SoS Normal, why the mandatory active time event?

[Jojoya]

There are some that do, that are in the msq. So yes, they would have to know before SoS.
How does a completed duty have anything to do with this? There is also auto translate, if they don't speak an official language I dunno how or why they made it this far, it's almost a guarantee someone has it macro bound and already said it. It is 100% trolling without defense.

The only solo MSQ duty with it that I can think of before you get to SOS would be Y'shtola's in Steppe and that's got an extremely generous timer to the point the only way to fail is to not click at all. That one can be easily completed with mouse clicks. SOS can't.

Do you have said macro created and ready to use yourself? If not, then how can you guarantee that one of the 6 other players in a random group is going to have it macro'd and ready to use?.

You're being hostile and unforgiving in a situation that doesn't warrant it.

They should probably keep this sort of thing in solo duties and not invite this in group content. Keep success and failure there just on figuring out and performing the mechanics and tanking/dps/healing.

I would leave it out of all content period. It's not interesting as a mechanic. It's extremely immersion breaking to be in the middle of a story combat moment just find ACTIVE TIME MANUEVER suddenly plastered over half the screen.

Want a do or die moment? Give the player the special LBs to use as they do in other solo duties. That works great, it's there on the hot bar for the player to think to use or not. You get a great special effect to watch instead of having your eyes glaze over staring at a grey button next to a bar.

[Iyrnthota]

The only solo MSQ duty with it that I can think of before you get to SOS would be Y'shtola's in Steppe and that's got an extremely generous timer to the point the only way to fail is to not click at all. That one can be easily completed with mouse clicks. SOS can't.

Do you have said macro created and ready to use yourself? If not, then how can you guarantee that one of the 6 other players in a random group is going to have it macro'd and ready to use?.

You're being hostile and unforgiving in a situation that doesn't warrant it.

SoS can be beaten with mouse clicks pretty easy.
As others have mentioned, the game cheats. The less you have in the bar, the more it gives you per click.
You only really need to click once a second really to keep up.

[TaleraRistain]

I would leave it out of all content period. It's not interesting as a mechanic. It's extremely immersion breaking to be in the middle of a story combat moment just find ACTIVE TIME MANUEVER suddenly plastered over half the screen.

Want a do or die moment? Give the player the special LBs to use as they do in other solo duties. That works great, it's there on the hot bar for the player to think to use or not. You get a great special effect to watch instead of having your eyes glaze over staring at a grey button next to a bar.

Yeah I tend to agree. It's not an interesting mechanic to react to. The effect is great, like with Cruise Chase or Shinryu or used like in Hades and SoS. But the execution leaves a lot to be desired.

If they want to keep it, maybe make it a carrot instead. Give a buff if everyone gets it like E8. Could also pair that with incorporating the stick only on the one who failed. The basic content in this game is designed that sometimes someone will need a carry, especially if it's an instance where they still require group content to progress for a player who would otherwise stay with Duty Support.