ffxi gameplay was not slow

[Shiyo]

I would give many things to have FFXI style combat. Especially for the mage classes. Playing a RDM in XI, I was constantly on the go, with my eyes basically trained on my chat log and recast timers. I had my buff rotations, mob debuffs, cures, and when shit hit the fan, that's when it got really fun. Every person had a defined role that was clearly laid out.

I just don't see it in XIV. All I do is throw up pro/shell now and again, sometimes I don't even bother because we really don't need it; and sit back and toss the occasional cure. Buffing feels pointless, debuffs feel pointless. All I do is keep AOE on, the tank targeted and my fingers over 2 and 3 for cures. Half the time i'm watching TV it's so boring. I wouldn't have dared to do that in XI lest I want to wipe us all.

Also. Kiting. Can I have it? Seriously. Where the fuck is it. It's impossible in this game.

Yeah I agree 10000% with you. What exactly does a mage do in this game? Do you manage your MP? Nope! Do you manage your hate? Nope! Do you manage your spell usage/cds? Nope! Do you manage your debuffs or buffs? Nope!

Basically they designed mages in this game for people with downs I guess? It's really annoying.

This games combat system is boring for everyone, I'm passively looking at my 2nd monitor not even tabbed into the game reading forums/watching streams/watching movies etc because I don't have to pay attention AT ALL to ANYTHING. This game is beyond hello kitty easymode, it's taken easy to the extreme. It angers me so much that this games difficulty is such a joke, especially after playing FF11.

The kiting thing is really stupid too, kiting was another one of the really fun and high skill cap things you could do in FF11, yet they completely remove it from this game? Really? LOL?

When I was leveling my ninja in FF11, I could not type and play it, I had to pay 100% attention to everything or I'd die, I wouldn't keep hate, etc etc. How can you go from something so complex, so hard, to the crap we have in FF14?

I invite anyone, I don't notice if anyone sucks, no one cares if someone sucks because it's impossible to be "Bad" at this game. This game is basically playable by anyone with an IQ over 40 with at least 1 working hand. I really don't get it, I'm hoping the auto-attack/combat system revamp fixes it, because this is completely retarded.