Quote Originally Posted by WiiSam View Post
Pointless defense. If whatever was in ffxi should have been a basic STANDARD for ffxiv. XIV is in the stone age compared to XI which is so stupid that we all just don't want to believe it's true.
Actually, you make less sense than what I said. The examples I gave are perfectly true, but that doesn't mean you can't complain about it. Also, I played XI in it's infancy and this game has progressed faster and ascetically better with it's changes with XIV than XI. Let's not forget how long it took for XI to get to where it is. It took many years. XIV, launched, sucked and then went into full redevelopment mode. You have to consider this whether you dislike what you have now or not because it's a cold hard fact. You can't magically redesign every WS in a short amount of time.

Storm's Path, Simian, Chaos Thrust, Bloodletter, Doomspike II, Rage of Halon released (Well, sans Simian; they decided to keep that animation) and look excellent. Also, were released at the same pace as XI weapon skills (Lately they have been getting them every 6 months), which btw, isn't suffering with reconstruction in the way.

Lastly, the age of the game certainly matters. You don't start out with over the top animations in any game. Don't care what you're playing. The animations with XIV in the ending levels were awful and that was alleviated. Sorry, bro, but don't know what kind of world of ______ or any other MMO you've been living in recently that is brand new. It just never happens.