The new mechanic indicator text is more distracting than helpful

[Snowroark]

I hope it's not just me but the new text in the middle of the screen that's supposed to be helpful in telling me about a mechanic is more distracting than helpful to me.
Every time it happens it pulls my attention towards the text itself instead of the mechanic I am supposed to dodge.

I remember one time being tank in a dungeon and fighting a mini-boss. There was a mechanic that was not even new or anything coming from within the boss itself. As soon as the mechanic started the text also appeared with that sound effect. So I automatically looked at the text to read it which takes a second and got hit by the mechanic since I stood right in front of the boss. Without the text I would have probably dodged it.

I wish there was a way to at least turn it off. I don't need that text, the mechanics are obvious enough. Show, don't tell. Don't make me read about a mechanic, the indicators about what is about to happen are obvious enough. And if the mechanic is new, I just get hit, understand what I did wrong and learn. But the text with that sound every time the mechanic happens for the first time at every boss is rather annoying.

[PorxiesRCute]

Same... The more clutter they shove into the center of the screen the harder it is to see what's actually going on.

[yoshinoharu]

I actually agree with this. It would be a different story entirely if we could move it, adjust the size, turn it off or otherwise modify it in HUD settings, but as it stands it's more distracting than helpful. Especially because underneath it there's a very thin, difficult to see 'timeline' that can easily be mistaken for when the mechanic is actually going to happen and in reality is just the time before the popup disappears. It's a good concept, it's just horribly implemented.

[Jaxtaro]

I love it..I need an "idiot alert" to suit my playstyle, but optiins are the spice of life, and if you want to turn it off, you should be able to

[Akonyl]

Middle of the screen warning text has always been around (think the Chimera in Cutter's Cry, which had eye color notices), but I do kinda wish there was an option to like, change the new style back to the old more subdued style.

[Roda]

Yeah I'm also one of the people who find it to be more of a hazard than a helper.

Took me forever to realize the actual tells of valigarmanda 'cause the text was in the way of me actually seeing the position of his body.

[Caitamm]

Yeah I'm also one of the people who find it to be more of a hazard than a helper.

Took me forever to realize the actual tells of valigarmanda 'cause the text was in the way of me actually seeing the position of his body.

I'm in this boat as well. I think I wouldn't mind if the notification were more centered on the screen like previously captioned tells have been. Having the notification in the upper half of the screen almost always means it's also overlapping the boss model.

[Volfe]

I don't mind it, but mostly because it has worked on me as the idiot alert sometimes

[Kazeshindo]

Big agree, I understand that while they have been around since ARR, they have always been very easy to miss until DT and I think it is something that should be a toggle option. Either make them all look like the old ones, or make them all look like the new ones and give me the choice of which I prefer. I don't necessarily need and giant red box telling me what the boss is doing when I can see it for myself. But, on the other hand, it's nice to have that little notice pop up on screen if the tells are kinda similar, or if the boss is smaller and thereby more difficult to see because of that.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Middle of the screen warning text has always been around (think the Chimera in Cutter's Cry, which had eye color notices), but I do kinda wish there was an option to like, change the new style back to the old more subdued style.

If I remember right it only does it for the first couple after that its only in the text channel?