i am not really that hooked on for ffxiv :/ i played beta, played my chars but its still not hooking me
I think the one functional gripe I have about FFXIV is the global cooldown on (most) skills.
I try to give it the benefit of the doubt, and that I haven't done enough end-game-y things yet, but having a level 50 chara with tons of available skills populating the UI window panes, but then also having them all flash inactive and having to choose the *one* action I want to do next might grow stale after a while.
Again, I'll see how well it works for me--all the 'buff' actions are still available, and there are a couple of non-cooldown-dependent skills, and maybe the 'environment' positioning aspect will be played up higher later as a strategic distraction. It's just as Vyre (and I think Eikechi) mentioned before, though--I found the individual skill cooldowns in 1.23 (aka "icon whack-a-mole" of pressing buttons as they sequentially light up) to be more fun and engaging to me. :p