Put items on the GCD -- PLEASE!!!

[GilbertLapine]

So, I don't know if there are any crazy item users out there, but as it stands items are quite literally useless (at least according to myself, and the consensus in shout chat on Balmung, lol). The CD is so incredibly long that they aren't worth taking up space on the hotbar (unless you rock 4 or 5 rows, in which case mad props to you), and if you ever run into a situation where they would actually be useful it takes so long to rummage through your inventory and find them that theyre almost unusable.

It'd be really great to have items be a useful part of this Final Fantasy -- devs, PLEASE put items on the GCD, or if you feel so inclined give them their own CD. Even if you have to nerf item effects, can you look into this?

I mean, if they aren't going to be useful then fix them, or just take them out, because right now they're little more than a novelty (and a lame quest reward when no other options are given..).

The one possible exception to this is the buff potions, but i've been saving them up for a special occasion so the jury is still out on those.

this would make the game dominated by item stacking

enemy too hard? just stack x-potions and elixirs

I refer you to the "nerf items if needed" comment in my original post. It wouldn't be that hard to avoid item stacking, not that Final Fantasy hasn't been about that in the past or anything...