[dev1022] Auto-attack system questions and discussion

[Betelgeuzah]

I can watch T.V and hit the 1 key at the same time.

You know, for saying "the encounters in this game are too easy and require no more than the use of three keys" there are better ways to express the current situation.

Now it's more like

"Because the monsters in this game are easy and require no actual thought and most of my abilities are unnecessary because of it, I want the developers to automate the combat so that I don't have to involve myself when fighting easy monsters. I don't want the developers to make the actual encounters harder and require more varied actions to be used instead, because I can not comprehend that these two issues could be linked and fixing one solves the other."

In addition,

"Because the UI layout does not support the gamepad I want the developers to change the gameplay to something that is more forgiving for gamepads with this kind of UI, instead of actually changing the UI layout towards something that makes the kind of gameplay XIV provides possible and efficient with a gamepad."

Not to mention

"Implementing auto-attack reduces the server lag, which makes playing easier. However, I am against actually improving the server code and hardware for the same results because that would be simply backwards logic."

As well as

"I have no time to communicate in this game because of the required button inputs, however I don't want S-E to implement voice chat because console gamers never use voice chat ever and that is a PC-only feature. It is better to reduce the amount of button inputs instead, because that isn't backwards logic".

More:

"Auto-attack was done perfectly in FFXI (editor note: especially during the early levels) and there were never any complaints about it, therefore it should be implemented."

And to top them off

"It wouldn't make the gameplay less involving AT ALL. You would simply have time to do something else than playing the game, such as picking your nose and doing the dishes. Less button inputs would also be required from you, which again, does not make the gameplay less involving AT ALL, because you can still watch the game perform these inputs for you instead, and that is almost as fun as watching a movie."

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If anyone has any other counter-arguments for auto-attack, I'd like to hear them here and combine them together for easier reading.