Cinder drift critique: top heavy mechanics are the wrong way to go *minor spoliers*

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SQ you really REALLY need to tell your fight designers that multi wipe mechanics with stupid short enrage timer windows on top like this are not fun. Forcing your players into perfect execution of mechanics instead of perfect execution of their job role and knowing your class (not that there is much to know after tanks and heals got dumbed down) is the wrong direction to go.

I prefer fights with diverse mechanics and steep penalties for failing to do them correctly (but not so steep that failing just once will kill you outright, unless the tell for the mechanic is very obvious). 5.2 brought a lot of very interesting bosses. Also class rotations need better tells - I'd rather keep my eyes on the fight than glued to my hotbars watching when abilities are coming off cooldown.

There is no skill in rote memorization of a wipe mechanic.

So instead you want lame, easily avoidable mechanics during which you can press your DPS buttons in a memorized sequence? God forbid having to dodge a mechanic and getting out of phase with the rotation.