Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
You're the one making a huge deal out of an occasional stacking mechanic or the like, if mismanaged, possibly costing a melee some positional potency... when, yes, that risk was an explicit factor, even as far back as ARR, in melee getting higher output ceilings.
I'm not entirely sure what is making you think I'm making it a huge deal but it should be possible to get all positionals in optimized environments. Nothing matters in any other case because the DPS checks are usually not harsh enough to require you to squeeze that extra potency.

And bosses looking at the party during mechanics is not uncommon. It's strange that you would think it's a mismanagement thing. How do you hit them reliably in the mechanics I mentioned without TN? You might be able to greed one or two but if the sequence lasts around 15-20s, then it's simply impossible.

If we're going with the idea that positionals can be missed even in optimized environments, then should casts be dropped there as well? Should Swiftcast be removed for non-raise spells? No, because the entire point of both is to strive to have 100% uptime.

The more you're used to a fight, the less you should drop either of these. Besides annoying RNG, there should always be a way.

I liked it how in P3S, careful tank positioning would take care of that for the Shiva AoEs before the add phase, for instance.