Moreover....

many players quit/complain about combat at lower levels because it is far too boring/repetitive.


As an example:
"Pressing only heavy thrust, then Impulse Drive over and over until heavy thrust is used again is far too boring"
Another Example:
"Paladin is far too boring, because all you press is 1>2>3 over and over"
(This being the supposed reason why there are far too few tanks, look at the threads about dps queue's come 4.0)


Reducing combat to pressing 1 button repeatedly would not be received well, in the same vein that low level combat is not appreciated, and more specifically the 1.0 combat system was not received well.