Positionals..

[RyuuZero]

True North!

but on a bit more serious note what's the point of Positionals anymore?
Everytime I need to hit a certain Positional I press True North to back it up, from my point of view it's unnecessary risk taking for a bit more damage to make a difference?

SE also removed Positionals from MNK which puzzles me in all honesty since Positionals were kind of the Monks thing, yet True Strike and Twin Snakes do not have positionals anymore.. huh

+ remember when Aeolian Edge had no positional? they just added a Positional Requirement in order to nerf it and Sneak Attack got removed also.

if Positionals would get removed True North would be removed aswell and one more button may bite the dust.. but True North nullifies Positionals anyway so what the point?

[Alenonimo]

I think positionals are bothersome, which is why I don't really play DPS.



But maybe that was their intention? To make me play more tank and healer?


I'm onto you guys... ಠ_ಠ

[RyuuZero]

well magic and ranged dps also have no positionals^^

[undull1]

Old jank mechanic, can't be removed sooner IMO.

Failing that at least improve them to give actual feedback like a noise or vibration to signify you've hit it correctly. As is they add nothing to make the game more fun.

[Arohk]

Failing that at least improve them to give actual feedback like a noise or vibration to signify you've hit it correctly.

It sound different when you land a positional correctly, the attack sound is a bit louder. There is technology to change the color of the combat text when you land a positional attack too.

[Eisi]

It sound different when you land a positional correctly, the attack sound is a bit louder.

Is there proof of that? I just tested it and properly comboed positional attacks sound exactly the same to me, whether you hit or miss the correct position. And also look exactly the same by the way.

[Arohk]

Is there proof of that? I just tested it and properly comboed positional attacks sound exactly the same to me, whether you hit or miss the correct position. And also look exactly the same by the way.

It is a very subtle difference , but you can hear it.

[Payadopa]

well magic and ranged dps also have no positionals^^

This. You have options. The bar can be on the floor and some players will still stumble over it.

[Ransu]

Honestly, I'm pretty indifferent to positionals. I wouldn't really complain if they got removed in the next expansion, but I'd also be fine if they stayed.

[dspguy]

They'd probably have to rethink a lot of jobs if they got rid of positionals. There is a penalty for ranged physical DPS in the damage department. They don't worry about positionals and can do damage anywhere, so they can preposition for certain mechanics. Casters have a bit of a bonus to their damage since they have to be a turret and be clever and time the usage of abilities like Triplecast to move while keeping the uptime.

Removing positionals would pretty much take away half of the "difficulty" of playing a melee DPS. Then it would be about using your gap closers, etc to overcome the boss moving or getting out of the poop. In order to achieve balance, SE would have to put BLM at the top and move all the physical ranged to be almost on par with melee. I guess it could happen.