I'm happy there is some attention being focused on battle animations however simply increasing the size of the animations is not going to cut it. I understand there are still a few things to work out that may take higher priority than what an attack or spell looks like but please for the love of god don't take the easy/lazy way out. Like the OP mentioned FFXI's are original & eye-catching when compared to FFXIV's lackluster animations (AM wtf happened there?), This is a next gen MMO please take your time & redo the battle animations so they can be as visually breathtaking as the rest of the game.