Hi everyone.

Before I say anything, I just want to say I am thoroughly enjoying FFXIV so far and plan to continue playing for the foreseeable future.

Basically, I'm posting here to get people’s opinions on the fact that Combat Animations take priority over the actual effects of the ability. This is something I've seen in other MMOs in the past and it really does ruin otherwise flawless combat systems, particularly from my point of view as a Tank in an FC progressing in Bahamuts Coil. Here are a few of the things I've noticed about animations messing with combat:
I have had to split this over a few posts due to the 1000 character limit.

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