5.3 Preliminary Patch Note

[Goji1639]

It's an early stage teacher and I'm guessing you haven't done Rathalos or any side content whatsoever. Also it's honestly stupid to make or go into content and just know what to expect all the time. Otherwise why do it? What is there to gain other than tomes? It's something to learn and adapt to. Otherwise just play a walking simulator.

A mechanic that has no tells and kills you outright isn't a teacher; it's just an extremely lazy method of creating difficulty.

If you want to create a mechanic with no tells, that forces you to adjust after the fact, then it absolutely should NOT be a 1 hit kill. A mechanic giving you no opportunity to adjust and learn doesn't exist to teach; it exists to be a cheesy unavoidable death for new players.

[Theodric]

A mechanic that has no tells and kills you outright isn't a teacher; it's just an extremely lazy method of creating difficulty.

If you want to create a mechanic with no tells, that forces you to adjust after the fact, then it absolutely should NOT be a 1 hit kill. A mechanic giving you no opportunity to adjust and learn doesn't exist to teach; it exists to be a cheesy unavoidable death for new players.

There aren't really any mechanics in the game that lack a tell. Even those without orange AoE indicators have a specific tell attached to them. Usually involving the enemy in question moving or standing a certain way. To say nothing of the fact that there's usually a cast bar.

Typically people learn through trial, error and memorisation.

[Goji1639]

There aren't really any mechanics in the game that lack a tell. Even those without orange AoE indicators have a specific tell attached to them. Usually involving the enemy in question moving or standing a certain way. To say nothing of the fact that there's usually a cast bar.

Typically people learn through trial, error and memorisation.

If there's a visual tell, or something in it's name/castbar, that informs you coincounters attack will be a 360 degree avoidable AoE from his center then I stand corrected. Otherwise it's just a cheeseball unavoidable death with no tell as to what it is.

If the point of the attack is that you HAVE to be hit by it to learn what it does and adjust accordingly, then it PROBABLY shouldn't kill you in one hit.

[Lium]

I know this is a minor thing, but I’m really glad I get to increase the mouse cursor size. I lose it sometimes during big fights in dungeons and raids with all the effects going on.

[StriderShinryu]

I know this is a minor thing, but I’m really glad I get to increase the mouse cursor size. I lose it sometimes during big fights in dungeons and raids with all the effects going on.

You're not alone. That was probably the unknown thing in the patch notes that made me the happiest.

[Gula]

If there's a visual tell, or something in it's name/castbar, that informs you coincounters attack will be a 360 degree avoidable AoE from his center then I stand corrected. Otherwise it's just a cheeseball unavoidable death with no tell as to what it is.

If the point of the attack is that you HAVE to be hit by it to learn what it does and adjust accordingly, then it PROBABLY shouldn't kill you in one hit.

Do you know what a tankbuster is? I would think so, since you have an 80 DRK. The person healing you does not need to be told what nearly killed you every time it happens, there is no AOE, and you, playing DRK, should know when to use TBN. By your argument, tankbusters fall into not having indication you're about to be hit with visuals.

Telegraphed attacks, especially one's with a big arm swipe like Hades', are learned and adapted into later content. They're the tank busters for the party.

[Kuroka]

And why would this be a bad thing? People learn at different rates and aoe markers do nothing but make the game more accessible.

The whole "It was hard in my time / it was hard for me so it HAS to be hard for everyone else" is nothing more than gatekeeping and it needs to end.

No, just no. There has to be a limit and a point where you gotta improve...

[Roda]

If there's a visual tell, or something in it's name/castbar, that informs you coincounters attack will be a 360 degree avoidable AoE from his center then I stand corrected. Otherwise it's just a cheeseball unavoidable death with no tell as to what it is.

If the point of the attack is that you HAVE to be hit by it to learn what it does and adjust accordingly, then it PROBABLY shouldn't kill you in one hit.

I mean without the harsh punishment it's at best annyoing, and at worst ignoreable.

You dont' lose much by dying. This isn't some crap game where you lose hours of progress in unrelated content if you die anywhere (deleveling). You simply just have to get up and try again and learn from your mistakes.
If you want to progress, pass the test and just don't get hit by the thing you know kills you.

If you couldn't learn by dying in one hit to an untelegraphed attack, no one would be able to clear extremes/savages.

[Goji1639]

Do you know what a tankbuster is? I would think so, since you have an 80 DRK. The person healing you does not need to be told what nearly killed you every time it happens, there is no AOE, and you, playing DRK, should know when to use TBN. By your argument, tankbusters fall into not having indication you're about to be hit with visuals.

Telegraphed attacks, especially one's with a big arm swipe like Hades', are learned and adapted into later content. They're the tank busters for the party.

Tankbusters aren't 1 hit kills, and tanks have tons of "just in case" mitigation they can pop even if they don't know exactly what's coming.

Coincounter is actually 1 hit killing melee DPS with a move that has absolutely no tell as to what it is or what it will do. That's BS.

I'll repeat, if an attack is something you need to learn by actually being hit by it then it should NOT be a 1 hit kill. If an attack is going to be a 1 hit kill then it needs a telegraph.

I mean without the harsh punishment it's at best annyoing, and at worst ignoreable.

You dont' lose much by dying. This isn't some crap game where you lose hours of progress in unrelated content if you die anywhere (deleveling). You simply just have to get up and try again and learn from your mistakes.
If you want to progress, pass the test and just don't get hit by the thing you know kills you.

If you couldn't learn by dying in one hit to an untelegraphed attack, no one would be able to clear extremes/savages.

Death means you can't adjust, and it being in easy content means the group probably won't wipe, so you won't even get a chance to retry and adjust. Pretending that's a learning environment is ridiculous; it's just the laziest possible way to add difficulty to a boss fight for new players.

I'm not saying it's broken and needed to be changed, but I'm still glad they did change it because the way it works is dumb.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Tankbusters aren't 1 hit kills, and tanks have tons of "just in case" mitigation they can pop even if they don't know exactly what's coming.

Coincounter is actually 1 hit killing melee DPS with a move that has absolutely no tell as to what it is or what it will do. That's BS.

I'll repeat, if an attack is something you need to learn by actually being hit by it then it should NOT be a 1 hit kill. If an attack is going to be a 1 hit kill then it needs a telegraph.

Tank busters are most certainly 1hkos in content that matters. And no, they can't just pop mitigation whenever...


And frankly, if it doesn't kill you, or be followed by something that will, then you won't learn, because why avoid something that doesn't kill you.