Originally Posted by
muppetpilot
I understand that you like the game and wish to defend it and that's fine, but your statement about the GCD "complaint" coming from people who "know very little" is categorically untrue. Speaking only for myself here, I am 38 and have been gaming for 30 of those years; I count nigh-innumerable MMOs amongst the games I have played, FF Xiv included.
The 2.5 second GCD is simply too long for some of us. It's a matter of opinion, not a matter of us being "know-nothings" or "noobs" or whatever term you prefer. It has naught to do with how much time or knowledge of the game's lore one has. The GCD is slow, and that's that. Now, you may like it, and apparently many others do, but suggesting that folks like me who left the game because of its slow combat pace are uninitiated or short on knowledge is just fanboi crap.