I agree about your points here. The server tick thing is really annoying, especially when you would have gotten it right if it just worked properly. Purify super laggy and delayed (if it even works). I guard and then a full second passes and I still get hit for 30k from a LB. On top of that, the overall sluggishness of the latency is terrible when compared to WoW or other similar games. It makes PVP really frustrating when you hit your buttons in time but it doesn't work or you still get hit/die. I also agree though that the new mode is more fun than I have ever had in PVP in FFXIV. If they can try to fix these things, it would be that much better.