

Skill and ability rotations become increasingly complex as characters grow in power and fights become chaotic and intense. While solo combat is largely straightforward and less than exciting, group encounters such as dungeons and trials offer players intense combat options that require significant concentration and undivided attention.

The “global cooldown” in FFXIV:ARR is rather high by MMORPG standards, but as players get further into the game and into more difficult encounters, they’ll find that there are more than enough things to keep busy during fights. Players select targets, use various abilities on them assigned to a hotbar, rinse and repeat until combat is over. While there are some stat-based decisions to be made during this process, there’s nothing make or break involved so even the min-max crowd will be able to enjoy playing to their aesthetic preferences.Ĭombat is classic “tab-target” MMORPG fare. Character creation is an in-depth customization process that can take hours upon hours for a fastidious player.
