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http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kirin Goes into pretty great detail of what to do. Again, there just weren't as many mechanics, so it will look like less, naturally.

The video was one example, there are many, and they existed back then. Come on, man, I googled "ffxi kirin strategy" and it was the first thing that came up. Replace Kirin with any other boss in FFXI and you'd get the same result, with the same amount of detail as an FFXIV fight.

And please, don't bring SC/MB into this. They were not difficult to perform or discover once guides were released. You just looked at it and went "Ya, that MB is strong against him, what do I have that makes it? Jim, can you do Y? I got X. Bob, you cast Z. Macro up. K." I'm not saying it wasn't a cool system mind you. But to say it was complicated is a stretch. The picture always makes it look worse than it is.