Option to unlock content without mandatory MSQ

[Kalise]

It got interesting for me the moment I fired my first Ruin all those years ago. No other MMORPG combat has given me as much satisfaction as FFXIV's combat up to this time.

I'm curious. What exactly about it do you find interesting compared to other MMO's?

What about that first Ruin was different to literally every other tab target MMO where you target an enemy, press your button and then cast the spell on the enemy?

That really depends on jobs, and assumes that you don't have mechanics to deal with while doing said rotation. Dancer for example has a lot of procs. You cannot play dancer with a macro even on a target dummy. Paladin you could on a target dummy, but not on an actual boss where you have to move, deal with mechanics, use defensive cooldowns on tank busters, etc.

As I said, "Most" jobs.

As far as something like PLD, the only issue comes from any mechanics that cause you to move away from the boss.

Even Tankbusters are not a problem for a macro, given that, unlike other MMO's, bosses do their mechanics on a set timer that does not change ever. So you ALWAYS know exactly how far into a fight you'll need to have a line that casts a particular defensive CD (This also includes healers popping their oCGD heals and AoE heals for the predetermined unavoidable damage)

Other MMO's generally take to having a window of time where a mechanic can occur, giving a little bit of variance as opposed to "Boss will do X then Y then Z then X then Y then Z" - These windows often will include overlap with each other, so the order of mechanic usage can vary. This causes macro only gameplay to be impossible, because you might know about when a mechanic will happen (So will also have CD's available) but won't know exactly when until it happens.