Why do you fail at Hashmal?

[Minako_Nightsong]

I think one of the things that add to the difficulty and affects many players is the lack of visibility. In many fights, you can see the full area so you have a better idea where stuff is and where not to go. With Hashmal you can't really get a full view of the field and the various towers, bells and such block an awfully lot of what can be seen. I know I spend probably as much time to reposition my view to avoid mechanics as I do focusing on targets.

I die to his flaming fist mechanic almost every time and a lot of what you said is the cause of it. As soon as a notice he jumps and I start towards the middle whipping my camera around to find him. I see him and start my run away from his fist side and bam, too late! This is the only fight in the game I pull my camera all the way out and it still gets me. I don't die to the other boss's stuff at all or any of Hash's other mechanics.

I also do not understand how you can see the fight every single second. Even on a red mage, I need to look at my bar to see procs and cooldowns and stuff. When I am a white mage I need to keep my eye on the party and alliance bars. Even if I put this bar literally in the middle of the screen I still need to look at it for a second.

[Sebazy]

I also do not understand how you can see the fight every single second. Even on a red mage, I need to look at my bar to see procs and cooldowns and stuff. When I am a white mage I need to keep my eye on the party and alliance bars. Even if I put this bar literally in the middle of the screen I still need to look at it for a second.

A lot of it comes down to reflexes and how fast you can do these things. Remembering to hit sprint is also a huge help. I suspect playing with mouse and keys is also quite the boon as I can swipe the camera from one side to the other almost instantly.

[Deceptus]

I think one of the things that add to the difficulty and affects many players is the lack of visibility. In many fights you can see the full area so you have a better idea where stuff is and where not to go. With Hashmal you can't really get a full view of the field and the various towers, bells and such block an awfully lot of what can be seen. I know I spend probably as much time to reposition my view to avoid mechanics as I do focusing on targets.

Pretty much this. If they'd do red warning areas people would instantly know where to go but for some reason the SE Dev team has shied away from them to artificially enhance "difficulty".

[MisterSpamtastic]

for me personally, the flaming arm and circles get me. for the arm i usually rotate the camera past where he appears before he shows up and by the time the camera pans around again he's already charging through the area. i suffer from this in any fight where this is a thing (like nidhogg ex) i could follow the other people but half of them are usually running the wrong way anyways. as for the red circles i usually find myself in a cluster of them and even trying to sprint out is usually futile because someone ends up running the same way as i do just a little ahead of me causing the 2nd circle to appear under me as i run. generally just bad luck.

[KaivaC]

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Seems like a nerve was touched. My point still remains. Generally, you'll know when you have new players in a run when you get a bonus message. I'm not referring to those runs, because I'll help out when I can if I see a bonus message. And notice I did not include the Crystal Tower or Void Ark raids. Those, I can understand because a lot of players coming in now rushed through ARR and HW to be able to access SB. I don't mind that. This is not being condescending...this is me sharing an opinion that others have that I agreed with, and have decided to openly share.

I am not suggesting that all casual players are bad, only a general huge portion. And I did ask why it appears that way, and many players here have shared their thoughts, which I respect and understand. Visual indicators, camera issues, monitor resolutions, spacing out...yes, I can understand that. I wonder, though, if that applies to whole parties? What is the reason when it happens to an entire party? Not talking about back in October - talking about now, when you don't have a bonus message for new players.

[Tridus]

Generally, you'll know when you have new players in a run when you get a bonus message.

You don't reliably get bonus messages in Rabanastre for some reason.

[KaivaC]

You don't reliably get bonus messages in Rabanastre for some reason.

No? That's surprising. Hmm... I wonder if that's intentional though, given Hashmals current reputation.

[Slirith]

Terrible arena color and orange AoE markers get me every time

[Fynlar]

I'm sorry but I'd have to disagree that it being "too 1-shotty" is a bad thing.

My opinion is that if a fight has to rely on 1-shots to be difficult, it's not well designed. So yeah, I'd say it's a bad thing, personally.

Other fights don't punish mistakes nearly enough and when a fight does you get people complaining that it should be like every other fight. Vuln stacks don't punish anyone unless you get like 3 or 4. Before that? People generally shrug it off and leave it to healer to top them up.

This is very dependent on the fight. I know in O2S when my group was struggling to begin to consistently win it, the healers were complaining about people who would take even one vuln stack because that often meant the people on the lower side of HP would end up just being 1-shotted by Gravitational Wave (or whatever that regular room-wide attack is called). It already hurts enough without any stacks.

[Deceptus]

My opinion is that if a fight has to rely on 1-shots to be difficult, it's not well designed. So yeah, I'd say it's a bad thing, personally.

Agree with this 100% One shot mechanics are generally a bad idea.