Dragon Age II Has No Auto-Attack on Consoles

Some of you will already have found this out for yourselves playing Dragon Age II on consoles, but it seems like the auto-attack toggle was removed from consoles due to an error during mastering, Chris Priestly explains. Console users can expect/hope for it to be patched in somehow.
Auto-attack option for consoles was added in to the games late in the development cycle after the initial certification build was sent. The auto-attack functionality was sent to be added to the game for testing and approval. This was why staff said it was in game.

Due to an error during mastering, the auto-attack file was omitted during manufacture.

We apologize for this. It was meant to be in game, but it is not currently in the console versions. We are working on how best to distribute this to console users. When we have information, we will let everyone know.
DAII comes across as a particularly rushed title by BioWare standards.

Thanks RPGCodex.