alternative to Walk casting

[Valence]

But like walking casts are right there, and have proof to back them up whether or not you agree with their implementation or not. As others have pointed out, FFXIV is unfortunately just not equipped for such granular mechanics as you are describing. They could be neat, but game limitation. Dash attacks could also be cool, but have to be handled with care, and attention.

To their defense, the kind of action they're describing already exists in XIV and has been seen in the christmas events where you had to conduct an orchestra and press the keys being displayed at the most precise moment. The closest to the good timeframe, the better the score for each press.

I mean how is it normal that casters in this game don't really cast?

How is it normal that melees generally care like 5% about melee range in a whole boss fight?

Healers don't heal.

This game has some design issues. At this point if they don't want to, like you say, make the roles more "normal", then giving each a "gimmick" might actually be a really really good idea.

Things being shitty aren't an excuse to make them even more deplorable, but as shown in many threads, it comes down to subjective tastes.