Quote Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd View Post
Wow I can't believe all the hate for auto attack, do you think the game plays itself for you or something because of it??? It worked fine in FFXI a little slow but they says it will be speeded up for FFXIV. If you think the battle system in FFXI was boring and you just engaged and let auto attack go and did nothing else you were doing it wrong lol
Yes, actually, that's exactly what many people think. And in fact, it was a huge problem in FFXI.

If you play most melee jobs in FFXI, this is how combat goes: Wait for 100% TP > macro. Wait > macro. Wait > macro. And all that waiting is just watching your character auto attack until they have TP again. It's BORING. AS. HELL.

And it's an excuse for many people to do something else while playing, like watching TV.

I'm just hoping they learned from their mistakes in FFXI and find a way to implement AA decently... but I'm not holding my breath.