Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
Less busy, actually. Back in HW you had flank and rear positionals you had to do, else you lost a LOT of potency, and Fang and Claw and Wheeling Thrust were completely random on which one you would get, so you were constantly having to prepare to move. Plus Heavy Thrust was still a thing and you had to get a flank positional to get that sweet damage buff from it. And that's not getting into certain other hells DRG had to deal with back in the day...
HW has less positionals over the 10 step GCD than SB and later, 40% for HW as opposed to 50% for SB onwards. You can say, yes, you lost more potency, but in regards to being busy, potency is irrelevant as you either go for the positional or you don't. You could argue with the addition of True North, that makes you more busy as it is something else consider whilst doing a fight.

Also, Heavy Thrust and Impulse Drive mandatory positionals were removed in 2.45:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...cf56b933b99601

You still get the Heavy Thrust buff even from rear and Impulse Drive is now guaranteed to continue the combo, with the rear positional now being moved to Chaos Thrust for a potency increase.

As for which one is busier, I'm not going to comment, however, I don't think it is as cut and dry as you are making it out to be.