Auto Combo Buttons in PvE

[Vaer]

I wouldn't use it for most jobs since it wouldn't benefit that much from it since jobs that do have combos usually have branching combos off the same starter.

All of ninja's combos start with the same one, Samurai is similar but has an aoe combo with 2 branches, Monk has a combo system where you can replace each step with something else depending on what you need. DRG is really the only one that would really benefit from it since their combo is just 1-2-3, 4-5-6 [+f&c/wt] and I guess the RDM melee combo and the tank 1 2 3. Would get weird if I had like 4 different buttons that start with the same combo starter.

Works ok for PvP since they delete some of the PvE combos and just have 2. Some jobs have 4+ combos in PvE.

Personally I would rather do 1-2-3 1-4-5, 1-4-6 instead of 1-1-1, 2-2-2, 3-3-3. Feels like a combo instead of using just 1 button.

If it's optional I guess I'm neutral about it as long as they don't delete things to accommodate it.

[LiliBoulanger]

I wouldn't use it for most jobs since it wouldn't benefit that much from it since jobs that do have combos usually have branching combos off the same starter.

This could potentially make the UI confusing in a new way, yeah. It would be a case by case basis and would take memorization of your UI. But that's true of the system we have now as well. Maybe the real solution would be to make them not only optional but also customizable? So maybe something like for PLD what I described in the OP, OR Fast Blade could be a dedicated button, and the 3 distinct combos could be their own buttons. 4 buttons total instead of 6. Still improvement.