Please dont just stand there. Learn to move.

[NanaWiloh]

Oh, I wholeheartedly believe Damage Downs are a response to Ifrit Soccer where even JP's strat was to eat the vuln stack because it did so little damage. I actually prefer this approach, though I think they went a little too overboard with it.



Actually, the lack of damage is precisely the issue. Vuln stacks are supposed to be the game's ways of punishing you. If the increased damage is negligible, players have little incentive to care. The only "example" being shown is the mechanic doesn't matter, which is SE's fault not the playerbase. I'm much more mindful of say, mobs in higher floors of Deep Dungeon because they'll pound me into the ground if I'm not. That feedback gives me incentive to care. Hence why I do. Meanwhile, Shadow Doggo doing 10% extra damage doesn't because I have a 200k HP pool and he's hardly put a dent in it.

Mechanics should be respected now, not when they actually hurt. When SE makes things actually hurt the negative side of this idea will rear its ugly head. Old habbits die hard, so the more players who think its OK to stand in AOE now. The harder its going to be break players of it when mechanics hurt. Saw this happen in WoW going from wrath to Cata, dungeon difficulty jumped back to BC levels. Community lost its mind over the difficulty and all the players who couldnt handle it.