Hell's Kier (Extreme) mechanics bug

Date & Time: All day, 9/18/2018
Frequency: Roughly every other attempt of the fight
World name: Midgardsormr
Character name: Can't Even
Retainer name: N/A
NPC name: N/A
Monster name: Suzaku
Class/Level: Ninja 70
Party or solo: Party
In-game time: Any/all
Area and coordinates: Hell's Kier
Housing: N/A
Steps:
1. Advance to the phase of the fight where Suzaku turns into a human.
2. When the bird appears on the edge of the arena and flies onto the letters, observe.
3. Very often, the bird will pass through a letter, but the corresponding platform will not explode, and the letter will not disappear until later.


Connection Specs
- Type of internet connection/provider: Comcast XFinity
- Modem maker/model number: XFinity Dual Band 802.11 FC

■ PC Specs

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N/A - this effects the entire party equally regardless of platform

Is it really a bug? I thought it's just a fakeout from the boss to keep you on your toes during those particular sections by not letting you know whether the first seal or second seal corresponding floor will explode first.

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Originally Posted by mosaicex

Is it really a bug? I thought it's just a fakeout from the boss to keep you on your toes during those particular sections by not letting you know whether the first seal or second seal corresponding floor will explode first.

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At first I was wondering, but the timing on it can be really inconsistent... which makes me lean towards thinking it's a bug.

This happened to my party on one of our pulls. But we did three lockouts and it was the only time it happened.

This happened on at least half of our pulls in 2 lockouts. It's very frustrating.

This happened on almost every one of my pulls with my static, and the symbol being skipped was inconsistent but it was usually the first one. Definitely very frustrating.

We did about 6 hours of Suzaku EX yesterday, progged to the "Simon" phase about 20 times or so and it was very inconsistent. Sometimes the bird would skip panels, sometimes not. It was to the point we thought it might have been some kind of mechanical tactic we didn't realize but then we got a server tick that skipped a panel in the same instant a global announcement came through. We also had issues with sever ticks causing people to stop running and explode when they were halfway through the next panel. There's definitely some sort of bug or bugs in the fight.