Positionals

[Reinha]

I may need to rewatch later but i think it has something to do with the left and right blades in the gauge?

Do post a timestamp when you find a mention of positionals, I'd like to see it too.

[Arkdra]

Do post a timestamp when you find a mention of positionals, I'd like to see it too.

There's no mention of positionals, but he does move in ways that indicate positionals exist. So the jury is out. Think I remember back when he was demoing reaper he was doing positionals during enshroud so really, we're going to have to wait until tooltips get released at the end of the media tour/get leaked.

[Reinha]

There's no mention of positionals, but he does move in ways that indicate positionals exist. So the jury is out. Think I remember back when he was demoing reaper he was doing positionals during enshroud so really, we're going to have to wait until tooltips get released at the end of the media tour/get leaked.

My guess is two skills. If it's less than that I'll be ecstatic, if it's more my day will be ruined and my disappointment immeasurable.

[Mikey_R]

There was a point when Yoshi was demonstrating Viper where he didn't use a move and waited until he was at the rear to use it, which indicates it could have been a rear positional. I don't think they have directly stated one way or the other whether positionals are staying, or have been removed though.

[LotusDye]

Few games challenge its players like positionals in FFXIV.
When one plays SAM, one must know and memorize the ancient art, passed down among generations.
Step to the side for red stickers. Step behind for blue stickers.
The massive trillion-IQ exertion must never be underestimated. Few can scarcely contain the burden of knowledge required to memorize these arduous positionals among those two whole skills.
Praise be to them, for they stand alone in sheer prowess of their ability to remember side for red and rear for blue.

[EverQuest]

Hello everyone, since the launch of EW in particular I've been finding boss design is heavily unfavorable to melee in general and especially for positionals. The Alliance raids are the number one culprit for this and it gets so frustrating I just stop caring. Either get rid of positionals or change boss design to accommodate it better. Positionals feel outdated and pointless as they typically only give a small potency increase and with the huge hit boxes and constant turning of current boss design it's more of a hassle then anything.

Of course this is made up by the fact that even if you miss positional you still out dps physical range by a wide margin and most everyone else.

Which it be basically impossible to miss all positionals unless you intentionally tried. I’ve personally ran tests missing them intentionally and it’s well above prng. So I mean like is that fair?

[Aravell]

Sometimes I wonder if people read their own posts. Okay, sometimes I don't read my own posts, so fair enough, but wow, this one was silly

The forums are basically 50% thread derailment, 30% bad faith, 15% cringe and 5% actual good and healthy discussion. It is what it is.