Should they remove positionals at this point?

[Burningskull]

I don't understand the hate for positionals. Is it because people think they have to run around a lot to reach the Rear and the Flank? Honestly you're not supposed to be moving very much more than someone just standing around. Let's make a diagram, yes?



There. Everything yellow is the Rear. Everything blue is the Flank (it's early morning so it's not as blue as it should be and I didn't feel like waiting around for the sun to move. Sue me). Even including the bits inside the hitbox. You should be standing on the border between Flank and Rear and taking only a step or two to move between them. That also makes it very easy to move with the target if it turns. You won't always be able to hit them, but a few misses aren't going to shatter your DPS if you're playing well otherwise (and True North just got a nice CD reduction).

That's the point. You try to move as little as possible to do your positionals as is what would not having them really do? And how is taking them away dumbing thing things down? As is I flick the control stick left or right once or twice a rotation. It doesn't make the fight more or less difficult. And like the OP said. SE is designing fights where positionals are at times impossible. So much so that they upped MNK dps when not doing them and lowered True North's cool down. Removal of positionals might mean more interesting and more cinematic fights since they don't have to take positional up time into account for the fight. If they do that at all currently.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

That's the point. You try to move as little as possible to do your positionals as is what would not having them really do? And how is taking them away dumbing thing things down? As is I flick the control stick left or right once or twice a rotation. It doesn't make the fight more or less difficult. And like the OP said. SE is designing fights where positionals are at times impossible. So much so that they upped MNK dps when not doing them and lowered True North's cool down. Removal of positionals might mean more interesting and more cinematic fights since they don't have to take positional up time into account for the fight. If they do that at all currently.

They usually do that to bolster DPS of people who don't know/bother to do positionals. Not because they're shying away from doing fights that don't allow positionals (although they might be doing this now, because of said people). Same thing with DRG in the past.