[dev1022] Auto-attack system questions and discussion

[Kaedan]

I understand that. But this is NOT a WOW-esque game. You don't understand what a rotation is in those games do you? You don't crit munch, you don't have ignite procs, you don't have combustion in FFXIV. Basically, the skills in this game don't compliment eachother very much as with other games. This is not a rotation style game, where if you don't press a button for 2 seconds, your DPS will drop and 12 year olds will QQ and kick you, because you wanted to take a sip of your drink.

PS: I'm not supporting WoW. I played the game for a short time and still think it's pretty dumb. Played FFXI for years and loved it.

Actually, it is a rotation style game. Any MMO with an ability bar and cooldowns is a rotation style game.

Also, just because WoW's community tends to suck, doesn't make the point less valid.

The point was, in every other MMO, you are spamming buttons. It doesn't matter if there is an AA or not. This is no different.

The only exception is FFXI... which can be very boring. Wait doing nothing until your TP is 100%, then hit a macro. Wait.... hit a macro. Wait.... hit a macro. Granted, there are jobs that are constantly busy, and THOSE are the jobs I liked. Rdm, Cor, Thf, Brd.

Really what it comes down to is that AA is useless. It either makes for boring gameplay, or is insignificant (since abilities are better).

[InfiniteSilence]

It doesn't make it useless when you need tp for your attacks in this game, just like in XI.

[Kaedan]

It doesn't make it useless when you need tp for your attacks in this game, just like in XI.

If you automate it, it becomes boring. It becomes the same thing in FFXI: Wait.... macro. Wait.... macro.

And really, you only have to hit 3-4 times to use most TP skills anyway... so I fail to see how that's spamming.