Remove Enrage Timers

[Noahlimits]

This is all my opinion, so try not to take anything as fact.

IMHO, the main reason people are so hardcore about DPS and using things like parsers are because most fights have an enrage timer. Ifrit EX, Titan EX, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 all have enrage timers, therefore DPS has to be at a certain number or it's automatic failure. This causes more people to call out and rely on parsers to see who isn't doing at least X damage. If there weren't enrage timers, there would still be higher tier raiders who would want x amount of DPS (to finish fights smoothly), but most of the PF pugs and progression groups wouldn't care as much.

I understand one of the reasons for enrage timers is because otherwise parties would just stock up on 5+ healers to grind out wins in content that they aren't ready for (think t2 enrage). For this reason, I'd suggest locking in required slots for raiding (2 tanks, 2 healers, 4 dps). This would prevent one tanking strategies, but SE has shown that they don't like that in the first place (introducing forced tank swapping stacks, and what brainjack was originally supposed to do in T8 before people found a way to circumvent that).

Personally, I have nothing against enrage timers. However, it doesn't make sense to me that SE won't make their own in battle damage parsers since they put a time based enrage timer. I main a healer, so DPS means very little to me (besides the little dps I do in T6-7-8), but it still doesn't make sense to put a enrage timer and state that they don't want people harassing others due to low dps. Enrage timers are a LARGE reason why people harass others about dps. Getting rid of them won't solve the problem entirely, but it would reduce it considerably.

Would T8 still be tough without an enrage? Sure would, AOE towers + Field still provides a small challenge. Would t9 still be the most difficult fight in the game without a enrage timer? Yup.

Just to be clear, I have never used nor advocate anyone using a parser as long as they're against the TOS. It just seems really weird to have a enrage timer with that in mind. If a mod thinks differently, I emplore them to close this thread or message me so I can edit/delete it.

Anyways, just my two cents.