You wanna see a pro Tales player? This guy. '_'

Obviously, all 3 of you haven't played Tales of Symphonia or some of the more older games.

I'd have to agree entirely, though the only Tales I loved was Destiny.

I've beaten Symphonia on the hardest setting, as well. The only games of the series I've played have been both Destinies and Symphonia. There's no need for condescension, here.

It is very very very (and I can't stress enough..) very unlikely to do a chain of combos and repeat. There are 3 tier level skills, lv1, lv2, lv3. You can chain them up in that very order, after a lv 3 tech has been used, you cannot go back to any other skills. It's basically a finisher. Only in some instances can you combo.

In ToS, there is a way to achieve max combos , and that's by using a Hourglass combined with Tempest, along with other skills:

I realize how the gameplay works, and I still agree with Dusk. It's little more than memory and timing, though those could be considered skills in themselves.