I agree with you, Doc. I still don't really understand what happened in FFXIV's development that stunted its growth, but all I know is that there's really nothing AAA about the game yet. We need battles like the one you posted!

...which I do not doubt will be coming in 1.19 and beyond! But sometimes I do wonder whether FFXIV will ever truly grow into a game worthy of the Final Fantasy name So far, the game is pretty unimaginative.