Dungeons we need to talk dungeons

[DPZ2]

There were a few AoE's in the past that weren't telegraphed with a ground marker originally. One example was the front arc and 360 degree swing attacks by cyclops type enemies. However alot of players apparently couldn't see the slowly filling cast bar when it said something like 1000 tonze swing and think to move away from it.

It wasn't so much the cast bar on the cyclops as it was the confusion about "where is the telegraph?". The game mechanics have taught players at all levels of instance that telegraphs signal areas of effect, while cast bars generally announce TKOs for which there is no area of effect. The change in Aurum Vale corrected what I considered to be an anomaly in this 'signaling'.

I'm sure most players will adjust to the new stat squish, however it is created. I remember the changes when HW came out -- those Deepeyes hit a lot harder than similar mobs in ARR (as did all the other mobs, of course) until the gear could begin to accommodate.

At a guess, the days of mass dungeon pulls may be quickly forgotten when 6-9 mobs will kill you because you can't kill them fast enough.