That's no intentional. I need to run out some fixes which will happen soon hopefully :d
Most animations are getting removed honestly. Since they do take unnecessary time.
Hmm, which ones?
I think he meant the attack animations, not the growth.
Now, the thing I'D love to see, is the removal of the brief delay when Emerge or Graveborn keywords trigger. But then, I suppose killing a 4000 HP boss in an infinite loop of two damage at a time should be painfully slow. As they once said, "the punishment for polypiling is polypiling."