ffxi gameplay was not slow

[Shiyo]

Akumu, no, you are completely wrong. You don't do anything in this game, you basically spam 1-3 buttons. You don't manage your hate, you don't try to stun abilities the mob does, you don't predict damage, you don't debuff, you don't keep a buff cycle up, you don't -na silences/para's instantly preventing your tank from dying, you don't try to avoid damage so you don't mp sponge, you don't MANAGE MP(wtf seriously),you don't count/manage shadows, you don't cure inbetween mob attacks(takes perfect timing),you don't cast inbetween mob attacks, you don't WS after someone else does to skillchain with them without actually timing it with text/asking other person their TP for increased threat as a tank, you aren't keeping track of mob respawns in your head so you know where to go to pull the next mob so you keep the chain, you aren't constantly looking around for mob respawns, you aren't judging when you should disengage to go pull another mob and if youll bring it back before the current mob dies(perfectly timing it or tanking it for a few seconds with ichi - > ichi or ni - > ichi - > ichi - > ni etc), you aren't trying to keep an exp chain going, you aren't timing all your burst/ws/cds to kill a mob really fast to keep the chain going when a pull took too long, you aren't pacing yourself to keep up with the mob respawn rate so you can keep the chain, etc etc. I could go on FOREVER.

You pretty much do nothing. You can zone out and not pay attention at all and play this game perfectly fine.