I personally love the battle system. Too slow? God are we hoping for another "You are god, you make enemies quake with fear" MMO. Where you can slaughter mass amounts of mobs with little to no problem? That is and was one of the best features of XI to me. The fact that you weren't stupid powerful. You actually had to fear that cute little rabbit @ 75. Here, its not so scary, but that's because there's no penalty for dying. +1 to the new battle system (Thank god no more of that smash 1 50 times crap) Gla is actually fun to play and solo with now. Can't wait for Jobs.