The demo we saw today was the offline version since it was at E3. The current FFXIV server response isn’t really good what’s going to happen regarding this in 2.0?
Yoshida: First off there is misunderstanding regarding this bad server response, current FFXIV can’t perform next animation until the first one finishes and is an issue of animation engine. So even if the server response is there since the animation is not completed you can’t move or you can’t go into the next action and people say “mossari” (JP way of saying animation lag) With any MMO it’s same but the client doesn’t have to wait for server response to move and in any MMO when moving you’re not waiting for server response every time. So the “Mossari” is problem of Animation engine. We are rebuilding everything along with the effect engine.
The answer for this really gets me worried, while i understand about animation lag and that is one issue, the fact that eruptions can hit you from miles away or that it takes several seconds for an single item to be sold/traded to retainer is not related to animation and is a serious issue.