Suggestion: Extended Combo System

[Reldhir]

The combo system has no issues, for example, in a battle to activate a combo you have to link your motions in a fluid manner, the pugilist for example, would hit facing the enemy to dizzy, ten to the side to blind, the to the back to knockout. face->side->back, very logical. If the monster is too strong then the combo should have difficulty continuing, as the mob is resisting its effect and moving to cancel.

For a second there i thought you were talking about movement skills, like being able to dash to their left/right or maybe mages can teleport behind them haha (That could work too mind you, but i dunno how the games engine would cope with that much "action" oriented combat haha )

But yeah i get what you mean, if they streamline the requirements for pulling off the combos a little better might help to make it feel a lot more fluid, just the way im suggesting lets you figure out how to make the most efficient path yourself. Plus you get to mix it up a little bit for some little bit of individuality if thats your thing.

I have to agree, mostly while solo they're a pain sometimes and I have WSs that simply don't get used.

I'd be far more interested in seeing party strategies in combos, a lancers true thrust could open the way for the side attacks from any other job which in turn could open the way for any other jobs rear attacks, Or a gla could "fast blade" and someone could follow w/ a side/read attack.
Perhaps these could cause the same effect as in a solo combo, just more potent in some way, or maybe they cause additional effects: confusion(the mob attacks friend/foe randomly for 15secs), off-balance(lowers def/eva), ..., . Add in some resistance down effects that only activate when using a team combo and not when solo'd to give us a reason to try to coordinate our attacks instead of the current "yeah I'm in a party, but I'm really just doing my thing over here, the other party members actions mean squat to me" battle mechanics.

You lose nothing in solo play, can still pt w/o using team based strategies, but if you choose to incorporate team strategies there's added benefits; A reward for working well w/ others if you will.

Cool idea, but I think what youre after is more along the lines of maybe battle regimines? (did i spell that correctly?) SE took those out of the game and are currently working to reimplement it, dunno when though

Sorry if i misunderstood the post