Why isn't RDM's Riposte combo tied to one button?

[Raldo]

Personally, I'd love to see chain-combo actions (or whatever you want to call them). This is one of my two most desired QoL changes that I'd like to see added to this game, and I've participated in many a thread about it.

So, just to get it out of the way... here are the arguments I've seen posed against this idea (along with my own personal rebuttals):

Don't mess with my keybinds! I'm too used to everything by now!
So long as this is an OPTIONAL setting, it won't affect anyone who doesn't want it.

Don't dumb my job down any further!
This change does not lower the number of actions you have, merely the number of buttons those actions would occupy.

If I'm not pressing different buttons, I'll forget where I am in my combo!
Yikes, I'm sorry to hear about your short-term memory problems. So long as this is OPTIONAL, then just don't use it.

Go buy a fancy MMO keyboard/mouse! I have a whole bunch of extra buttons at my disposal!
The fact that you need these fancy hardware options only proves my point that some of us could use extra hotbar space!

Hitting 1-1-1 is boring compared to 1-2-3!
I can only speak for myself, but neither of these options are any more interesting/difficult than the other, and I'd rather have the extra hotbar space.

I have no trouble fitting all the actions into my hotbars!
That's great, but I keep Sprint, LB, and sometimes Duty Action / situational potion (eureka, hoh, potd) / other junk on my hotbars. Most of my tank hotbars (GNB in particular) feel clunky right now.

This wouldn't work for my job! (MNK + Perfect Balance / SAM + Meikyo Shisui)
I'm sorry to hear that, but that's no reason to prevent the option for other jobs. Personally, I think it would work fine on SAM. I don't think anyone uses Meikyo to reset their mid-combo buffs, but I could be wrong.

Yoshi-P has already said it's not going to happen!
Yeah, and he's never changed his mind or listened to community opinions before. /s

You keep saying that this setting should be OPTIONAL, but in PvP is ISN'T optional!
It should absolutely be optional, and the fact that it isn't optional in PvP is definitely a grave concern that I have about this feature.