Should they remove positionals at this point?

[Tigerlilley]

Except that they're not really. They may not be completely broken and unplayable, but they're not ideal either.

Positionals are an interesting idea, but the reality is that they're often more annoying than fun or challenging. Boss has back AoEs, or spends a lot of time moving, or randomly turning, or whatever? That's not skill, just frustration.

Completely disagree. I've raided Monk through since T1 through all Savages and Ultimates. Positionals are both challenging and rewarding to get right as well as being an integral part of melee jobs. I swear to god no one on this forum is happy until everyone is a 1,2,3 rotation you can just faceroll and no one needs to be accountable for their own gameplay. Waaah, everything is too hard. Nerf jobs. Nerf savage. Nerf primals. Nerf story trials. Sigmascape Savage was hands down the worst raid tier in this game, boring, uninspired, clearable within a week. 2 of those fights were no positionals and it didn't make either of them better.

If the boss has back aoes or spends time moving, you learn the fight and where to optimise True North. If its randomly turning, talk to your tank.

No wonder dev's only listen to the Japanese. They actually take the time to learn and practice their jobs.