Eureka and combat thoughts

[midnitdragoon]

After playing through eureka, I couldn't help but wonder if this is what final fantasy xiv 1.0 should have been all along. You get an actual feeling of community and danger from the world. However, I can't help but wonder why they don't change combat up a bit. At the moment it's too button mashy, too fast paced. Especially for the likes of a place like eureka. Back in ff11 combat was slower, but felt more rewarding when attacks were successfully executed. Ex:trick attack sneak attack combo.

With that being said, any chance of combat being slowed down a bit so that attacks actually feel meaningful. Personally, I feel that the battle system at the moment forces us to pay attention more to the hot bar and less on the hero.