Battle Reform: Auto-Attack (06/30/2011)

[Lazytowner]

I know it's completely off the priority list but I'd like to eventually see something done to prevent the bot frenzy over DoL.

Everybody and their mother is blatantly botting DoL on Lindy and SE is ignoring it for the sake of subscriptions (because its either cheaters or half the subscriptions amirite?)

I just want something done eventually.

*facepalm*

[Kurokikaze]

Eventually, sure. Right now? No. There are bigger things to worry about... Like having a fully functional game.

[Spider-Dan]

The last time I played, I had a 7 second recast differential on everything, right after I logged in. I hadn't changed classes or abilities. And relogging (or changing classes) did not fix it.

[Hyan]

SE is ignoring it for the sake of subscriptions (because its either cheaters or half the subscriptions amirite?)

I just want something done eventually.

*facepalm*

I doubt that, lol. That would mean putting resources into hindering botting activities, resources that are already in use. They don't give a damn what the tiny joke of a playerbase is doing, as long as it's going to be addressed at some point or the other.

The current community tends to think so highly of themselves, but SE only cares enough to not close off the servers (so they can get feedback, not because they're nice). The potential playerbase that might actually pay the development fees is much more important. Which is why I'll just quote Kuro:

There are bigger things to worry about... Like having a fully functional game.

[Niiro]

I'm sure they'll eventually crack down on botting like they did in XI.

Spoiler: show

[Lordender]

I really hate to bring up WoW but when playing a Hunter you don't even need arrows, bullets and right clicking/or hitting a button on the controller(in FFXIV's case) and have it start auto attacking from the ranged weapon. I don't really understand why they couldn't do that for all auto attacks, should have removed active/passive mode.

[Lucavi]

Tee hee hee!

[Vuitton]

I know it's completely off the priority list but I'd like to eventually see something done to prevent the bot frenzy over DoL.

SE is ignoring it for the sake of subscriptions (because its either cheaters or half the subscriptions amirite?)
*facepalm*

If they ban half the player base...

what is half of nothing?

[Malacite]

Welcome to FFXI 2.0

Thanks SE, I was actually enjoying ARC for a change. Just a matter of time now before they start implementing haste gear and ARC becomes lolARC.


Skillful play my ass.

[Hyan]

The above reminds me...

If Rambus ever switches over to XIV, the forum IQ will drop by at least half (to the XI forum levels). Sigh.

[Cursive]

It says for mages you actually have to use the attack. Mages don't have auto attack

Auto-attack will be implemented for Disciples of War and Magic only, and will take the form of a melee attack for all applicable classes. For instance, archers will strike with their bare fists, while conjurers and thaumaturges will deliver a blow with their equipped weapon.

i'm guessing dart, aoe dart and -enmity dart are now considered ranged attacks and will have a cool down.

[Grey Jorildyn]

The last time I played, I had a 7 second recast differential on everything, right after I logged in. I hadn't changed classes or abilities. And relogging (or changing classes) did not fix it.

I get this a lot as well. I have to close out of the game entirely and then log back in. Seems to happen the moment I hit an ability that is supposed to be instant-cast (like say Emulate) but the game says "Readying Emulate...". When it actually fires the ability, it seems to be off-set a number of seconds equal to how long it was from when that message was displayed to when the ability actually went off. Typically that's between 5-10s for me.

[Spider-Dan]

My experience was different. When I'd use Raging Strike II (on ARC), it would immediately execute, but the recast would start at 0:23 (it's supposed to be 0:30). If I did nothing, the buff itself would count down to 0:00, then stay at 0:00 for ~7 more seconds.

The problem is that not only does the icon show that the ability is ready, but /recast reports the wrong time, as well. So my /recast macro (for checking the cooldown on all my abilities) is also useless.

[Waraji]

ARC stays the same, nothing changes. You Mad Bro? Come at me.

[Malacite]

^ ignorance is bliss

[Sephiroth]

I've not figured out what causes the recast issue but all I know is it gets worse the longer you've been logged in, hence why mine is currently over a minute (been logged in since after Monday's maintenance). Zoning and dual boxing probably increase the issue. It's not just a case of shutting the game down more often since you can accumulate a few seconds very quickly which will be enough to make Light Shot a pain in the ass.

It may well be a case of graphical settings being too high, but really a recast countdown like that shouldn't be affected by graphical settings. I mean how hard can it be to display a 30 second timer when I hit a 30 second ability?

I know it's completely off the priority list but I'd like to eventually see something done to prevent the bot frenzy over DoL.

Everybody and their mother is blatantly botting DoL on Lindy and SE is ignoring it for the sake of subscriptions (because its either cheaters or half the subscriptions amirite?)

I just want something done eventually.

*facepalm*

Man I've never seen a DoL bot on Wutai. Craft botting and mob farm botting is out of control however. I don't think SE will go after botters until the game has a subscription. By then the economy will be in such a mess that all current items will need to become obsolete. Might be time to raise the level cap at that point and add lots of new raw materials to grade 6 as well as new drops from rank 60+ mobs.

Edit: I take back what I said about DoL botting after seeing a guy with 2000 black soles up for sale at half the price they were going for. Never seen a botany or mining bot however.

[Foxer]

Oh yeah? From the looks of previous conversations, it seemed like FFXIV didn't have bots. Is it bad like launch bad or has it gotten worse?

[Kuya]

Does ranger in ffxiv use ammo like it did in ffxi?

[miokomioko]

Yes, Archer uses ammunition.

[Corrderio]

Only difference is a stack of arrows = 999 instead 99.