Before I see any more "nitpicking ARR" threads.

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No. You're getting mixed up between bug reports and feedback.

You submit a bug report when there's a glitch or bug. You provide feedback when you want to discuss graphics, sounds, NPC dialog, difficulty inconsistencies etc.

Janky animations are EXACTLY what you would submit feedback for. Unless XIV's alpha/beta is different to every other MMO alpha/beta that is.

You're right. Bugs and Feedback are different. I'm not confusing the two at all.

The problem is, there are people providing opinions as though it were a "bug report".

People have been trying to escalate their own personal opinions to "bug" status by invoking 1.0's Alpha/Beta with the whole "remember 1.0? We thought it would be fine then, too". And they're using that as their "defense" for why they keep going on about it.

The animations being simplified/stripped down is not a game-breaking issue. It's not a bug. It was a deliberate and informed decision made as a trade-off by the developers. Certain people don't like that answer, and so they keep trying to make it sound like it's a "bug", and not just them rattling on about their own personal preferences.

People were arguing about "ugly grass" as though it's a bug that needs to be fixed, when in fact, it's not a bug at all. And again, when people say something about it, they get the "remember 1.0?" nonsense.

I read these forums plenty. I see what people say and how they present it.