mechanic replacement

[GTK0HLK]

If they needed to change it..,
It should of been to make the pillars stay static, and make the Trusts/Support stand in the correct spots. With the occasional wrong NPC taking it for the team.
But only for the Trusts/Support.

The Game doesn't have much to teach players to follow/pay attention to changes that suddenly get dropped on them.
[While the lack of teaching moments aren't causing grave damage, it is a loss to Basic Competency.]
<I miss OG Coincounter..,>

[undull1]

It was the same in steps of faith og. The npcs told you what to do for the fight but people never read the hints so it was "hard"

Steps of faith I can forgive because replaying it was an utter slog.

Castrum abania is such a poor decision though, god forbid a player gets a vuln stack and forces healers to play their job.

If they have the resources to tamper and tinker with old content then how about fixing up some of the bad Alexander raids or making a normal roulette playable version of coils?

[Gemina]

Are you talking about the boss that would say, "My cup runneth with [element 1] and [element 2]"?

Why TF did they change that?

[NekoMataMata]

The mechanic in that fight was not intuitive ie. most players did not understand it nor do it.

I did the dungeon many times and usually saw people take extreme damage from it because of the damage being reflected to them. The healer would have a lot of work and there would even be wipes from it.

I don't think it should have changed because it was an interesting fight, but changing it is in line with the current direction of making dungeon fights intuitive (aka obvious).

It was actually really easy. The boss tells you something about two elements, and the element the boss does not mention is the one you go to.

It'd be even easier with trusts because you wouldn't have to read or bother, you'd just mimic the trusts.

[TaleraRistain]

I liked the mech. And my guess is less that it wasn't something they could get Trusts to do but more that it wasn't following the consistency they've been trying to establish with mechanic triggers.

That said, nobody was doing it anyway so they may have seen that too and that helped them decide to pitch it.

[Canadane]

The mechanic in that fight was not intuitive ie. most players did not understand it nor do it.

I did the dungeon many times and usually saw people take extreme damage from it because of the damage being reflected to them. The healer would have a lot of work and there would even be wipes from it.

For many, that's fine. It's okay, and even wanted to encounter a sliver of challenge requiring a modicum of thought.

[AmiableApkallu]

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if dungeons were a bit different depending on whether you were playing with Duty Support/Trust vs. other players.

[EW spoiler]:

For example, the Lv.89 trial starts you out with the "Willful" buff only when you play with Duty Support.

[Jeeqbit]

It was actually really easy. The boss tells you something about two elements, and the element the boss does not mention is the one you go to.

I'm aware the mechanic was easy. That is not the same as being obvious. It was not obvious. You know why? Because most people didn't do it, especially when they were new. But even plenty of older players never got it.

You didn't even need to know what the boss said. You just needed to look at its status effect and enter the tower that has the same status effect, to imbue yourself with it. Then you could safely attack it and kill it faster.

[DayHealer]

Of all the mechanics to go, this is a great one to get rid of.
I get this dungeon so rarely I forget how this boss works every single time, only working it out again when he's basically dead.

Terrible take. Bet you think running Labyrinth of ancients on Raid roulette again and again is good too cause 0 difficulty.

[Reimmi]

The mechanic in that fight was not intuitive ie. most players did not understand it nor do it.

I did the dungeon many times and usually saw people take extreme damage from it because of the damage being reflected to them. The healer would have a lot of work and there would even be wipes from it.

I don't think it should have changed because it was an interesting fight, but changing it is in line with the current direction of making dungeon fights intuitive (aka obvious).

God forbid people can wipe in a dungeon! the horror