkward and slow execution.

If anything, I would like to see something like the following done:

- Two combat modes, Battle Regimen mode and Skill Chain mode. When you enter combat, your last mode is picked automatically. Switching between the two should be instant and done with a keyboard or controller shortcut. There should be no other delay or penalty for entering one mode vs the other.
- Combatants in Skill Chain mode will create skillchains for additional physical/elemental damage automatically after using TP skills, and can magic burst with spells on skill chains. Same as FFXI. Can self-chain.
- Combatants in Battle Regimen mode will create status effects on monsters automatically after using any skills in rapid succession. No confirmation needed. No penalties. Nada. Can self-chain.

This way there's a choice for having your combos either do more damage, or give status effects.

[northernsky]

The major downside about BR is that you need to queue actions from all the pt. Why not keep the basics of the system and make it more free like skillchains were? Incapacitation is a cool idea, they may complexify it with damage bonuses, additional debuffs or elemental stuff, IMO it just needs to be activated more freely through the pace of battle.

I guess it was initially planned to be an easier alternative to SC but it does not seem it turned out that way.