On the Removal of Positionals

[Taliriah]

You know what, you're right about that first part of the sentence. But there is also a reason they are all gone now. They are largely a bad idea because mechanics make them inconsistent, just like they do now in this game. And as for the second part...those are literally just enemy mechanics. A tail smash is a boss mechanic that prevents you from getting behind an enemy to do those back positionals. So like, what's the point of having a danger zone AND being punished via doing subpar damage?

You move into the danger zone when you need to hit a positional and out of it when you don't. And if you can't move in for the positional because of a mechanic or because the tail swipe is being telegraphed, you use true north instead. The whole point is that you have to move instead of comfortably sitting in one place.