Action condensing options

[KuroMaboroshi]

If it is 100% optional, is guaranteed to not give an advantage or disadvantage and turned off by default, I don't see how more options hurt anyone.
However, I do have less trust in the programming. For example, many Fighting Games that added block or dash buttons (which is usually done with the D-Pad or equivalent) had those not using these play sub-optimal due to suddenly possible option selects caused by unprecise programming. So unless 100% parity is guaranteed, I'd rather we not take the risk. But assuming it could be achieved, nothing wrong with options.

As for how I personally feel about it: In dungeons and other content that doesn't require me to have a brain to begin with, I'd rather have a more involved rotation cause it is the only thing preventing you from falling asleep right then and there. Meanwhile, in high-end content, being able to minutely manipulate your rotation is usually what optimisation ends up being all about. So I would hate having my abilities condensed, which is why it would be so important to give parity and make it optional only.

Then, is that a meaningful fail condition worth forcing anyone and everyone to spend almost a fifth of DRG's native toolkit buttons on?
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7 buttons, a fifth of a job kit, spent to make sure there's extra punishment if one doesn't follow the lit-up abilities. Is that good design?

To use DRG as an example since it was brought up: Sure, it has some of the longest combos in the game, but that actually gives it the ability to pull some neat optimisation in non-faceroll content. For example, one of the two common TEA openers would abort its combo after a few GCDs in order to be able to place a DoT on the Liquid Hand the moment it appeared. To optimise damage before that, a DRG would do the first half of its DoT combo and then the first half of its non-DoT combo.
All of this kind of makes me wonder whether removing direct access to those buttons altogether, even if optional, would be a good idea, since in that situation people playing with condensed combos would actually be at a disadvantage. The devs would have to come up with some smart system to prevent that from happening.

On a side note, sure, DRG has long combos, but it's not like it suffers from button bloat so I don't think they should tackle that one first.
My setup has multiple Dragon Sight buttons, multiple potion buttons, LB, separate buttons for High Jump and Mirage Dive cause I don't use the new condensation of those, and bring two True Thrusts to separate my combos more neatly and I still have enough empty spaces on my hotbar to cleanly separate different areas on it.
Meanwhile, on AST even with just role actions, LB and a single ress button I have 3 space left, with not potions anywhere in sight. Though I suppose AST doesn't have any combos that could be condensed, other than perhaps draw buttons being rolled into one...