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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

We already see with current content that people hate certain patterns of mechanics. P8s p1 people will wipe until they get snake first. This would just be a nightmare with random mechanics that can have bad orders. "wipe until we get the easiest set to deal with"



Random mechanics and such are great.... Once.... After that it turns into "ugh, the shit set of mechanics, let's just try again"

no because with enough random mechanics groups will have to go through it. They won't wipe 10 hours to get the specific set of mechanics that have a 1 in 100 possibilities of happening. This is only a problem when a boss has a very high chance of repeating the same mechanic over and over. Like a 50% chance, in case of P8S.

Theres no way with 200 combinations that groups will stand there waiting for the preferred one.

I mean if you like the static, unvarying fights to be repeated over and over again with no change thats a fair take, I just don't find that good for replayability value imo.


Like, the only reason that mentality exists is because the game is so static that parsing is the thing people do on fights. But honestly, a game can be made interesting to the point where parsing isn't really what matters, its the content and fun of the fight. Not just your ability to compete and look down on others. And the hardcore parses will still go at it for sure.