Quote Originally Posted by Lerris View Post
For one thing, the new animations will not be implemented in 1.18, but 1.19. So it will look goofy at first. And the video is a system cobbled onto the old animations rather than the complete system with all new animations.

For another, you make an assumption in your initial post that the delay is intentional. I believe it's not intentional and is a consequence of poor network responsiveness, as all commands have to bounce to the servers and back before they engage. It's been discussed elsewhere that the UI is server-side rather than client-side, which other games don't do because it causes severe performance issues.
You're correct about the UI being server-side rather than being client-side. Yes, that causes delay/lag to a degree. However, there is intentional delay. That video is directly from Square Enix meaning they are playing directly on the server so there shouldn't be any delay at all due to poor network response. It was the same in FFXI. They intentionally slow it down to make it feel more like their older FF games and to be unique from all the other MMOs out there. I do not mind the slower battle system as long as it's fun like in FFXI. (Chain kills, chain spells/skills, teamplay, CC, hate control, etc)