Change "animation locks" (makes the game too slow)

[dotsforlife]

This game is anything but fast paced. It was designed with a 200ms delay in mind. FFXIV is rather slow compared to basically the majority of global cooldown mmo's out there. I will agree though that it is rather annoying that certain actions/fights are determined by animations while others by a cast bar/visible marker. There needs to be a set standard.

[Berethos]

This game is anything but fast paced. It was designed with a 200ms delay in mind. FFXIV is rather slow compared to basically the majority of global cooldown mmo's out there. I will agree though that it is rather annoying that certain actions/fights are determined by animations while others by a cast bar/visible marker. There needs to be a set standard.

The majority of global cooldown MMOs out there are just 1 second faster (oh, that is sooo much faster /sarcasm) and aren't designed around fitting 1-2 abilities frequently in between that 2.5 second base cooldown.

[Remus]

The majority of global cooldown MMOs out there are just 1 second faster (oh, that is sooo much faster /sarcasm) and aren't designed around fitting 1-2 abilities frequently in between that 2.5 second base cooldown.

You would be surprised how much faster it actually is and what difference it makes. It is quite noticeably faster when you have played a MMO with 1/1.5 GCD then switch to FFXIV. It's why its one of the main complaints with the game being slow and asking to decrease the GCD.