Quote Originally Posted by Navei57 View Post
If you are stuck in 'animation lock' during the Ifrit fight then it's really your fault for being there. There is really no reason to be stuck on animation lock, ever, if you know when to use weaponskills and so forth.
Yes, but when the fight is built around positioning and quick timing, Animation Lock becomes less a strategic aspect, more a development flaw. They're fighting themselves with the old + new. They want action where you have to position yourself correctly, yet they're building this content over old servers and animation lock which are keeping people from doing their best. When you have to sit back from doing attacks because of animation lock where you're stuck recovering from the animation that should have finished at the same time the damage was dealt, then it becomes a problem. It's not so much not wanting the reality of getting hit during a WS, it's more the reality of wanting: "WS and Animation need to end at the same time".