Why is this game so slow? (gcd)

[McStagger]

I never said age was an indicator, you did.

Where did I say age was an indicator? You'll have to quote me because looking back through my comments, I am not seeing it. I do see where you mention the age of FFXI as if it is somehow relevant quoted below.

FFXI is how old? I started playing FFXI back in 2003 and quit in 2006, then immediately went to WoW. Yeah WoW, that one game with a 1.5 second gcd.

And while FFXIV does have some some similar mechanics to WoW, that does not in any way mean there is a requirement that any of the similar mechanics be exactly the same, faster or slower.