Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
A soft enrage is jsut giving more forgiveness for lackluster mechanics or dps in a group, and I dont mean the DPS role. I mean broadly. A hard enrage is pretty much the "You didnt win in the time allotted, time to die and reset." Soft enrages are like "Well you guys look like your trying so here's a bit of extra time that if your healers are geared enough can live through (and even LB through if need be.)" Pretty much a soft enrage just means youre allowed to die and make more mistakes and still clear. Im not even a great raider and I dont want soft enrages to be the thing. I want hard enrages. I want the boss to say "Tough luck, now die." and one shot everyone.
With hard enrage, there is no chance of making a coming back. If you get behind in dps for whatever reason, you lose. There is no chance to comeback.

In sports, they don't end the game because team A didn't score X amount of points in the first quarter. They can still make that up later and win. The mechanics of FFXIV don't allow you make a comeback. It's be perfect or wipe. Reality is, players are not perfect. Just like Tom Brady does not complete 100% of his passes.

Some of the funnest fights I've had in this game is where things go south and we're able to pull it back together and win. With enrage timers, fights can be done 1 way and 1 way only. This makes them extremely static and cause them to get boring fast.