Combat still too slow. We need a shorter Global Cooldown!

[Edli]

Faster GCD would ruin positional DPSs like monk and drg and it would tame the mechanics of the fight. The more you burden the player with skill spamming the less attention he's going to give to fights mechanics.

Wow has faster GCD but all I remember as DPS is parking on the feet of some boss and furiously spamming skills to top that DPS meter. The same with healer, parking on some corner and playing whack a mole with healbot.

[Fumijj_Gah]

You have some serious ADD issues... You couldn't possibly have handled XI, you had to wait for 100tp to be granted before you could use an ability. This isn't tekken where you're mashing buttons, it's supposed to be methodical and paced. What's the rush to jam more buttons?

That.
If I was SE I could punish the OP with ATB system only for him.
Bring back the fantasy and remove the action from this saga, please.
Sakaguchi, Tanaka, Matsuno, Tanaka, Ito... save us.

[Cynric]

I personally don't need 2.5 seconds to decide my next move but I don't think 2.5 is that bad. I think 2.0s would be much better but it's really not a huge deal. Although if we went to full on slow paced combat I'd probably play a different game. I enjoy having some action and keeping my momentum going, I loved slow paced MMOs when I was younger but that's also all we had really. I'd never wish for the days of Click on Target A , go make food and check screen every now and then to press one button to come back. Combat like that doesn't keep me invested. It was nicer for talking to friends but this way is more fun for me personally. Even with that said I still think the current GCD is good enough for me.

[Shougun]

I really wanted to see more of the incapacitation system*... Can I add .5 for that? lol

I think the current timer is not that bad, faster would mean less reasonable mechanics and too slow would mean a lot of sleeping players. I personally like impactful actions so slightly slower wouldn't bother me so long as it added another layer of depth and tactic, I imagine they could just design a class/job around that idea though (perhaps a trait or stance that adds gcd or animation time for greater damage, two handed class or something - big number lover job).

*In XI and 1.0 they had a skill chain/breaking system that allowed you to change monster behavior and loot tables.. I wanted to see that more developed xD.

[Dhex]

I'd like to see the following changes made to Skill & Spell Speed:

• Increase the effect Skill & Spell Speed have on GCD and CCD.
  (Current +10 = .01 Change to -> +10 = .1~.3)

• Add Regain/Refresh effect to Skill & Spell Speed respectively.
  (Every +10/11 SKS/SPS = +1~3 "ticks" of TP/MP per second)

[NyarukoW]

The GCD is fine where it is. I won't want my wrist or fingers to ache with endless mindless button mashing. It is a good thing this game is not about how fast you can click "1" or "x" over and over.

[tymora]

Instead of doing 1 2 3, 10x a min, you want us to do it 20x a min?

[Meier]

That.
If I was SE I could punish the OP with ATB system only for him.
Bring back the fantasy and remove the action from this saga, please.
Sakaguchi, Tanaka, Matsuno, Tanaka, Ito... save us.

This. ; ; This game's combat feels nothing like FF. With how SE promotes this game and promoted it in 2012, claiming it will be bringing Final Fantasy back to it roots...um, I don't ever recall playing a FF game that is -this- action based. 1.23 was far superior.

[Duuude007]

I don't ever recall playing a FF game that is -this- action based. 1.23 was far superior.

At what again? This seems to be a rather niche matter of opinion...

[Mayh]

The GCD took a lot of adjusting for me to get used to. There are still frustrating moments but for the most part I'm ok with it now.

On a side note I get furious that there is no auto-cancellation with spells if a target dies during the cast. That is something I'm still not accustomed to doing myself and I've been playing since beta.