First let me start by saying that it can be hard to express emotion in text... well for me anyways. and I wanted to describe my tone of voice here.

"Happy and curious" So if it comes off like I am being angry it is not my intention. So on with the thread.

There is something in FFXI that has concerned me since release.

...That I need to chase a mob around before I can hit it... if it is moving I cannot melee it until it stops moving. (If you have ranged abilities this is not an issue.)

Anyways. I still remember my first days in FFXI. Lvl 1 chasing rabbits around for 20-40 seconds (I exaggerate.) waiting for them to stop so I can hit them. I assumed this was a glitch and that it would be fixed.

Either way I only played FFXI for about 3 months before going back to EQ. (All my friends were still there, nothing against FFXI.)

So I came back in november 2010 and started a new character. I was pretty shocked to find that I still needed to have auto run ready just to chase down some mobs.

So since it has been 7-8-9 years? I want to know..

Is this by design? A Glitch? Or a limitation in the code of FFXI?

Not being able to hit something while moving is not a big deal, but I dislike it and am just curious why can't I.

Also I must note that the rabbit can kick me from 30 yards away while I am running away so it's also not fair.