Its ffxiv combat really so slow and boring?

[einschwartz]

At max lvl its ok but at lower lvls it's a huge pain to the point it turns off newcomers.

This the first mmo where I come across the concept of gcd. So I can agree to this very much. I remember complaining during my trial period that I hate having to wait for gcd after every skills. It felt slow, boring, and weird to me. I played a melee and a caster until level 20 each before stopped playing.

At higher levels where you get more buttons to press and have mechanics to lookout for, it does feels better.