Reflecting on SWTOR and XIV

[casker]

I think some of it comes down to (god forbid because we all hate it) but the animation locks and spell movement locks.. with SWTOR I can jump around, do instants, hell not even face stuff and kill it.

Animation locks aren't necessarily bad, but in FFXIV they were exacerbated by the ridiculously clunky and laggy client, and having locks where they aren't necessary. GW2 for example, on the other hand, has hardly any animation locks but that game is way too floaty and spastic.