Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
FFXIV has the system in place in PvP to do it, they just don't want to pull the trigger.
That system is not in place for PvE. The code is, but the skills are not. Only a few jobs are readily adaptable to its use.

What would work, on the other hand, is just removing the intentionally broken code on macros, allowing players to make their own versions of these series. Or, create a better macro-creator altogether to support such QoL functions.

Even then I'd probably use them only on DRG, as I like having access to BB, RoH, and PS on their own for gathering for pulls, Perfect Balance wrecks this for Monk unless I sacrifice Shift- and Alt- variants of my 1-3 weaponskill keys and XIV allows mod-keying inside macros themselves, and there are times I'd want to hold RA or use CB before SB, etc. That kind of system just isn't well fit to what we have now. A system like that works best with a geometric series, with the same number of options in each GCD. Instead we get 1 choice, 1-2 choices, 2-3 choices.

Consolidation can eventually work and work well, but to be applied universally or systematically it would require a complete rework of our combo lines and the whole idea of what makes a combo. And that's not on the table right now.