Your prob thinking alpha combat.. have you seen the new videos i linked of beta?
Combat is much faster and its much more strategic then most games.
Like I said you have to make your own class so your decisions etc is pretty customizable.
You get a stam bar and diff skills take diff stam.. so you can spam normal attack skills.
Combat is target and press a button its not twitch or aimed but still good, Will be strategic just like FFXI
SE promises plenty of extremely hardcore content just like XI.. It will make you cry!
I think combat is fine though, Its about the same speed as other mmos like WoW and Lotro but more strategic of course.