Auto-Defend should be optional. Needs toggle.

As the Legendary Bowlord I can definitively say that this new automatic drawing of weapon and start auto-attacking when getting damaged is something I do not need or want. I'm an experienced enough player at this point that I do not need the game to decide when I should start expending arrows on enemies that I intend to simply run right past and not fight because I'm heading to a specific destination. This new mechanic should be something that can be toggled off separately from auto-attack.

 

agreed. it is in the patch notes under the new user experience section, though, so i'm hoping it's another optional thing like the red death-fog of low hit points.

 

Right now it doesn't even work like the notes say, which is you get attack, you unsheath and auto-attack back. This is true, but only as long as auto-attack is toggled on. With it off, you ignore that you're being attacked. So I can turn it off.. but only by turning off auto-attack.. which I still want to have on. I just don't want to automatically start shooting stuff I don't want to shoot, or to be forced into drawing my bow continuously when I'm trying to get out of combat, not into more of it.

 

I love it. This is something that I've wanted for a long time.

 

This MUST stay as an option. Some people like it. Some people don't.