Dungeon mechanics I'd like to see

we already have gauntlets in the game - turn 2 and turn 4 are both considered that.

for other mechanics...

- a fight where the only damage done is through healing magic.
- multi-staged fights (constantly morphing battlefield, like titan, but more radical)
- more interesting enrage mechanics
- less scripting, more random fights.

Haven't you heard Yoshida's idea of hard fights when during some interview animation lag and cast times were discussed? He said, and I practically quote "You can't make hard encounters if you have long cast times on boss abilities". This, coupled with the fact that SE doesn't want to acknowledge that we're already fighting cast bars and not the graphic attack telegraphs leads to one thing only - we'll have *more* split-second twitch reaction fights in the future. More of stuff like Titan Extreme, more shapes and colors for AoEs (as seen in Acheron fight), more plumes/eruptions/lasers. They might like the idea of random, poorly telegraphed, deadly AoEs, though. Because this is SE's idea of fun.

/sarcasm off

It's probably a bit masochistic, but I'd like to see a Primal/Boss fight that required jumping to avoid an attack.

ie. Dragon using a 360 tail sweep. Jump over it, you're fine. Get hit, you're knocked off the platform ala Titan.

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Originally Posted by Swear_Bear

It's probably a bit masochistic, but I'd like to see a Primal/Boss fight that required jumping to avoid an attack.

ie. Dragon using a 360 tail sweep. Jump over it, you're fine. Get hit, you're knocked off the platform ala Titan.

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Not going to work in FFXIV.
Server doesn't understand what a jump is, and cannot register a player's position mid-air. See PvP "exploit" topics and recent "please refrain from using jump in PvP" statements.

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Originally Posted by Swear_Bear

It's probably a bit masochistic, but I'd like to see a Primal/Boss fight that required jumping to avoid an attack.

ie. Dragon using a 360 tail sweep. Jump over it, you're fine. Get hit, you're knocked off the platform ala Titan.

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Yeah, they had this in WoW... it was ground shaking that would damage/stun if you didn't jump.

I would like them to fix their proximity issues before anything else. There is nothing worse than being completely out of a damage area and still getting hit or killed. It's still not fixed even with the 2.1 change.

we need more melee friendly aoe spammer boss just like acheron!and any fights that didn't required a bird's eye view camera just like acheron!

SE is into twitch. So twitch we shall see. Sadly I older guy at 34. Lag combined with slower reaction times is making me rage at SE for Titan EX. Best is most of the time is not my fault, but someone elses for whatever reason.

+1 for twitch, great work SE. Way to invalid most skills except for reflect actions.

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Originally Posted by gadenp

SE is into twitch. So twitch we shall see. Sadly I older guy at 34. Lag combined with slower reaction times is making me rage at SE for Titan EX. Best is most of the time is not my fault, but someone elses for whatever reason.

+1 for twitch, great work SE. Way to invalid most skills except for reflect actions.

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I'm tired of it too. That's their answer to everything on this game. Let's add more colored shapes on the floor players have to dodge or they die. Why on earth so many people seem to enjoy this I have no idea.

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Originally Posted by ApolloGenX

Yeah, they had this in WoW... it was ground shaking that would damage/stun if you didn't jump.

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And if you had even 1 ping, good luck ever finding that exact pixel on the castbar of said ability to jump in order to avoid it.