Originally Posted by
Gemina
I don't think OP is Titanmen or any other Troll. I can actually see where this gripe is coming from. For example, the animation for Living Shadow for DRK is absolutely wonderful. Too bad it takes about a good 1.5 seconds to fully play out, which will undoubtedly clip my next GCD, so I don't ever see it fully unless I am soloing stuff. BTW, it's not the animation of the shadow coming to life that I am talking about. It's the one where the DRK rips the aether or whatever right out of their chest and then holds it up.
Other animations cause a lock though, so I think it is actually a twofold issue, but animations that lock a player in place are the truly evil. Not being able to see the animation in full is not something I would think warrants heavy consideration from the devs, but animations is definitely something the FF franchise is known for. The current GCD being longer than most other mmos is a testament that they had to compromise a bit here, otherwise we would have an even longer GCD.