Quote Originally Posted by Corrderio View Post
I don't mind the system as it is so much, however the biggest problem is you can't talk while in combat. To me the most simple solution would be to toggle one of our basic attacks (In LNCs case, Light/Heavy/Full Trust and Pierce) on or off to be on auto attack.
This is true, but not really a good excuse because like has been already mentioned, superior alternatives exist that do not sacrifice gameplay for socialization. However, being able to toggle it on or off wouldn't replace the current system, instead it would complement it, so that is okay.

It would make giving feedback on this feature so much easier if we knew what the developer's intentions are. They could implement it in so many ways, but if they don't even know the right way themselves then I guess we just need to wait until we hear more. Hopefully this discussion so far has raised some good points to note for them.

In my opinion an Auto-Attack would totally destroy the battle system of FFXIV.
I don't think we should assume that nothing else about the current combat system will change with the addition of Auto-Attack. I am sure they can make it work with the new style of combat one way or the other, but the more important question is whether that new system is better than an improved current system, and how much work does it take from them to get there.