Quote Originally Posted by Kule View Post
This is two years of work, In that time if they wanted to knock up a side step it would have been done. Like I said, I remain hopeful. And yeah I realise it's in Alpha and i'm a pretty funny guy.
C'mon guy, Yoshida didn't announce 2.0 until October/November 2011 around patch 1.19. You can read Letter 21 here which is the first letter he says the words "2.0": http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...598#post457598

But you may be right about the animations. I honestly don't focus too heavily on animations except in battle so there's the difference of opinion.