Auto Attack wins!

[Kaedan]

So you're not from the "More group content, stop catering to solo players, this is an MMO, if you don't want to socialize go back to single-player RPGs" camp?

Umm... you can be in groups and be "social" without spending most of your time in combat chatting away incessantly while waiting for your character to build up TP. We also have this nifty program called "Vent".

[kukurumei]

Umm... you can be in groups and be "social" without spending most of your time in combat chatting away incessantly while waiting for your character to build up TP. We also have this nifty program called "Vent".

Vent... how "NA" of you

I suppose you were one of those DDs that just whistled at 100% TP.

While other people had to be puller, had 1st provoke shifts to eat the shadows, then had to crossbow bolt the enemy for def down and other debuffs. And perish the thought of advance techniques like pulling before the enemy is dead, for chain 4-5-6, etc.

[Kaedan]

Vent... how "NA" of you

NA? As in North America?

If that's what you're implying, we had Japanese players on Vent all the time. And when they had trouble with English, I helped them translate.

[kukurumei]

NA? As in North America?

If that's what you're implying, we had Japanese players on Vent all the time. And when they had trouble with English, I helped them translate.

If you don't get the the joke, I don't think you're quite qualified to talk about FF11 party tactics and society. It was rough and draconian. Everyone was pressured to be at 110%.

I played DRK in FFXI and I was kept very busy with drain's, absorb's, ACC and Attack buffs, weapon skills and so on with auto attack. Really Kaedan it is just starting to sound like you were a bad player in FFXI if you just let auto attack do it's thing every battle.

He doesn't get the "NA" joke. I think he's not a regular.

[Kaedan]

If you don't get the the joke, I don't think you're quite qualified to talk about FF11 party tactics and society. It was rough and draconian. Everyone was pressured to be at 110%.



He doesn't get the "NA" joke. I think he's not a regular.

Umm... I played FFXI for 6 years and was a leader of an endgame shell and officer in another, and I've never heard of "NA" except to refer to North American players.

[AlexiaKidd]

Umm... I played FFXI for 6 years and was a leader of an endgame shell and officer in another, and I've never heard of "NA" except to refer to North American players.

Well if you played that much and still couldn't get a handle on how involved FFXI's battle system was even with auto attack that doesn't say alot.

At the end of the day there will always be boring fights where people will just mash 1 or just let the auto attack roll that is never going to change so what difference does it make really.

[Kaedan]

Well if you played that much and still couldn't get a handle on how involved FFXI's battle system was even with auto attack that doesn't say alot.

At the end of the day there will always be boring fights where people will just mash 1 or just let the auto attack roll that is never going to change so what difference does it make really.

Seriously Alexia, quit it with the insults, especially when they are unfounded. Address arguments, don't attack people. You're being extremely immature.

I fully understand how people should have played. The point was, the AA system was designed poorly, so it encouraged bad players to continue playing badly. And those bad players were allowed to essentially do the wait > ws BS.

And my exact point is that AA wasn't necessary as it is now. All it does is swap waiting a few seconds with pressing your attack key 3-4 times. There isn't a point.

However, if they redesign it well and AA ends up being useful, then great. However, I don't see that happening. AA isn't useful in Aion, WoW, or Rift, which is the direction it seems they are taking combat, so it stands to reason it won't be useful in this either.