Whats your most hated mechanich in this game?

[UkcsAlias]

Most hated mechanic? Hmm... That one where it lets ppl select easy mode on solo MSQ duties if they fail it because it lets ppl into endgame that don't know how to do mechanics?

That the option is there can make sense because sometimes mechanics are just anoying (and especialy if people go for story only, it can prevent them getting stuck). But the problem is that it asks this after just failing once (which is common). It should wait at least until 3 failures before asking. That way you at least push players towards learning.

And adding to that, solo duties in which the event instantly starts when you get abilities that your normaly dont have (at least allow me to read those first). Its not like it matters if you start a fight 1min later and all the NPCs just wait for your first move, as long as after your first action it just goes on as intended (and even just moving out of a circle would be a good enough indication. just use the same effect as the waiting circle in dungeons).

[Burmecia]

In fights where boss is stationary on one side of the arena, when it starts to throw mechanics from flanks/rear and/or you need to pay some attention to stuff happening away from big murderous stationary boss. Tidalwaves, Endsinger planets etc etc

I have hard time telling left/right too, but I think raiding in ffxiv had made me better at it. Thanks xiv

And community making some streamers week1 strategy pf thing X__X
e8s + Ilya strat comes to mind.

[Raikai]

The "follow NPC but keep hiding" questin mechanic.

[NekoMataMata]

For me it's mechanics that aren't consistent...

This knock back can be blocked with sure cast. But this knock back can't..

This doom requires a full heal but this one requires esuna and this one requires something else.

I know there's more examples but my minds gone blank. But basically anything that isn't consistent or involves words like prevents most x in description.

Feel like this is definitely something everyone deals with as a newer player. I'm used to adjusting now, although I do occasionally forget sometimes.

The only type of mechanic I really hate right now are the ones that don't give you indication of where the safe zones might be. The tentacle dig attack from the first boss in Alzadaal's Legacy does this.

I mean sure it's fine if you want us to stay on our feet and dodge like that. It's not like most caster classes don't have tools for movement, but it's still annoying to use, especially for extended periods where you have no idea where you'll be stopping.

[Ransom]

I only have two, one minor, one major.

The minor: Stacking vulnerability up debuffs. The reason why this is the minor one is, it's not a bad thing to include, I just feel like when almost every single attack from every single boss does it, it's overused.

The major: Misdirection. I'm sorry, but anything that messes with my ability to control my own movement is a cheap shot. It's fake difficulty, and flat out p---es me off every time they do it.

[Vyrerus]

Gavel and uhh, Digititis.

Digititis caused sooooo many wipes back when A3S was current. It was a relatively simple debuff swapping routine compared to stuff we've seen in recent years, but it always had a Wash Away before hand before everyone had universal knockback prevention. Combine it with a cleaving boss, a huge amount of electricity around the outer ring of the arena, and puddles in the later phases... I just hate that mechanic so much.

[Rilifane]

Misdirection. Anything that forces my character to move in the opposite direction to what is intended.

Any mechanic that causes excessive (and unnecessary..) downtime. My current biggest offender is the spinning mechanic in the final boss of the new expert dungeon.. It was pretty cool to see it the first time but now its just kindof annoying, my buffs always fall off or my rotation gets messed up, and you spin and spin and spin for so long...

These two.
Though forced downtime is the bigger offender for me and the reason why I don't play certain duties on BLM anymore. Aglaia teleport and e8 add phase transition is possible with last second Umbral Soul but for many other duties it's just a forced Eno drop every single time. I also hate the stun chain of the first boss in Dusk Vigil. If you're unlucky you just spend the entire fight watching others do their thing while getting stunned and stunned and stunned.

I also hate any mechanic that forces my character to move, but that's just because forced movement has a chance to causes any and all skirts to glitch and become stuck to the back of my heal and stiffer than a college student getting their first lap dance.

This bug has been around forever and is still as annoying as on the first day. Same with the sound bug. At least now I can relog without worrying about getting a 3k+ queue but I wish they'd fix both already.
Played entire raid evenings with the sound bug because relogging would lose us the evening.

[RobynDaBank]

I hate working with tethers.

[Kazelus]

My most hated mechanics ? A spread occuring after people got stacked by previous mechs because people are running everywhere like chicken.
The mechanics that I can't handle ? Anything that change the direction my characters moving, I just can't do it... That damn cursor over my head is my nightmare...

[Lauront]

I'd have to agree with forced downtime and forced movement (especially coupled with misdirection) being some of the ones I find most annoying.

Visualization.

I'm a math formula whiz but I seriously suck at the geometry side. Even with a cheat sheet, I still screw up the snakes on Zodiark.

Same here - that kind of visualisation (plus the time you have to do it) messes with my head. I'm better with it on some fights than others, and Zodiark happens to be one where it's an issue, with the snakes.