Too much, now too little. AutoAttack

[Halvaard_Vidan]

Yes, there's probably umpteen dozen of this thread already but I felt like I probably have a somewhat different opinion.

When I started 14, I enjoyed it because it was different. It wasn't perfect, but it was okay. I'd played 11 and a few other MMOs, and 14, while borrowing from a few, was fairly unique.

Manual attacking kept you busy and was to a certain extent fun. You could easily decrease your damage output by slowing your attacks and weaponskills. Had the emnity system been working properly I would have enjoyed this system. BUT due to continuous button pressing, it also make anything but Voice Communication during battle very inconvenient.

Now, with Auto-Attack, there is no control. There is only eying the TP bar, waiting for your next WS and hope you don't pull hate. At least we can type now but at the cost of an interesting battle system.
//Not to say it doesnt help some classes like GLA and PUG. For classes that need TP AND to be watching for certain events or other timers, autoattack is quite helpful.//

I would have preferred a hybrid system. Select a non TP attack to be repeated every so often, with the ability to speed up or slow down at the cost of stamina, with some weaponskills requiring TP and stamina to use.

Stamina didn't need to be abolished, it just needed a more creative use than effectively limiting our TP gain.

I just hope that 14 doesn't continue to slide toward generic-ness.