Quote Originally Posted by Satarn View Post
While pressing 123 vs 111 might not make some huge difference in "complexity"(although it certainly does some), the main thing is how it affects "engagement" - which is what actually matters 100% of the time when it comes to game design. When people ask for things to be more complex, it's not really about some stupid bragging rights and ego of "playing a harder thing" - it's about the difficulty providing a challenge and thus more engagement. Sometimes things can in fact be more engaging without being considerably harder, just like some difficulty might occasionally not be engaging but only annoying.
To be fair, I see where you're coming from.
I remember hating playing with a keyboard since pressing 1 2 3 isn't gaming for me (or using a keyboard at all). It feels like data entry.

I gave the console version a try and it [felt] like night and day so I gave it another shot and ended up tolerating the combat way more. So, I guess I agree? lol

I just don't want to see more skills being removed. Unkess it's one of these absolutely boring abilities you press like once every 30 seconds and that do damage and that's it. No positionals, no HP requirement (like for PLD) etc. These can get replaced.