Why do you want auto-attack? (discussion)[dev1022]

[gifthorse]

Not really going to bother making another long post to argue, because either you or I have the wrong idea of what a game engine really is and how much it limits what can be accomplished in a game.

May want to rewatch GW2 battle videos, by the way.

Regarding Guild Wars 2, you lock onto targets to attack them or you use ground-targeting AoE or conal AoE to attack multiple mobs within range (things which FFXIV basically has already).

Side bar: the engine governs how the developers make the client, its functions, and what we basically see, the server and network-code governs how the game responds to our actions and the actions of others. Given that we are discussing combat in an MMO, the network coding is most relevant.