Unpopular opinion: Remove Auto-Attack

It is time to remove auto attack from the game. It was a big deal for melee classes in oldschool wow, but now the game evolved to be more action, so i think auto-attack passive nature is pointless.
Share with your opinion.

Edit: What do you think about changing the GCD to something like 1 handers 1 sec gcd, 2 handers 1.5 sec gcd with more powerful strikes to compensate the speed loss.

Edit 2: For everyone thinking im talking about removing auto-attacks without general changes to all classes - No, I want big changes to all classes because of poor design of gameplay atm with considering of removing auto-attack. Im one of the players who dont like passive effects, thats all.

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Auto-attack is still important, especially for Warriors since it passively generates Rage for you.

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Hm, thought so too in the first moment, but I think ressource generation could be added to abilities, that wouldn’t be the problem.

Fury/Prot generates 70% of rage through abilities. Arms needs a change to be the same. Im not saying about removing auto attack without general changes to most of melee classes.

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Yea, what an idea, because if your spec can use both dual wield and 2h they are perfectly balanced so its not like this will cause even more issues. /s

A brief history lesson. FF14 launched without auto attacks, and when Yoshi P was saving/burning down the original game one of the things he did was add auto attacks.

This is one of those you think you do, but you don’t moments.

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Yes, without auto attacks melee would either be extremely slow and look weird with tons of downtime or the APM required to play efficiently would be hilarious.

I mean sure but… why?
Seems like a lot of work for nothing.
Not saying you’re wrong just, I don’t see what issue auto attacking is causing.

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I agree that auto attack should be removed. It adds nothing to gameplay, the player does nothing. Specs should be balanced around not having that passive damage ticking.
Your character’s actions should be what you press, like in most other games.

Sounds like you want the game to move from tab targeting to action combat. It aint happening.

Casters work without Auto Attacks anyway, and dont look hilarious.

The closest comparison would be hunters and they have auto attack.

Youee confusing unpopular with plain stupid.

I also gotta say that I love auto attack because it lets me afk kill stuff when I’m too lazy to press abilities.

It’s time to remove attacks alltogether. We’re in 2021, these attacks are nothing but extremely offensive.

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I was thinking with hugs but that would invade people’s safe space, What do you propose?

I’m not here to propose solutions, only to complain.

Sure if you want cast time on all your abilities.

Because you say that?