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| JRPGfan said: wow combat is very differnt... No more auto attacking while moveing, you have to stay stationary to attack at all. Most healing is via makeing enemies drop potions?
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This isn't the first time they've tried an alternative healing concept. They did it in XCX too. Most healing is done via the Soul Voice system. I think it comes down to the fact that Sharla was a rather unpopular character in most people's parties in the original XC. I imagine you will still be able to, if you wish, have a character with some good healing abilities without the combat-driven healing system, there just won't be a dedicated healer.
And the combat is different but the foundations are still similar. What I like is that auto attacks charge your arts but your other blades charge on a timer and when they fully charge, all their arts are charged. So you actually have at any given time 3 arts charging via auto attacks and up to 6 charging via timer. I also like that you now have 2 kinds of chain attack, the new kind where the elemental specials can be chained together for a big finish in real time and the old school chain attack from XC that lets you instantly launch your high level arts.
