I had a gut feeling for a year now that AoC wasn't going to nail the combat

See, I hate this take, and I hate even more that I don't technically have anything to refute it with.

But it's not clear if you're suggesting that they don't WANT it to be better than this, or that they're just not CAPABLE of making it better than this.

The first 'doesn't need solving', it just needs clarity. The second, I feel could be solved and they're actively in the process of it.

So are you saying 'your gut tells you that they will never nail the combat' (and maybe don't plan to) or is it 'that they wouldn't manage it in within the last year' and you were right to be concerned a year ago about slow progress?

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Ah I see.

I believe I fit the general definition of 'weeb' and I don't like what I've seen/learned of WoW combat so I hope they don't, but that's up to Steven's spot on the 'weebscale' I guess.

I don't think he intends for it to be 'big', just 'whatever he finds fun to play and believes should exist', but I agree that us 'weebs' have enough games upcoming that it won't exactly ruin the genre if Ashes becomes 'The Next WoW'.