Diamond weapon mechanic question

[John-Kaidus]

In PF im seeing alot of odds west evens east or match colors.

My group has been using evens always jump. And it seems be easier to do. And sort out.

What\\'s making the other way to go to strat?

[Krojack]

We do colors... If you're on red platform and you get a blue number jump over. That way Red on red platform and blue on blue.

[Canadane]

Considering it's still new content, the "not actually efficient or better, but easy to describe" strat hasn't been ironed out yet.

[LittleImp]

Resolving mechanics left-to-right feels logical and easier to grasp for many NA folks because we're used to reading left-to-right. There's also a general obsession around 'true north' in this game for some reason, and people will go out of their way to overengineer strats around being able to use an absolute position.

[EverQuest]

Typical way is blue on blue red on red.

1256 north / 3478 south

Keep in mind you only need to swap for diamond rain

You do not need to swap after the last stack or spread in part 1. Flares can go North And South healers dps middle.

You do not need to swap after limit cut there is no diamond rain and a force swap occurs after. So swap of you want but it's meaningless everyone will come to one side after anyways

[Brightamethyst]

There's also a general obsession around 'true north' in this game for some reason, and people will go out of their way to overengineer strats around being able to use an absolute position.

Because like Canadane mentioned, "easy to explain" is a huge benefit, especially this early on. Left and right can be completely different places depending on where the boss is standing and as which way it's facing. North and south other the hand never change no matter what else is happening.

Now I agree that true north often ends up being inefficient in the end, but it can help a lot in the early days when everyone is learning and strats are still being worked out.