More advanced battle system please!

[Yukiko]

With the actually given reaction time FFXIV can be counted as action game!
Well, you are right when you say its not the active action RPG style, but you can say its a passive action RPG style where you dont have to use skills for avoiding - simply moving is enough (LoS strategy)!

My problem is, that FFXIV in its current form is way too close to a hack&slay game, just like Diablo...
The holy trinity is a major issue and does not fit in a FF universe with jobs - just tell me one Final Fantasy (with jobs) where you had only tank, heal and damage?
We are missing CC (=CrowdControl), "real" Support, element wheel, status effects, item management (=potions, throwings)...
While FFXIV tries to have some of those skills, they destroy them with cooldown or requirements that makes the skill useless!

[Stihllodeing]

I think the op is kind of overstating it. But, with the direction the new classes are going it does kind of feel like "FFXIV ARR: God of War Reborn"

[Dotsusama]

I think the op is kind of overstating it. But, with the direction the new classes are going it does kind of feel like "FFXIV ARR: God of War Reborn"

I want to know how this game is anything like God of War...

[Stihllodeing]

I want to know how this game is anything like God of War...

It's a figure of speech. That's why it was in italics. Never played GoW. Not trying to offend the game or it's players.

"FFXIV: Some Random Flagship Character Easy to Play and Almost Impossible to Mess up Reborn"

The Ratchet and Clank series also comes to mind. Can you technically customize Ratchet a little bit? Sure. Is your Ratchet going to be that much different if at all different from your friend's Ratchet? No.

It just feels like they're playing it a little too safe with character customization. I appreciate how well each class is balanced, but I'm sure we can all agree they could add a little variety and flavor. It wouldn't be that hard.

I know the class system probably isn't the greatest thing in the world, but with a little TLC it could be pretty good. It's like the class system is just sitting there asking us, "when will we get a turn meng?"

[Delily]

The holy trinity is a major issue and does not fit in a FF universe with jobs - just tell me one Final Fantasy (with jobs) where you had only tank, heal and damage?
We are missing CC (=CrowdControl), "real" Support, element wheel, status effects, item management (=potions, throwings)...
While FFXIV tries to have some of those skills, they destroy them with cooldown or requirements that makes the skill useless!

That is because, with the obvious exception of FFXI, all other games are single player console RPGS. They are a completely different genre which different design considerations.

[Jennika]

The game is still in it's infancy, hopefully they start building on combat in Heavensward.

[Enkidoh]

What the OP was asking for sounds a lot like version 1.0's original battle system which quite frankly, just didn't work - it played nothing like how a FF game usually is, and came down to spending half your time button mashing the same ability over and over because the stupid stamina gauge that determined damage output just took too long to build up. Replacing it with a battle system that included auto-attack determined by the weapon's speed/delay stat (similar to the system used in FFXI) was one of the first changes Yoshi made upon taking over from Tanaka as producer.

Really, the FF series has always been turn-based combat, even the most recent titles have been to a degree. Only spin-offs and tie-ins like the Dissidia games are the only FF titles to feature more action-based combat. If you're expecting this game to change into an action RPG, then I'm afraid you'll be sadly disappointed.

[Reokudo]

TERA had one of the best tanking(As a Lancer) that I've ever experienced in an MMORPG. A sad shame the rest of it was bad.

[Synestra]

TERA had one of the best tanking(As a Lancer) that I've ever experienced in an MMORPG. A sad shame the rest of it was bad.

Yeah both Tera and Vindictus are pure win from tanking pov, tho when you get hang on boss emotes it became kinda easy to avoid all hits in both game but it was still fun.

[Recaldy]

TERA had one of the best tanking(As a Lancer) that I've ever experienced in an MMORPG. A sad shame the rest of it was bad.

Soloing BAMs with my Berzerker was sooo much fun.