yes it is , i said before, you are mixing the concept of cruel and hard
for example: ff hard in a way that don't show up the debuffs or buffs on players. all you can do is to check the log window all the time.
i'd say this is very cruel for your eyes!
on the other side, wow makes the fight very dynamic, how you control your character effectively is the key to win the fight including pve and pvp. compare to ffxi , auto-atk... except skillchain, wow has almost everything ffxi has(debuff, buff), and wow has way more crowd control abilities (sheep,hex,fear,shackle, roots, hibernate, banish,seduction,chains of ice, feral charge,Wing clip,frost trap, mind flay,earthbind totem, kidney shot, cheap shot,charm,cyclone,frost nova,sap,slow.......) which make every fight to have versatile strategies.
ff11 is the slow mode , even when you run and accidentally passing by another character will have the collision effect that obstruct you from running smoothly, how can this make the fight more dynamic? huh?