Quote Originally Posted by TDawnstar View Post
Compare the speed of resolution of, for example, the final boss of Malikah's well (the "5 cercles or crosses" part) with the X/O phase on the first boss of Alexandria. Now tell me they are the same.
They both give you around 7 seconds to react to the telegraph.

Alexandria's mechanic resolves much more quickly once it starts, but reaction time is completely irrelevant at that point.