More action oriented combat! ~no auto-attack~

[Dakin]

Worst thread ever.

[Andrien]

what is the point of pressing 1 all the time when you have to execute actions/spells with different keys or with the click of a mouse anyways?

[Dreadnought]

is the third beta going on?

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Though the animation I like is the jumping/running. I am one of those people who doesn't like jumping, but the way they implemented them, it's, pretty/fun. You can even jump in the air and attack.

Ever heard of this saying, I don't know maybe you guys haven't because it's so unused, "Don't knock it til you try it?"

This should be posted on all one million jump hating threads.

[Mishakai]

Rather than having the slow combat they do now, they should have made the game ARPG similar to DC Universe Online. Spells still have animations but no animation locks, you are more free to run around, able to dodge some special attacks and overall the combat feels more fluid, similar to a fighting game. I think that would make the game a lot more fun, rather than standing around trying to generate TP only to use it all on one TP Spell and then sit there building more TP.

I have to agree with this. I gave DCUO a shot finally since it's free now, and the combat is hella fun. Button combo's rock!!

Or.. since they are currently rewriting everything for 2.0, maybe they still have time to copy Skyrim's combat. I've had difficulty pulling myself away from that, even to hit 50 here.

[RedAffinity]

I personally like the battle style in XIV. Server response time for actions and abilities is effectively masking its full potential. It feels numb, and incomplete. With new servers and further action/ability balance I can only imagine how entertaining it could be.

[AlphaDragoon]

Yeah, action-based fighting (like Phantasy Star Online/Universe, Star Ocean/Tales of, Tera, etc) is ten times better than auto-attacking garbage. But that's the route SE is headed, and nobody can stop it at this point.

[Shneibel]

So, the past day I have been playing Blade 'n Soul. It made me miss the old "action" combat we used to have(ya know, pressing 111111). The game is in closed beta and is sooooo fun. I feel like I'm playing an... anime. It also has great animation for everything. Though the animation I like is the jumping/running. I am one of those people who doesn't like jumping, but the way they implemented them, it's, pretty/fun. You can even jump in the air and attack. All I have to say is, FFXIV would be amazing with a more action combat system like we used to have. So, they should have used their resources to build off that old system and not use AA.

that s why the FF fanboys base need to play different game before suggest.

sing: It s to late to apologize

[Betelgeuzah]

Now you are demanding the franchise to have actually good gameplay? You are 10 years too late for that.

It is telling that a franchise with superior gameplay (Tales of) is vastly outsold by franchise with no gameplay (Final Fantasy). It is also telling that the "fans" want the franchise to go back to not having any gameplay like "the good JRPG's of the generation" (Lost Odyssey).

It is a hole that was not dug only by the developers but the fans who don't know what they want. Fans that put tradition on a pedestal while sacrificing gameplay in the process.

[AceofRains]

Use a gamepad it makes it way more fun. if you dont have one use your ps3 controller, it works wonders on the action level. even with auto attack i actually get a sense of action with having to time my ability use, and and just watching my character whoop butt.

besides, what is action on a controller supposed to be? mashing the a/x button? gtfo >.<