Either make dodging AoEs possible, or make them not instant-kills

[Tercino]

I thought the same thing until the second boss in darkhold tonight. In short, as a white mage which dodges the red circles and still gets hit, the fight's impossible. I haven't managed to dodge one, in 10+ attempts and believe me, I've been out, healthily out, a long way out of them and they've still connected. I've attempted running backward and forward constantly, only stopping to cast, and it hasn't done a damn thing. Even if the circle doesn't appear under my feet because I'm already out of it, it hits. In short, I've had to tell my static to do darkhold with another healer. I'll probably clear it when I level something which when KO'ed, doesn't lead to the death of everyone else.

I did this as a WHM with the same issue, although maybe slightly less severe. I couldn't dodge on reaction time alone. I could dodge by just running around the arena, which is what I did. Regen was my main source of healing, with the occasional cure thrown in when I knew I had time. Not the most efficient strategy, but it kept me and the DRG I was with alive (yep, I duoed it. Just shows how much easier it is when you can actually avoid AoEs, instead of eating every single thing that's thrown your way. The DRG didn't seem to have many, if any, issues).

This issue makes things really awkward. Unlike most people I found Garuda way easier than Titan, simply because all of her moves are either a) forgiving in terms of dodge timers or b) unavoidable anyway. Landslide is hit and miss when I have to dodge it from a standing start, which is not what you want from your OHKOs.

[faris]

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I'll try again right now with your strategy (Thank you!) but I got so annoyed with this, I made a video just to add an example to this thread with.
....It's completely ridiculous.