Quote Originally Posted by PangTong View Post
Firstly, Riddle of Fire. The buff feels strong, but because it comes with the reduction to weaponskill speed, it is very jarring to use, both when it activates and when it ends. Playing MNK for 2 years, I have become accustomed to a natural "cadence" in MNK's combos. The next correct action comes naturally, and I can hit it without looking at my bars because the recast time of the combos has a set rhythm. Riddle of Fire messes with this. Suddenly my actions come half a second later than I expect, which means if I continue to try and flow with the rhythm of the job, I'll hit my skills too early and they won't go off. I have done this many, many times so far. It forces me to pay special attention to my combos during Riddle of Fire, which is bothersome, since most of the time I need to be focusing on the boss mechanics.
This, so much this. This is the reason I absolutely loathe RoF.
"But it's only a half second difference", yes and as a fighting game player I can tell you that even changing the timing by 1 frame (16ms) is enough to throw you off when you're used to something. So imagine what a difference in 30 frames would do.

And I don't care what YoshiP says, playing in Savage won't change this.