It's Time To Wake up

[Aegrus]

You must not have played many mmo's. FFXI, for instance, had a zillion more skills than XIV, and it was played on consoles. Most other MMO's, aside from guild wars, have more than 10 skills you use regularly.

Apparently you have not played many mmos. Just because there are a ton of skills, doesn't mean they are used all the time. Last I checked, most classes have 35-45ish binds for skills (some are lucky and can just not bind skills).

In ffxi, you used a few skills, you knew before the fight, that you macros to use with other abilities. Also, the game play was almost snail-like in pace compared to modern mmos. Comparing TWO mmo's, is not comparing many. You are listing 2 mmos that are nearly 15 years old.

Guildwars2 reduced skill bloat by a TON, you have to pick and choose skills, WoW has revamped and reduced it by a ton, Aion had a combo system that allowed for one button to allow for multiple chained skills to allow room for situational binds, Wildstar had an ability cap, Ragnarok Online 2 had maybe 2 action bars of stuff....

Please contribute something meaningful that anecdotal evidence, and fyi, ffxi was the KING of skill bloat. You did not use every skill, you used a small handful.
So I ask you, have you played anyother mmos other than GW and FFXI?

It's probably one of the most pompous attitudes possible to assume that people who disagree with you just don't understand.

Who, or what are you talking about and to whom? I am genuinely curious as I am incapable of reading minds.

***Sidenote.... The community on this forum is incredibly rude with their "quote". If you just remove the original content and replace it with "snip, stuff, etc..." you just prove how little you read of the original content that you can't actually pick a quote and instead insert some demeaning comment that proves you are just waiting for your turn to speak, not actually engaging in a conversation.

Quotes allow others to follow your line of logic, reasoning, or just to further enforce the point you are addressing or making.