So, the button merging feature... did I get this right?

[Mikey_R]

Another realistic scenario for a raid I was just thinking about would be the: boss going away on a phase change so you swap to the most instant damaging combo instead of the dot application one, so yeah that's true and I didn't think about it before even though I do this.
As for failing combos, honestly it's common people will fumble a combo now and then, I check a lot of those xivanalysis links posted on discords and you see it happen at least 2-3 times per raid night in ultimate prog, the biggest thing is even though failure rates are not high and non-branching combos are not hard at all on the surface they do still require a small amount of brain activity dedicated to keeping track of them while doing mechanics.

I do still think if their goal was to "reset" all jobs to prep for a huge rework by 8.0 to improve job identity then might as well remove non branching combos if their fate is to end up with pvp combos as an option.

Since we are being big brained, why did you start the DoT combo and not just use another damage combo (in DRG's case, the Power Surge buff lasts for another full 5 step combo)? Not to mention the initial damage from a DoT is going to be higher anyway. The only job this really applies to is DRG, since we are going for DoT hit the gone, I will assume no damage from the DoT itself, Chaotic Spring has a minimum damage of 260 (300 from Rear), since it is resetting combo, you don't have Draconian Fire, so it defaults to True Thrust, which is 170 potency. Even if you had Raiden Thrust, that is 280 potency, so, as long as Chaotic Spring was hit from the rear, it would still be more potency.

Just note, I am someone who probably wouldn't consolidate my combos, but I do understand why people might want to do it.

[ZiraZ]

Since we are being big brained, why did you start the DoT combo and not just use another damage combo (in DRG's case, the Power Surge buff lasts for another full 5 step combo)? Not to mention the initial damage from a DoT is going to be higher anyway. The only job this really applies to is DRG, since we are going for DoT hit the gone, I will assume no damage from the DoT itself, Chaotic Spring has a minimum damage of 260 (300 from Rear), since it is resetting combo, you don't have Draconian Fire, so it defaults to True Thrust, which is 170 potency. Even if you had Raiden Thrust, that is 280 potency, so, as long as Chaotic Spring was hit from the rear, it would still be more potency.

Just note, I am someone who probably wouldn't consolidate my combos, but I do understand why people might want to do it.

Swap I didn't mean cancel bad choice of word, and also previous phase kill speed and current position on your combo would also affect the decision making, TOP phase 1 to phase 2 to phase 2 post playstation comes to mind.