Auto Combo Buttons in PvE

[ForteNightshade]

What I don't understand is why people defend the need for everything to be its own separate hotkey if they can be merged, jobs would get more oGCDs to use. RDM, for example, could have gotten an extra oGCD action to use if Riposte, Zwerchhau and Redoublement were merged into 1 button because that frees up 2 hotkey slots to add more abilities. There is also no reason for Riposte, Zwerchhau and Redoublement to be separate actions as there is no choice but to use them in that exact order.

Because this is purely an assumption. One entirely at odds with every expansion we've had wherein jobs don't receive a bevy of new abilities even when previous skills were pruned away. This belief that a job like Dragoon will lose six buttons and be given back six more simply doesn't lineup whatsoever with how each expansion has handed out abilities. Furthermore, new oGCDs aren't necessarily a welcomed trade off. I would rather have Vorpal Thrust than Battle Litany. Why? I press the latter significantly less often. This, in turn, will make the rotation feel as though I'm pressing the same button repeatedly.

Now I'm open to some consolidation. Mirage Dive releasing Hi-Jump makes sense because you'll never press the two independent of each other. I'd even be open to combos... provided they replaced them with meaningful and interesting alternatives. Given they've decided to double down on the more simplified gameplay. I sincerely doubt that would happen. Therefore, I'll simply have less buttons to press. Which isn't fun.