Does combat get faster at higher lvl?

[Arliman]

Currently, the combat is very slow. MUCH slower than it was before the addition of auto-attack. Cooldown timers seem excessively long, and even adjunct basic attacks (that require no MP or TP) are on timers that exceed that of WS (upwards of 60 seconds on some).

While I may fall into the group that actually liked the previous system, the current system is unbearably slow and methodical. Example - PUG used to be amazing with its speed, but now H2H weapons have a 3 second timer on auto-attack? Any MMA or Boxing pro would be nailed to the mat if they swung every 3 seconds. Its my hope that they will eventually speed up the auto attack and revise the cooldown timers sooner, rather than later. Even at 50, this doesn't improve much. You have more potential abilites to hit, but you're still waiting on cooldown timers - it's retarded.

[Nayt]

Currently, the combat is very slow. MUCH slower than it was before the addition of auto-attack. Cooldown timers seem excessively long, and even adjunct basic attacks (that require no MP or TP) are on timers that exceed that of WS (upwards of 60 seconds on some).

While I may fall into the group that actually liked the previous system, the current system is unbearably slow and methodical. Example - PUG used to be amazing with its speed, but now H2H weapons have a 3 second timer on auto-attack? Any MMA or Boxing pro would be nailed to the mat if they swung every 3 seconds. Its my hope that they will eventually speed up the auto attack and revise the cooldown timers sooner, rather than later. Even at 50, this doesn't improve much. You have more potential abilites to hit, but you're still waiting on cooldown timers - it's retarded.

I do not agree at all. it happens maybe once or twice a minute that I wait for auto attack, otherwise I always have abilities to use and buttons to press to line up my next weaponskill, dodge, self-buff, taunt, counter etc.

Also, I don't know much about boxing, but it sounds to me like you'd wear yourself out pretty quickly if you only kept attacking over and over

[Frein]

Even at 50, this doesn't improve much. You have more potential abilites to hit, but you're still waiting on cooldown timers - it's retarded.

This is very uncommon if you play correctly. Besides, is it really so enjoyable to continuously mash those buttons if there is no thought to it? Auto-attack is good because 1) it alleviates animation lock issues, and 2) you want to continuously attack regardless of the situation, so it makes sense to automate it and let the player worry about responding to what's happening during the battle.