An open petition / discussion about Animation Lock and FFXIV

[Rowyne]

and they are a path to easy mode, where no strategy is involved. No matter how you try to sugar it, your changes would make things even worse.

Don't confuse bad game mechanics with strategic gameplay.

Removing animation lock would allow players to make critical split-second decisions. I find that more challenging than having to plan on being frozen in place.

I bet you hated when they removed the animation lock from switching between passive/active mode? Boy, that really gimped my gameplay and turned it into easy mode. </sarcasm>