Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
Wow.
You know what. Never mind.

You're right Rokien.

Reading that thread was such a disappointment. Someone notices the animations are gone in 2.0, and then people flood to defend square saying it's not even done. Then it turns out that they removed it on purpose, and everyone still praises them and this lack of foresight. Then someone makes a thread asking for the animations to stay, and you all jump at him like a pack of angry pigs.

It doesn't have to be an all or nothing situation. A simple cancel animation command any time a new movement is activated would fix this just fine.
this is really not news to people paying attention
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/107...-Transcription

SE: The current plan, when we're redesigning the servers, is to have a system where there's difficult tactical battles. Like the Ifrit battle, he wants to make end content closer to this - where it's all about the positioning is important and where response is immediate so you have to decide in one second where to make these moves...