Too much memorization, not enough RNG on raid fights

[Anhra]

Yeah, no thanks. Rathalos showed exactly why this doesn't work, you can't dodge mechanics in a split second even if your reflexes allow for it, because the game simply can't handle it.

Instead of dying because you forgot a boss mechanic you will simply die because you dodged the aoe but the server ticks decide you didn't.

I disagree with that. The Rathalos fight is suprisingly, a great fight which forces you to observe the target and abuse its small windows between mechanics as opening. If a player just stand arround close and don't expect to get hit by something, said player would just make a fool out of himself. This Game desperately needs something fresh when it comes to its Combat System (and Jobs in general but thats another Topic) and just because you and a select few don't like it, doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad mechanic, as mentioned before it works fine in WoW and i see no reason why it shouldnt work here since the Rathalos fight works just fine with a fair amount of Difficulty.

[Absurdity]

I disagree with that. The Rathalos fight is suprisingly, a great fight which forces you to observe the target and abuse its small windows between mechanics as opening. If a player just stand arround close and don't expect to get hit by something, said player would just make a fool out of himself. This Game desperately needs something fresh when it comes to its Combat System (and Jobs in general but thats another Topic) and just because you and a select few don't like it, doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad mechanic, as mentioned before it works fine in WoW and i see no reason why it shouldnt work here since the Rathalos fight works just fine with a fair amount of Difficulty.

It works fine in WoW because the engine is a completely different one. You get enough server tick issues in this game with mechanics being entirely predictable. The simple fact is that what works in WoW a.i. watching what the boss does and dodging last second does not work in XIV.
Granted the Rathalos fight has easy tells and enough time to dodge those but whenever you try to dodge them at the last second you basically toss a coin on whether or not the server has actually registered that you're not in the boss' path anymore.