Thread: 5.3 Preliminary Patch Note

I don't see why people are complaining about cyclops telegraph. It's old content. Bosses that usually don't have telegraphs are usually Extreme trials with exceptional few end-expansion bosses. "But it teaches the player to pay attention" - So does the telegraph. Casual content is meant to be brisk. Even if it's telegraphed it still teaches the player the name of the move, how big it is, what it's shaped like and how the animation looks. So when these players decide to tackle more extreme content they will have an idea of what to look out for when doing harder content.

Originally Posted by EtherRose

I don't see why people are complaining about cyclops telegraph. It's old content. Bosses that usually don't have telegraphs are usually Extreme trials with exceptional few end-expansion bosses. "But it teaches the player to pay attention" - So does the telegraph. Casual content is meant to be brisk. Even if it's telegraphed it still teaches the player the name of the move, how big it is, what it's shaped like and how the animation looks. So when these players decide to tackle more extreme content they will have an idea of what to look out for when doing harder content.

If the player is never exposed to non-telegraph attacks then they will never learn to dodge non-telegraph attacks. They will automatically assume every attack in the game is telegraphed. Putting it in 'old content' is the best way to introduce these concepts to new players because new players don't tend to buy skip pots to 70.

I can tell you for a fact that the game gradually getting more difficult and introducing new concepts at a steady rate helps me to improve as I'm organically learning how the intricate parts of it all work. Getting to see Cyclops early helped me to not get (completely) screwed over in, say, Dun Scaith, which relies on quite a number of non-telegraphed attacks, or a few of Alexander's raids.