Quote Originally Posted by Raldo View Post
Not saying this is 100% correct, but I'll take a stab at it.

I'm pretty sure it was removed because it was causing the server to figure out your position slower, as well as making movement feel... sluggish. Need to quickly move out of the way of Ifrit's Eruption? Hold on there... accelerating... moving... decelerating... BOOM! When fractions of a second count, sometimes you have to sacrifice some realism.
I believe your right! However an animation will not make the server take longer to figure your position in the game.

The extra animation, while visually pleasing, does take up extra time in a characters movement. And with players that are subject to high ping. These few milliseconds can add up to almost half a second or more. With players with 200ms pings this can be hard for players that are overseas.

Personally I am okay with the extra time to display the animation.