FFXIV moved away from auto-attack while WOW went without... how odd.

[Jennestia]

I think a combat system like in Final Fantasy 12 would be perfect for a Final Fantasy MMorpg.

You know FFXII's battle system was an (openly admitted) modified version of XI's, right? It's why I always say they could have easily built off of XI's foundation, much like they did with XII.

thats really inconsistent, isnt it?

Nope, the way Archer works in XIV is quite different from how most ranged DD work in MMOs, so that's why they auto-attack with their hands, even though you're never supposed to be in auto attack range as an archer to begin with.

The main problem holding XIV back in terms of mechanics is the serverside interface, this is the cause for a lot of XIV's clunkiness.