ffxi gameplay was not slow

[Kallera]

If you thought ffxi combat was slow, you were that dark knight that nobody likes, super whiff fest, didn't eat food, and didn't pay attention. The rest of us were sweating bullets trying to make sure utsusemi was up, or using paralyna and haste to keep the tank alive, or making sure you stun that mob on time or your party wipes, because it only takes a split second for everything to get horribly wrong. The whole alliance can wipe if a skill chain and magic burst was missed or a bard 2 houred too soon or too late. It is those moments that are missing in ffxiv.

You assume way too much for me to be convinced you actually played this game for any appreciable length of time, much less tried out a party on the higher leve difficulties...