Would you play FFXIV if it had action combat?

[Kassiekane]

As the title suggests.

-Pretty much every melee attack is aoe to some degree
-Ranged dps actually have to aim
-Animation locks on every skill (because we all love animation locks)
-Every class/job has a self heal, and dodge/block ability that you can use every 5-10 seconds

Would anyone prefer this over the traditional combat we have now?

[Tint]

i LOVE action combat systems. but i'm fine with my white mage. i would never play any kind of dps or tank because of the battle system FF14 has, but a healer feels just right.

[BunnyHop]

I love action combat like in Tera Online, there was no such thing as Global Cooldown and that made things a lot more exciting. I find GC very boring, I can press skills with my mouse here. In Tera Online you had to keep moving in both pvp and pve and press skills/spells at the same time in order to survive. I was a healer as a main there, there was no such thing as standing still and healing your party members in dungeons.

I actually miss that.

[Martin_Arcainess]

na, I like the combat system in how it is, I know there is some waiting involved but at the same time it makes you think about what you do and if you should perform your action now and wait about 2.5 secs for the next one but by then the other mob is chasing after the healer because you used your Aggro combo on a mob that you already have aggro on.

Also lag, I remember watching a video about action MMO's and it said one it's cons is how lag can be very damaging to you. We can get away with a little lag in this but action mmo's require near enough a perfect internet connection.

But that's not to say I don't like actip RPG/mmo, one of my fav ones is on FF7 CC. I think they did a great job on that action wise.

[Priya]

If it played like TERA, yes. If it played like anything else, no.

[Jamillion]

I probably would, my favorite fight in the game is Titman Ex on account of the reactive dodging

[Colorful]

Depends on how it's done, if like WildStar then yes, almost everyone I know loves that combat. Tera? No, that combat bored me half to death. If it were something like Vindictus with a bit more depth then definitely.

[Kling-Klang]

No. I think action combat is great but I prefer ffxiv combat, a bit more time to think about what I will do next and what the boss does.
I liked TERA combat but it was just so fast, too fast for me.

[AeraLure]

I would probably like it better but, having said that, it can be done poorly and the system here works well enough for casters.

[Stormfur]

I played TERA simply for the combat but it was so split-second-do-this-all-the-time-or-wipe that I gave it up. I'd like to see some action oriented moves but also some strategic ones that force you to think and plan ahead.