Thread: Please consider the consequences of 3.4 facing changes, and other persistent issues

I always felt that melee jobs not constantly having auto-attacks was just how it was balanced but they've made it obvious that's not the case.

Originally Posted by Ametrine

I messed with this a bit last night, and simply hitting circle button was all it took to deselect a target to turn away on PS4. Is it that much harder on mouse and keyboard?

Nope, just push Z to put weapon away or mash the ESC key like I've always done.

Originally Posted by Atoli

Good thing I mainly play mages and BRD, which all don't have an auto-attack anyway xD

Hoo boy, don't bring that up. I got laid into in another thread on melee range auto-attacking on mages for finding it ridiculous to require squishy characters to stand on top of mobs for the pitiful DPS it adds to keep auto-attack up, despite the simple fact you can't auto-attack while casting magic!

It was short of calling us names for playing it safe verses "moar deeps!" >.<


Also, I was leveling archer this weekend, and auto-attacked from a distance. Not sure if songs or, at least, WM turns it off. Might want to check that.

Originally Posted by Ametrine

I got laid into in another thread on melee range auto-attacking on mages for finding it ridiculous to require squishy characters to stand on top of mobs for the pitiful DPS it adds to keep auto-attack up, despite the simple fact you can't auto-attack while casting magic!

Any caster who stands still enough to even hit an auto-attack at all during any fight is bad anyway. Like you said, you can't do it while casting. Standing still and not casting is the worst that I could do.
So please, what DPS loss, my DPS is at it's highest when I never stop casting at all >->
(not to mention how many more casts need to be dropped or pushed back to evade additional melee AoEs...)
Some people are just weird and not logical in what they want from you...

Originally Posted by Ametrine

Also, I was leveling archer this weekend, and auto-attacked from a distance. Not sure if songs or, at least, WM turns it off. Might want to check that.

WM: "Increases damage dealt by 30% while ceasing auto-attack and adding cast time to all archer and bard weaponskills."