Your Focused On The Wrong Thing!

[User201109011315]

This is not an action MMORPG Gift. It never was, and it probably never will be. It is an MMORPG with minor action elements that relate to real time combat, like positioning and distance. Not every game these days has to be an action game. You can still have fun with games that don't have heavy action elements just as you can enjoy a movie without explosions. I'm sorry this game didn't turn out to be the action packed high fantasy extravaganza you where apparently expecting it to be, but judging from the direction the game is flowing in, I'd suspect it will never go there.

And you know what?
That's fine.

I am a full time crafter, so I am more concerned with the dev team brutalising that aspect of the game. The previous battle system sucked too anyway (hence the crafting), and I was merely interjecting to say it was bad idea to remake the combat system into one that still wasnt fun.

Why they thought it was a good idea to waste 6 months on autoattack is beyond me.

You make it sound like FFXIV's combat is an algebra equation that only the Queen and you are allowed to like, and that's probably one factor which will influence FFXIV's eventual downfall.

[Gramul]

You make it sound like FFXIV's combat is an algebra equation that only the Queen and you are allowed to like

...is that a reference to something?
Whatever the case, it's not like auto attack was the only thing they where doing for those 6 months, and the combat system isn't complete either, but it's defiantly a step up from release.

[Konachibi]

...is that a reference to something?
Whatever the case, it's not like auto attack was the only thing they where doing for those 6 months, and the combat system isn't complete either, but it's defiantly a step up from release.

I vote when 1.19 comes out Yoshi and his team should have a celebration party, both for getting 1.19 out and for FFXIV being out for a year, they should all dance around the office cheering whilst playing this.

Would be so much fun to watch

[User201109011315]

...is that a reference to something?
Whatever the case, it's not like auto attack was the only thing they where doing for those 6 months, and the combat system isn't complete either, but it's defiantly a step up from release.

It's not some obscure pop-culture reference, if that's what you meant, but it was a reference to the pretentious, holier-than-thou attitude some people have when talking about autoattack and their "acquired taste" thereof.

And I don't think combat is really that much of an improvement since before patch 1.18. Enmity changes were good, but the whole combat system just got pretty boring. And it was already boring to begin with.

[JpOnry]

I want to put a techno suit on and shoot lazerz out of my eyes while I play. I want to triple jump backflip kamehegay while doing it. Ridiculous. What is wrong with you people? The way the battle system is now is fine it's just not complete like the rest of the game. If you want your character to look like a crackhead while you play go play some Korean games. Thnx.

[Biggs]

Ladies and gentleman responding to this things post, I emplore you: Please don't respond to people that can't form basic sentence structures. It only encourages them to share their ideas more. This is day 1 rookie stuff guys.

[PikachuLink]

My Reason for complaint....WHERES THE ACTION!?!?!?! Trading Card Games Have More Action! Simply my post to the dev's step your game up we want to be thrilled and have more involvement this is rediculous....

[Jinrya-Geki]

Play Monster Hunter then.

[Tadacho]

Well, I don't know about the OP but I move around a lot in this game and there are several examples I can think of off the top of my head (turning away from ahriman, running away when moles when they go underground, and trying to anticipate and dodge gnat teleportation shock attack things). Sure it's not the fancy jump and do somersaults in the air you might be asking for, but if you're simply standing in the same spot all the time, maybe you're playing the game wrong? Also, you should probably bare in mind that this is a game that takes strategy and positioning seriously - surely jumping and dodging all over the place kind of makes that whole system moot?

On another note, things that have been confirmed to be added by SE:

1. Class customisation of attack motions and actions (whatever this will be exactly remains to be seen, but it should spice things up even a little bit)
2. Jumping. There. You can jump. So the next time you want to dodge an attack, why not just jump to the left instead of running to the left? Action enough for you?

[zaviermhigo]

This thread has failed to distinguish that FF is not an action game series, the action game part of FF has come in in the sequel and spin off incarnations. Action game =/= newest evolution of gaming, or better in any way, its just a different genre. So you can't just be like "make this an action game" when FF isn't even an action series. Wait for the Deux Ex mmo lol. And anything during or after Human Revolution is SE btw, they bought the IP for it.