Encounter Design needs to be overhauled at a fundamental level

[Daniolaut]

Overhaul the game!

No.

Square-Enix literally just ---removed---- a lot of the mechanics core to tanking, and have been doing so steadily over the years, because people fail to perform their tasks as a tank, and constantly encourage your meme nonsense "blue dps."

Look at some famous youtube/twitch users who claim "man mode" to be wise, while the community at large fails.

Meanwhile in Japan, clear rates are higher, as they do not encourage "speed/damage", but encourage party play, and success.

Healers are now failing to perform their healing roles letting tanks and dps die to mechanics they are not failing to perform. When literally they have only 2 single target damage spells..... healing is so simple and they still let tanks and dps die to mechanics they perform correctly. Or in other words, tanks dying to auto attacks or dps dying to raid wide attacks, because healer refuse to cast healing spells.


The more responsibility Square-Enix places on tanks and healers, the more the English community fails.

What they need to do is remove all dps spells from healers entirely and make the damage come from casting heals or off globals. Or conversely make damage spells also heal the party.....



Stop asking for changes when people are failing to perform and have success at large.

People need to realize their failures, accept wipes as learning experiences and ----stop---- failing to perform their role functions and trying to ignore mechanics.