The sheer number of buttons is just not fun

Hell, ideally I don't want to press any buttons. I played Dungeon Siege 1 for almost a year, and all I had to do was click on a mob. I only had one attack.

What is it about pressing buttons? When I quick Warhammer Online (after 3 days of play) they asked me if I quit because "there aren't enough" buttons. The game had dozens of frigging buttons!!

Ultimatelly it's a moneygrab. They think more buttons = more $$, because the decisions are made by corporate suits who analyze market trends, not by gamers.

WoW was successfull despite the idiotic class mechanics and the annoyingly complicated game play. It was just that good, that I'd put up with it, because it had polish, atmosphere, story and depth.

Gaming is entertainment, I don't want to watch an action movie everytime, sometimes I want to just relax and watch animal planet, and enjoy the scenery. I don't need to get an adrenaline rush - or if I do, I hit the gym!

edit: This button mentality is narrow minded. More buttons does not mean more depth. Think Chess!
Victory in a mmorpg should be about team work, strategy, patience, knowledge and execution.
Who cares if I can mash a certain key combination in 2 seconds? That's hardly intelligent or strategic. In fact, it's the opposite.

Have you ever played an MMO?

They could call it Autoattack. Or even better, let us space bar through combat so we can all hit 50 without experiencing any of the game!

Welcome to the modern mmorpg, where every game copys the combat system from wow....

Guild wars 2 is going to change that tho

Agreed, copied, but without macros. Yes, I'm a fan of 'em. I understand the reasoning for not wanting macros in the game (avoiding automation is BW's goal I believe), and I would support the relevance of keeping them out if something had been done to change the gameplay mechanics in such a way that macros were no longer a staple of MMOs. In other words they should have done something new philosophically to improve the gameplay, thus making macros an afterthought in this game. Unfortunately, the same old system without macros, for me, is like a step back in time. If the really devs wanted to improve gameplay and fairness in contrast to other MMOs, then they would not have taken the lazy road and used the exact same gameplay mechanics of every other MMO that predates it. I am looking to BW, faithfully, to face the facts and get to work on these things, or else I will be going to GW2 on its release date. I never played GW1, but something tells me that ArenaNet will have their finger on the pulse of the MMO gaming community, whereas I kinda feel like Bioware is still sort of with the console crowd. Also, maybe ArenaNet will release a better product because they will have to sell the game based on its own accord and not because of it's name.

From what I've heard, in GW2 you also have tons of different abilities but you can only use 10 at a time. (5 weapon-based skills and 5 other types)

So which 10 you pick is up to you but that's all the slots you have to work with.