How to make this game more impactful and more satisfying in its Combat System

[Knahli]

I feel like this ties a lot into having to dodge the telegraph and not the actual attack. While this won't affect me either way since I never pay attention to numbers, I doubt they would do this personally - especially when Hallowed Ground and Benediction still suffer from going on CD despite not taking effect in time to prevent death.

[Ralts]

I'm so much for this idea!

[LilySkye]

tl;dr: 1.5sec gcd please

[Shougun]

I think it could be fun to see the damage individualized but I'm not sure I'd switch just because I like to be able to know the total without having to add it up before the text disappears lol.

If it's not too much trouble it could be a cool option

That...

Would be incredibly distracting.

Also problematic for thrust/piercing attacks. What, would those fly through the boss to where you can't see them?

Flying Sardine attack causes the text to hit the monster in the face like talismans slapped onto a spirit. Thwack, Thwack, get that Sardine! XD

[Razard]

tl;dr: 1.5sec gcd please

Haha

No. He wants more impact, not less.

[Berethos]

tl;dr: 1.5sec gcd please

That doesn't change the impact of combat, just the actions per minute...

And with the amount of weaving between GCDs that we have, we're easily at comparable levels to other games that do have a 1.5 second gcd (and as a result, don't have as much weaving between the gcd).

While it would speed up the feeling of combat at lower levels, where you have less abilities, it wouldn't really change the amount of button presses you're typically engaged in at higher levels.

[Losara]

In order to make the combat feel more fast paced while still being on the current GCD then yeah I agree this would be great.

Don't think it would be terribly difficult to implement but it would make the combat more interesting.

[Bacent]

This makes me think of the combo system in Mother 3 with the numbers flying about. Though personally that would work better in a single player game, instead of an MMO.

[Tsubaki75]

They would have to change the way the game snapshots in order to do this. While it would be nice tbh there are more important things they should be focusing on

[MrKusakabe]

I order to take screenshots I was recording a Verflare. When I was in VLC, mashing "E" which is the frame-by-frame button, I also noticed that I don't even know when the "damage" part of that skill happens. Those bubbles were still appearing when it said 15,000 and it just looked stupid. As if in a shooter game, the guy already explodes into debris before the rocket even impacts..