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I'll try to answer your concerns with what info I have gathered.
As far as weapon damage and such, I haven't seen a specific answer to that question of how exactly damage of weapon (with stat bonuses of player included) will work. I do know that weapon choices will affect your ability to react to encounters. For example, a 2hnd sword with a 4 sec delay means you can't react as quickly as a 1hnd sword with a 2 sec delay. I also took this as, specials will not be spammed. You choose the special you wish to use and it goes off when the weapon is ready. It's not swing, swing, special, special+swing, swing, swing. It's either a swing because you didn't choose any special attack, or a special attack when the weapon is ready to be used.
So this leads to speed of combat. They announced that this will not be twitch based spam combat. Instead, you will be watching (via perception) what the mob is doing and what your party members are doing. You will react to what the mob does, as well as plan your own attack. Not as slow as turn based combat, not as fast as button mashing. You COULD button mash, but it won't be efficient gameplay. An extra backhand sword slash attack does you no good if you perceive the mobs next attack was to take out your healer, or summon a buddy. Unless the extra attack would finish the mob, but that's for you to try and decide.
Healers in VG will have offensive capabilities ( some more than others of course ). In fact, everyone has an offensive target they select and a defensive target. This means, a cleric will pick the mob as the offensive target and can pitch in for melee/casting, at the same time he has a defensive target selected (i.e. the tank) which he will keep alive. They have stated that they do not want healers in VG to be bar watchers like they have been in the past. Which is great considering healers are the least played/most wanted classes.
Hope that helps!
Ellestil
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