Removal of Positionals

[Lyth]

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TN is helpful, but there are times where you want it in reserve for specific mechanics. It sounds like you haven't been in PF much, if anything. You do have to adapt to what other players do on occasion, especially when you're playing with a fresh group on every run. You should try it out, as it's good for your development as a player.

I'm also not sure why everything needs to be so faction orientated. Moving from team SAM to team BLM doesn't mean that you can't support interesting gameplay elements on your old role.

Take T11, for instance, back in ARR: There you had an interplay between when the boss would angularly cleave, your GCD speed, tiny (e.g., a fifth of a GCD) delays when such would be enough not to clip your ToD/Fracture/Demo ticks, that movement, and rotational choice. Heck, had Fists of Wind carried a burst of speed upon swap, you'd likely have seen that play into the total system of considerations as well.

You also had to strafe-lock prior to 3.4 to avoid missing directional autos when moving between positionals. There are a lot of layers that have already been removed from positionals in the name of making melee more accessible.