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    Azbroolah's Avatar
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    Atticus Macalistar
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    Faerie
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    White Mage Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Raldo View Post
    You're not wrong, but the game has taught us that 99% of the text in those pop-up bubbles are flavor text, unimportant to the task at hand. I've done this fight at least once a week since it came out, and seeing that he actually says the word "PRIMES" is news to me. I can't think of any past situation where that popup text as important to the completion of a fight, and guess I'm too busy pushing my buttons to continue doing damage. That text should probably be forced to remain on the screen until his cast is completed, unless you're going to tell me it does that too and I'm completely oblivious (which is certainly possible).

    I'm sure it doesn't help that I use a focus-target box down near the bottom on my screen to see what it's casting, as opposed to something near the top where this text actually is...
    It's certainly not a common method of conveying information but I don't think it's the only fight in the game that does it or anything. You could argue that Alexander Prime uses it, when he counts down to his ultimate attack; as far as I know, the only way to properly time the tank limit break is to watch the speech bubble that has the countdown. Also, I believe that in Tsukuyomi EX, she has different quotes for the gun and the spear Nightfall mechanics to accompany the differing audio cues ("Beg for mercy!" vs. "Your end is near."), so you could argue that it's also quite important there.

    As for remaining on screen until the cast completes, that is possibly a valid point. It also appears in the chatbox, though.
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    Raldo Volca
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    Coeurl
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    Marauder Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Azbroolah View Post
    It's certainly not a common method of conveying information but I don't think it's the only fight in the game that does it or anything. You could argue that Alexander Prime uses it, when he counts down to his ultimate attack; as far as I know, the only way to properly time the tank limit break is to watch the speech bubble that has the countdown. Also, I believe that in Tsukuyomi EX, she has different quotes for the gun and the spear Nightfall mechanics to accompany the differing audio cues ("Beg for mercy!" vs. "Your end is near."), so you could argue that it's also quite important there.

    As for remaining on screen until the cast completes, that is possibly a valid point. It also appears in the chatbox, though.
    Interesting. That would explain why I caused a wipe in Alexander the first time I did it, and I would MUCH rather look at the quote in TsuEx instead of trying to listen for the audio. I was not aware of those things.

    I don't think that stuff shows up in my chatbox...? Might be filter related. My filters are set to chat and system only. I wish the more important text would force itself into your log regardless of filter settings. Maybe it does? Now I'm questioning what I thought I knew.
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