Too much memorization, not enough RNG on raid fights

[Gemina]

I want to say I react the majority of the fight. Sometimes the boss does something and I will remember what they do right after. But for the most part I am reacting to a mechanic being set up, or the cast bar. I am never thinking weight of the land-bombs-geol-landslide, or whatever script there is for any boss.

[Puremallace]

Clearly you have not see E12S as the junction combinations are random. Adding more RNG to fights automatically creates class imbalance as some classes will be more efficient at avoiding said RNG. There are very few fights in most MMO's that are actually RNG and unpredictable.

[Kewitt]

Seeing how people have enough issue memorizing a fight as is. We don't need a bunch of RNG.

Also, 1/4 of the people have enough of the time adjusting their rotation with RNG to keep their output high.

[Anhra]

Seeing how people have enough issue memorizing a fight as is.

Also, 1/4 of the people have enough of the time adjusting their rotation with RNG to keep their output high.

That's the point of the matter. To get challenged for once and actually HAVE a hard time dealing with something that is unpredictable. Instead about worrying about pointless things such as "keeping your dps output high enough so that you can yeet the boss in a matter of 2 minutes", there should be at the very least, optional content if not main content as well, that allows those that thirst for a Challenge have some playground. And if that content isn't for you, then you can always do other stuff since the others seem to be more of a concern for you than your own matters and preferences.

[kaynide]

For the OP, Isn’t the end result essentially the same? If you aren’t going to memorize the mechanics, does it really matter what order they come in?

All this would really effect is the middle ground player; the ones who memorize it know the tells regardless of order. It’s that middle ground that kinda sorta has it that goes with the fight as a whole rather than chunked mechanics.

I couldn’t honestly tell you the exact order of any boss mechanics outside of Titan and that’s only because I did Titan Ex when it was new in 2.0.


Also to add what others have said..the engine just isn’t built for smoothness/jumping/dodging.

[NanaWiloh]

Wow raid bosses are not as random as they seem. Just use DBM on a boss you will see the boss does use abilites in a set order. What makes wow fights more choatic is that wow does not use AOE as heavily as FF14. Bosses have ablities that target random players rather then targeting the whole raid and push player responibility more. Both games use scripted fights its just how abilites work that seperates the two of them. WoW also has its in game dungeon guide that tells you what every boss in a raid or dungeon does.

[Adeacia]

Rather than RNG, I would like it if you did extra dps and you'd skip boss mechanics as a result, instead of them being skipped, all the mechanics that were supposed to happen, all happen simultaneously.

You'll have to deal with every mech no matter what you do. It's just are they spaced out? Or do they all happen at the exact same time?

[Reap00]

I have played this game since beta and have never experienced this server tick problem people complain about. You either press the button in time or you don't. You move out of an AoE or you don't. If it makes you feel better though you keep blaming it on server tick.

[Krotoan]

I have played this game since beta and have never experienced this server tick problem people complain about. You either press the button in time or you don't. You move out of an AoE or you don't. If it makes you feel better though you keep blaming it on server tick.

I would count yourself lucky that you've never experienced walking out of an AOE only to take the damage and vuln stack anyway, or pushing a button to do a move, seeing your character do the animation and the monster acts as if it never happened. Grats on having good ping and all.. but your experience isn't everyones.

[Reap00]

I would count yourself lucky that you've never experienced walking out of an AOE only to take the damage and vuln stack anyway, or pushing a button to do a move, seeing your character do the animation and the monster acts as if it never happened. Grats on having good ping and all.. but your experience isn't everyones.

Yes imagine that. It goes both ways. Your experience is also not as widespread as you think. You may want to check your provider for answers.