The length of battles, the pace of combat... and the overall feel of combat.

[Maxthunder]

I think combat is pretty fun now, when you can actually get people to do an exp party... And with the server pop the way it is and most people having had almost all of their jobs PL'd to 50 in that STUPID period they had going (now people are so bored cause nothing to do) I think its a great thing you don't have to seek out one particular job. (Aside from a CON)

I have had two parties in the past two days, and we really just did awesome^^ I was engaged the whole time, and nobody wanted to leave cause the time put in was worth the reward in EXP we were receiving. Choosing longer fights is ok with me, but... I dare some of you to go watch a battle in FFXI on youtube now. I swear that game seems so slow paced to me now, comparing it to XIV... and I'm not sure that's the direction we want to go in. (I loved XI btw)

**Oh, and please tell me what strategy was needed when leveling up in XI. As long as you weren't stupid and could play your job, party setups could be quite diverse. Same as here, if you have someone who constantly pulls to much / afk / doesn't heal / etc you can get yourself in a bind pretty quick too.

I disagree fights now are boring. On top of this we have mobs of different species linking to help another species. There is no strategy in the combat now it is just a zerg fest. Combos meh boring as well, even thm combos woopy do so i can just stand there and chain lightening or fire. What we needs is skill chains and magic burst now that was something that was interesting.
The combat in FFXI maybe it was slow but at least there was strategy meaning if too many mobs link pop sleepaga 1 or 2, rdm for refresh, thf to help control hate. What we have in FFXIV is none of that, its nothing but a mindless zerg fest. A lot of players wanted faster kill so they gave it to us. Now look at what we have or dont have. There is something to be said for slower combat vs a faster pace combat system. FFXIV is a step backwards, we have no skill chain nor do we have magic bursts. All players do is going kill the monsters as fast as they can, there is no feeling of danger.
I have said this before and ill say it again the develpopers should have use the combat system from FFXI and improved on it, but they didnt they gave the players what they wanted and now those same players are complaining about what they asked for. Now what do we do , well for starters we need to let the develpoers develop this game without player imput. The development team should continue to do surveys and thats it, dont ask players to tell them what they want in the game. The develpopers should ask the question or questions and they should be answered yes or no only.
Look at the crafting system from FFXI now look at the crafting sytem in FFXIV. They used the system somewhat from FFXI and improved upon it greatly. Now I am not saying the crafting system is w/o some issues.