Betel did you even read my post? or do you enjoy quoting things without reading the rest of the content? The current combat system for controler inputs works fine for solo games, but for an MMO it doens't work. You actually gave a really good arguement for our casue, you want to used street fighter as an examples, lets take a look at that. In street fighter you have 6 moves, and a direrctional pad, in FFXIV you have 30 ish skills, and moving and communication, you want to explain how you think that this makes sence?

With an auto attack you get a chance to bring the number of required actions on some classes like Glad, Lnc or Mar, down form the 20 ish a min down to 12-15, For controllers this is more managable, and possibly, more fun(depending on player preferences). Now what thoes 12-15 commands are, for the sake of this arguemnt is irrevelant because it is less than 20 and therefore gives more time for other aspects of the game. If this were a PC only title this would not be an issues beucase Voice and keyboard and mouse would be more accessable. One of the reasons I like FFXIV initially is becasue I like my leather recliner and my 55 inc T.V and I want to play an MMO on that set up with a controller like I did on FFXI. The people who port over from XI or who join XIV for the first time will also want this. AA makes it easier to get it, not the only method but it does make it easier.

Also, queuing up commands does very little for freeing up the number of commands you need to input in a given time because you still need to input the systems. What it does do is allow you put them in bigger chunks to try to free up some desperate time in the middle for typing or w/e but you know what I don't care, because it still won't be FUN!!!! It will be passibly operable, but I won't play it, and suspect that other controller users wont' want to paly that either, why becuase it is freaking spammy, and a pain in the ass.

You still havne't given an arguement as to why it is a good idea not to have an AA. Only thing I see people saying is what you are trying to avoid, never what is so good about it. I agree with chief that we don't want to wait 20 seconds in between actions like you do at lower levels in XI, but I also want my actions to be meaningfull, and fun, and be able to communicate with others.

Also you want ot know why everyone who is currently high level likes the current system? it is becuase everyone who hates the current system, (myself and others in this thread, and other threads) either refuses to play this game as it is or can't bring ourselves to play this game long enough to get there. Therefore your concentration of playing who like the current system at high levels will inevitably be higher. That doesn't mean that our opinoins mean less, if anything to SE it should mean more becuase we are probaly more numersome, and who will never pay for the game unless they fix it.

Auto attack allows for weapon speed to come back into play,(other ways to do this as well)
Auto attack, lowers the number of commands required for input for some classes, (other ways to this as well)
Auto attack, allows for attacks to feel more meaningfull (other ways to this as well)
Auto attack, allows for timeing to enter into effect as you might want to wait an extra second before you next ability to maximize damage, thereby increasing the intuitive aspect of DDing, (other ways to do this as well)
Status weapons can get more use with AA as you are attacking mobs more frequently, without more actions being entered, (other ways to do this as well)

I am not saying that AA will solve all problems or that it is the only solution to many of them, but I havne't seen another idea out there that will have what I think as a posative impact on so many aspects of the game without any serious complaints agains't it other then you feel it will slow the game down to much or will make it so peopel can go AFK. (can't really aruge slowing the game down but for controllers that is a desired effect for an MMO). IF you don't want people auto attacking and going afk tha tis simple, there is this kick party member command that you might want to look at I hear it is this new invention where you can NOT play with baddies.