Shooter games are ment to be "button mashing games.. because, there is really no way around it... FF in general besides XIII and XIII-2 weren't button mashing, sure you always hit X to confirm.. theres always a confirmation button for every game, but its not like in XIII where you just do this: Attack X6, Fire X6, Water X6, Auto Battle, that's a "true" button mashing game. in older FF's you find what you want to use and then confirm.
Old FFXIV was the whole deal of Attack ( wait for stamina) Attack ( Wait for stamina) attack ( Wait for Stamina) ATTACK!! eventually using a TP move.. the repeating the cycle all over again.. with AA it takes away ALOT of the button mashing, and you only have to hit something when you want to use abilities or WS.
So no we do not want your silly Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack Spam >.>.....