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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

trdl23 posted...
-Boss mechanics arent as varied as in WoW. So far, theres nothing like having to pick which part of a boss to kill first, no vehicle combat, no swimming through the air like in Alysrazor, no splitting the raid to handle separate mechanics. Maybe thats in Shadowbringers?

For the most part, difficult and more varied mechanics like this are relegated to the optional Extreme and Savage raid content and doesn't appear in normal dungeons and story bosses. And of lot of that content is not current anymore. But even then it doesn't get as gimmicky as you're describing here. The bulk of the game is pretty streamlined which is kind of a downside but is also part of why the game is so successful so...kind of a wash.

Yeah I agree with this, FFXIV raids even at the high end are more about memorizing how to dodge each fight's specific combination of AOE attacks than unique gimmicks, and they start to feel a bit samey compared to the more interesting WoW fights. On the other hand, though, each fight in this game tends to have some baseline level of fun and difficulty for every player, as opposed to WoW where inevitably you will get a handful of fights each tier that are a joke, have all the complex mechanics relegated to like 3 people while everyone else does nothing, or have a bad gimmick that makes the fight completely unenjoyable (looking at you, G'huun)
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What is this, some kind of joke?!
Go, then. There are other worlds than these.