Look, FMAB is an epic tale. I really enjoy watching it, but there is just something that really disappoints me every time I watch another episode: The pacing is too damn fast! The only thing they accomplished with this series is to tell the story of the manga as fast as they could...Like a heroine shot straight in the veins...
I loved the first series: FMA. Even though the plot was different there were so many more moments that really captivated me emotionally! But I couldn't feel any of this in FMAB...They could easily have made 100 episodes without one single filler, but somehow they chose to create a lite version of the manga... That's why I would rank FMA higher than FMAB...
Although I can't wait to know how the story ends (I'm currently at 51), I know that the "magic" that really captivated me has long been gone in this anime....
Somehow I have a feeling that not a lot of people seem to have issues with the fast pacing, so it may be some little whinig of a veteran FMA fan :P