How games can have less scripted encounters

[Tunda]

This also comes down to class and fight design. Casters have movement tools. Even BLM has enough to handle a few unexpected mechanics. If FF shuffled mechanics to be truly random in existing content that would strain casters, but we could also step away from complex puzzle like mechanics or space them out.

I completely agree with you that the simple route of making everything a dice roll has problems, but we don't limit ourselves to only doing that I think it opens up a lot more possibilities. Class abilities should probably be tweaked in response too and move away from totally rigid rotations. They wouldn't have to be completely free form but they would need some amount of flexibility built in. I'm in favor of that even if content stays the same.


Major mechanics absolutely would need some kind of restriction. In a purely random setting you could encounter something like an infinite loop of M2 hearts. Pure randomization might be better used on smaller and less complex mechanics like stacks, raidwides, TB's while major mechanics are space out and perhaps just swapped in order.

If SE were to seriously consider revamping fights it would probably be best to limit it to a dedicated zone at first like Eureka or Bozja. That would let the devs and players experiment while also avoiding the need to revamp old content or disrupt current content grinding.

burst phases should be scripted.. we want 50% of the fights have some kind of shuffle or randomness

I am curios to see what they will do in bozja content.. I still remember that raid and how hard and fun it was, but they require to add more variant..

what do I mean by variant: Not all runs will be the same there is always a differences.. mechanic, stats, job comb, just anything that is easily noticeable could make a difference