Do you guys like the Instadeath mechanic?

[Myrhn]

Insta dead move that are unavoidable (dodge/silence/stun):

Ifrit if nails still up
Garuda if all rock are very damage or gone
Titan if heart isn't kill
Odin last attack
Twintania rage
Titan/Demon wall because of falling damage (not really a move)

I think thats basically all of them, and most of them is a group fault not a single person and will wipe everyone not just one person. Didn't put twisters because you can actually avoid that (and should).

[Versiroth]

Wow had tons of instant death mechanics. However their AOE indicators were exact, if you weren't in it on your screen you weren't going to get hit, Period!.

If I were SE, my absolute HIGHEST priority would be fixing hit box mechanics on aoe indicators, and I mean HIGHEST, if I had to I would set content patches asside and put all hands on deck to fix the aoe indicators before doing ANYTHING else. Most people playing can't play the fights at all without preemptively moving, and it's so dumb.


And I'm sure everyones seens the hundreds of videos of people not in landslides on the other side of titans platform getting knocked off over a second after he cast it.

Server Side HitBoxing on fight mechanics is so bad, Fix it.

Quoted for truth! Making the AOE indicators client side, adding a couple seconds to the cast bars, making the indicator smaller. Any of these would help the tons of people that are dying out of the red.

[Versiroth]

Or it means using a controlled route you can still get to the datacenters in a time that it's possible, your ISP could do the same by increasing capacity, and whoever controls the transatlantic fibre (for EU players) can increase capacity we wouldn't get the slowdown, just the fact that a VPN or proxy can increase response time by the amounts some people state means the problem is not at SE but down to ISPs.

And yet this is the only game people have this issue with....

[KikInperi]

Wow had tons of instant death mechanics. However their AOE indicators were exact, if you weren't in it on your screen you weren't going to get hit, Period!.

To me, instant death mechanics are fine, but SE really REALLY needs to get on the ball with making the aoe hit boxing client side, period. SE stop worrying about people hacking fights, and worry more about making your player base happy and maybe you guys can make a game where 90% of your subs don't drop off on the first year.

If I were SE, my absolute HIGHEST priority would be fixing hit box mechanics on aoe indicators, and I mean HIGHEST, if I had to I would set content patches asside and put all hands on deck to fix the aoe indicators before doing ANYTHING else. Most people playing can't play the fights at all without preemptively moving, and it's so dumb.

And I'm sure everyones seens the hundreds of videos of people not in landslides on the other side of titans platform getting knocked off over a second after he cast it.

Server Side HitBoxing on fight mechanics is so bad, Fix it.

AMEN!
/10char

[Delsus]

And yet this is the only game people have this issue with....

Yet this is the only game with an international community, the only suggestions I have seen, except Ryios' is further segregation of the community, I already see no Japanese players, I would really hate to loose others because of the need for segregation.

Just the fact people can use a VPN and increase response time a lot says the problem isn't SE or location of the servers (well some of it) it's down to the routes used and congested routes which is the only thing a controlled VPN has over ISP routes.

[Constance]

I love instant or near instant death mechanics. It's the only mechanics that keeps the dps liable for something.

As long as they can be healed through it, they'll blame healers for their screw ups. Which is basically one of the few things dps do correctly.

[Rochetm]

As said most instant death mechanics are actually just a gear issue. All other issues would be gone if hit detection in this game wasn't so bad. Other day on titan someone was standing with me and died to a bomb but I didn't get hit. That would not happen in any other game.

I played with people all over the US and Canada during my time in WoW. Never had hit detection problems.

[JayCommon]

Insta dead move that are unavoidable (dodge/silence/stun):

Ifrit if nails still up
Garuda if all rock are very damage or gone
Titan if heart isn't kill

If you are geared enough, Ifrit's special move does not kill you if nails are still up. I survive it every time it happens with almost 1000hp. Obviously I am way too geared to still be challenged by Ifrit HM, but I'm just stating a fact. It's only an insta-death to low gear which is what a lot of people are getting at. Since Ifrit is like that, I can only imagine the other two primals you have mentioned here are that way as well. I'm curious if a full Allagan/Myth PLD would die by Titan's special if heart wasn't killed.

Doom move counts as insta-death, I guess Demon Wall Repel if you get knocked off the edge (but that is basically bad player skills) so I don't count it as insta-death. Repel does damage to you. You are supposed to not die from Repel, so it is player's fault if wiped on Demon Wall. All other instances that are given are moves that cause HP damage. If a move was truly "insta-death" there would be no need for damage indicators because you would just die. I'm pretty sure that's how it works when you die to Doom (can't remember, haven't died in that dungeon in a long time)

[Nuit]

Hate it. The most unforgiving part of the game is built on top of the most unstable part. Ugh.

[Fawkes]

I dislike how the game has a lot of high risk dodging. Titan is about as fun as taking your road test to get your license. Except if you fail 7 other people also have to take the test again.