Am I the only one bothered by gliding?

[Zaft]

Correction, latency was horrible.

I think you misunderstand what they meant. In 1.0 you had to finish the full animation before you could move again. That means if you were doing a long animation attack and something like Eruption spawned under your feet, you were simply SOL. You had to memorize the timing of attacks and know how long you had between each so you wouldn't get caught with your pants down.