FFXIV 1.0 nostalgia (something that 1.0 did right & 2.0 didn't)

[Teeko]

2.0 combat system looks fun in the first or two months.
but now,playing with the skill rotations over and over and over again just bored me.

1.23 combat system was more playable over the long-term

I'm not really speaking for the combat gameplay-wise because well...I didn't play 1.0 or 1.23. All I can base my opinions on are what I see, so :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKS...utu.be&t=2m35s

He actually faces away from her for a fair bit and casts spells on himself. It drives me nuts with how stupid it looks

"Here you can beat me up from the back while I stand here and cast my spells. Naw I mean it, it's cool."