This heavy status while on mount...

... Is quite possibly the most annoying design decision in this game. I get it, you get hit on a mount, a slowdown must happen but hey if I unmount or I've literally outrun the thing and the aggro is long gone... 20 seconds of heavy and like 10-15 seconds still ticking away for no reason even if I unmount. You all know what I'm talking about. I really hope 3.0 brings out a better design direction when it comes to mounts because this current one is highly obnoxious.

EDIT - I realize the necessity of a system like this as it gives the world a greater feeling of immersion by making enemies matter in the overworld instead of you just flying by them on a mount like they don't even exist and have zero relevance to anything at all. Therefore I don't suggest there be NO system in place at all such as this, I really just want another kind of system that really gives you a feeling of immersion and danger instead of a "Oops I got heavied... *continues to run until all 20+ guys aggro has worn off... continues until heavy wears off*" Like come on the current system is completely pointless and just looks like SE is trolling us by being annoying.

"Dohoho I just slowed down the adventurer! Fufufu!"
"Ugh... just ignore the troll and keep running"... troll gets bored and gives up. It REALLY feels the same as just ignoring an internet troll lol.

I want a better feeling of immersion and I can appreciate a system like this if it feels appropriate and makes sense. The current one does not make sense to me.

I don't understand why it has to be 20 seconds. I just really don't. Cutting that in half seems more than fair.

Well if SE was really mean they would treat some hits as bind or an immediate dismount to implement some reality into the game. I don't like the time either. Could be worse though. You could be eaten! :D

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Originally Posted by KingJace

Well if SE was really mean they would treat some hits as bind or an immediate dismount to implement some reality into the game. I don't like the time either. Could be worse though. You could be eaten! :D

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How about an immediate dismount with the same RNG probability that you already have of getting a heavy? So instead of being heavied you'd just get kicked off your mount. That would actually be less annoying for me because at least I can continue running at normal speeds afterwards, outrun the aggro and get right back on my mount.

Hmm...An immediate dismount while you still have the option to sprint. You can possibly also look at a chance of still having heavy due to the fact you just got knocked off a giant bird. If you don't get heavy it was a safe landing :D if you do then you probably had some impact on the ground and you need a few seconds to get up and RUN.

The irritating thing is that every hit refreshes the debuff to 20 seconds, so if you aggro more than one monster it's perma-heavy u.u

Ah the good ol days when riding a chocobo meant no monster encounters.

Not exactly balanced either, can ensuna it off on WHM xD

It's SUPPOSED to be annoying. There's no reason you should be able to just out-run enemies with minimal to no penalty.

The debuff from every mob is just stupid. there should be a required damage percent, say 10% of max hp and the effect should be gradient. Why is it that every debuff we put on a mob is reduced to half its duration per cast but mobs get full 20sec each?

The fact that a mob can still agro when your 30+ ilvls above it is also dumb.