Yeah, you can go into first person mode... which is kinda a hiderance in a game where you need eyes in the back of your head...
What they mean by auto-attack is that once you hit the command to begin the fight your toon will attack repeatedly at intervals based on your weapon's speed and your DEX until either you or the mob is dead. There is no way in this game to each single one of your regular old run of the mill physical malee attacks. Arguing about this is utterly useless, we play the game everyday, we know how the combat system works
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Edit: The "" looks too friendly...