Request to ease conditions for combos

[Rydin]

Four game fixes that would make leveling great:

Look at you being productive

1) Increase lvl cap to 100

In due time, my son...

2) Make monster battles difficult so people will have a reason to need combos

Yes... I agree wholeheartedly. My personal opinion is that the best most efficient EXP party should give no more than 25k an hour... 25k an hour should be like the holy grail of EXP
A PL shouldn't give you more than 15-20k an hour
and solo should be 5-10k or so....
but that would require a lot of QA testing to make sure people are able to get that but not more in every grind camp with every possible class combination... and as we've seen... SE is not too keen on using competent QA testers

3) Cross Class Combos (aka Weaponskill chains a la FFXI) so that people have a reason to incorporate different classes into a party and execute combos in a specific order = complexity and strategy

You want them to incorporate combos into the new battle regimen system... I support that completely

4) Remove MP cost on Mage combos in the same way TP is void for War classes ..............or not

The Dev response was no because "You start the fight with full MP and Empty TP"
and it's kind of true.... Thaum would be OP if that were the case
Also you can perform a full Thunder or Fire Combo with your MP full... and with your abilities... still have a sizable amount of MP left
For Melee classes... there isn't enough TP to do a full combo... A 3 hit combo can take 6000 TP if the costs weren't waived.

[BlaiseLallaise]

The OP is absolutely correct. Although positioning for additional effects on weapon skills is a great mechanic, the same positioning should have never been a requirement for progression through a combo. Combos are already restrictive enough, removing almost all choice in execution. The positioning requirements took it beyond too far. Now not only are we forced into a very limited set of combos, we also have to be lucky enough that we are in the correct position, and what we think is the correct position may be something completely different to the server.

Last I checked removing choice is one of those things that really pisses off the playerbase.

[NoctisUmbra]

No, you GTFO. The OP is absolutely correct. Although positioning for additional effects on weapon skills is a great mechanic, the same positioning should have never been a requirement for progression through a combo. Combos are already restrictive enough, removing almost all choice in execution. The positioning requirements took it beyond too far. Now not only are we forced into a very limited set of combos, we also have to be lucky enough that we are in the correct position, and what we think is the correct position may be something completely different to the server.

Last I checked removing choice is one of those things that really pisses off the playerbase.

Hold your horses, good sir. The sarcasm on that post went right over your head.

As for Mr Buddhsie, valid point. I agree that combos should go through with only combo bonuses having to be fulfilled, while positioning bonuses remain as just that: extra bonuses. As such, performing combos from the right directions will still be encouraged, however every DoW besides ARC won't constantly be wasting TP and losing DPS due to lag, small monsters whose rears cannot be told apart from their faces, and retarded movement patterns.

Hey, I'd be fine if even the combo bonuses did not activate unless you got the positioning right - so long as we can actually still combo and not waste TP.