O3S Tweak: Increase Tether Mindjack Window

[Auteur]

For those in the know, the mindjacks after phase 2 involving tether to totems (this begins at phase 5) is quite a short window (maybe 3 seconds) from the time the tether declares to the execution of the mindjack. It's not hard for people without tether but for people who get tethered it is a very short window requiring above-average reflexes (have to find totem, move to spot, and orient camera in those few seconds). It would mean the world to staticless folks, PUGs, and even statics to increase the time between the tether declaration and the execution of the mindjack (heck, double it).

This would be make it a heck of a lot easier to teach the mechanic to people since some people just can't learn it without seeing it even with the best diagram/word descriptor (I personally have a great explanation of the square, but when I use the term diameter some people get the math trauma and tune out). As is it is practically impossible to teach the totem-tether mindjack on the spot because the window is so dam short.

This would also stop punishing people who understand the mechanic but simply don't have the above-normal reflexes required to execute all these actions in such a short period (think A3S). This small tweak would mean the world of difference and would really help out deserving folks get their O3S clears.

[Velthice]

Don't worry, I'm sure they'll nerf it in 3.2.

[Lilseph]

Yes, my group had issues with it but with some practice you get it down. You have plenty of time to see WHAT debuff you get. From there, just go to the center-ish of the AoE. If you're tethered, just get close to your add and face accordingly. You don't have to move in an L position depending on what forced march you get. You can move diagonally all the time (Or viceversa, depends on what's easier for you), standing on the AoE and facing the right direction before the march resolves.

Even after it resolves and the mindjack debuff is gone, you have a couple of seconds to re-adjust, either to get inside the safe zone or to move a couple of steps farther to minimize the damage from the token.