Regarding open world Heavy

[Ninix]

The point of Heavy is to discourage people from just running straight though huge packs of aggressive monsters on their chocobo without a care in the world. I don't disagree with the premise, since it's supposed to make the world feel at least a tiny bit more dangerous and you're supposed to think twice before doing it, but ultimately the game fails at this goal since mobs are too weak and their leashes are too short to make them anything more than an annoyance.

I'd be fine with the Heavy effect if mob leashes were longer and there were some enemies above level 50 roaming the world. Then it'd actually serve its purpose.

[SpookyGhost]

PLD -> dismount -> Tempered Will -> Sprint

[RowanLauron]

What's this open world you speak of? I explore all kinds of dungeons and fight savage monsters from my inn room!

[Lord_Zlatan]

PLD -> dismount -> Tempered Will -> Sprint

BLM -> dismount -> Flare -> /laugh

[Gerolan]

Anyone doing beastmen dailies myself included will be all for this, it's one of the most irritating spells for a mob to use

[TeaTimeBear]

I usually remove it on people when they get it. Randoms I don't know..pretty thankless thing that I do.

What it reminds me of is the inability to flee from a battle like in single player FF's.

[FritoBandito]

Agreed 100% with the OP. It was annoying in WoW, and it's annoying here.

Annoying is not fun. Keep it fun, SE.

NB4 Rift's stacking damage debuff. EFF THAT ISH!

[Kyros]

It should just disappear the moment you dismount.

[MurakumoMillennium]

Heavy is mostly inflicted by high level monsters (the ones near Primal grounds) or the inconspicuous ones (such as the Overgrown Offerings in South Shroud).

Heavy is inflicted by every mob in the open world capable of hitting you from behind while you're mounted. That includes lvl 1 squirrels and lady bugs.

Monster-inflicted Heavy is not subject to Diminishing Returns. This means that every time Heavy procs, you'll be slowed for 20 more seconds

That's because the "heavy" effect inflicted by being hit from behind is different from the casted spell version. The spell version of monster heavy is subject to diminishing returns.

Most, if not all Heavy inflicting attacks are ranged

That's because most, if not all, of the attacks that hit you are ranged. They can't melee you from a distance.

But yeah, I agree it's annoying when you can't just charge into a beastman stronghold solo past 50 mobs while being impervious to any and all of their attacks. They shouldn't even fight back because we can just kill them so easily!

[Odd]

I agree that heavy is nothing more than a nuisance. My way of counteracting it to always be on WHM when travelling. This way I dismount, Esuna myself, then sprint till I lose the mob and then remount.