Quote Originally Posted by Fynlar View Post
There isn't really any point in showing a marker that disappears too quickly to react to, other than making the player feel like the game is being unfair or that they are lagging.
The marker appears so that you are aware of its exact size in future uses despite an animation that does not lend itself well to visibly distinct borders, not to make you react in time, and I appreciate even that much information far more than I feel cheated by escaping the lit zone in time only to still be hit -- XIV damage zones have never been consistent in their snapshotting. The majority follow suit, but there are many that do not as there are 'irregular' verbs in Spanish or whatnot: far too large a portion to consider mere outliers, they instead each become the part and parcel in the learning process.