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One of my players told me he found spellcasting too confusing because you weren't allowed to use the same spellcasting action (eg somatic, verbal) twice in a turn and had to keep track. I don't remember this rule and can't find it - neither can he.
Pretty sure he misinterpreted something, but if it does exist I'd like to know.
There is no rule that says you can't do two somatic, two verbal, or two material actions in a turn.
Its just that all the written spells utilize some non-same combination (and, if you look at Cleric and Sorcerer, they are allowed to replace Material component actions with Somatic), typically SV.
Assuming that were true, I fail to see how that would be "confusing" rather than just "restrictive" to particular combos/ edge cases.
If it were true, Focus Conservation would be unusable with any Somatic component spell, since it requires adding Somatic action.
But I'm not aware of any such rule that would substantiate his belief, so I would chalk this one up as a classic case of false memory or inaccurate "layman's rule", which I myself have experienced while quickly learning a new system via sub-par Playtest documentation. EDIT: I think Draco18 figured out the source for his inaccurate "layman's rule".
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Confusing may have been the wrong word - perhaps he used the term "complicated." I believe the root of the complaint was that before casting two spells, you would have to check the specific components involved (which normally isn't important unless you're restrained or silenced), and if you wanted to prepare a single-action spell you would be advised to consider which of your other spells it could be cast alongside based on their components. This made decision-making unnecessarily complicated.
Glad to hear that this isn't the case, thanks.