Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
It's a hindrance, because in standard you have to slowly turn your player around with the mouse, which takes about 1 second. Then you can start running forwards out of the aoe. By the time you have done that, it has been 2 seconds. Casts are typically 3 seconds, and some of that is taken up by ping, so you are just barely avoiding it.

In contrast, while in legacy, you just press "S" to run out of the aoe. You can do it one-handed in 1 second. Because you have 2 seconds left, you can delay it for uptime and move out at the last moment.

It makes the game significantly easier on a keyboard/mouse. A large part of the difficulty for most keyboard/mouse players is created by being in standard mode tbh.

There are some people that find standard better but they seem like a minority, because anyone I teach about legacy usually finds it transformative to their gameplay.
It's really only a hindrance if you aren't used to it. I've played MMOs for over 20 years now using standard. My issue in XIV is legacy turns my character left or right when I am trying to strafe while still facing the boss (or away from the boss). I also use both WASD and mouse for movement so the time to turn is just as quick as with legacy.

I think people should certainly try it out and see if it works, but shouldn't feel bad (or at times be mocked or degraded by others) if it just doesn't jive with them. I've never subscribed to the idea of "you must do x or y" with controls because a setup that works for one person won't always work for others and people should find what is going to work best for their unique situation.