It really is quite different from other MMO's. Just today, I found out something new from bsharp about how I am playing AvCom. The way the icons are displayed color wise, was throwing me off and we are working on a more intuitive visual representation of the icons. If you can't use them, in my opinion they should be gray.
I just found out today that if the other players balance is above yours, your attacks aren't going to do anything, so we may need to be more clear on instructing players (ME!!)on the basic system of playing avatar combat.