Please learn to dodge AoEsFollow

This goes for ALL classes. AoE's are bad news. Players that like to sit in one spot during fights will have a tough time in some dungeons and possibly advance quests. I know its not comfortable and requires more work to move around in fights, some fights require that you do. I understand connection issues can sometime come into effect, but your hand-to-eye coordination are always in effect. You don't need lightning fast reaction time, but you do need to react.

If you're unfamiliar with the strafe feature, please take time to find out how to get your character to strafe. When you are out soloing, practice moving around in fights until they become 2nd nature; dungeon fights and dodging AoEs will become much easier.

By the same token, please have patience with healers who might have got caught in an AoE. Unlike physical attack jobs they have to stand still for 95% of their abilities so it's not like they can stay moving by default, plus they have to pay attention to your health bars and status effects to keep you alive and functioning, all the while crowd controlling and avoiding adds, on top of making sure they aren't about to eat an AoE. Sometimes, you don't always get it right the first time. So, please, don't lose your top at the healer. It's a tough job.

There are also times where AoE's have a rediculously short charge time, the boss from Brayflox's Longstop comes to mind. By the time you see the red cone extend from the front, you need to have moved already or you're getting caught in it.

People also need to understand that with 1 second timers, you could technically dodge it if you're lucky, but you're just going to end up taking a few hits here and there. Not get their panties in a bunch since you didnt dodge it. This comming from DD's then who could have played a tank job themselves but didnt want to due to the same abuse they'd get.

Hell, if you are quick enough, you can even dodge non-cone/AoE moves. During the beta, I routinely dodged the wolves' "dirty claw" style move by just backing out of melee range as it charged. Yet, time and again, I'd see other players just standing there and getting destroyed by it.

Honestly, I never lock on, and I pretty much run about a lot during a fight trying to figure out what moves I can avoid. Just makes sense.

but its so much more fun to blame the healer when people die.


/s

yeah the /s means sarcastic...in case you didn't know

I always move out of the red area and still get hit, like every time. ;n;

I can dodge AoE fairly well. There are times though, where if you ever hesitate for a second, you're not dodging it. The dragon breath is a good example in brayflox, and the titan knockout punch is another. If you're not already prepared to move, it's easy to get caught between moves. I'm pretty sure they made some of the charges quicker since they changed the hitboxes to the dots instead of the full character circle they had in beta. The brayflox dragon is a much shorter window then it was in beta p3, of that I'm sure.

One thing you need to look at is the wifi-esque icon at the upper right. If it isn't fully filled, yea, you will likely be hit due to lag unless you absolutely bail out of range entirely.

unfortunatley no one ever wants to take responsibility for their mistakes, it's always somebody else. It takes a great amount of courage to admit you made a mistake. However with the nature of this game and the complexity of the battles, it can be really tough sometimes to pinpoint exactly what the problem is.

A trick i use (this doesn't always apply, but use it when appropriate), is to blame yourself for a mistake. Reflect on the situation and ask yourself "what could i have tried to do to prevent what happened". This will make you a better player overall, because you will start to find instances where you can do things you didn't think of before. Maybe grab hate if you see someone about to die if your a DPS. Your not as squishy as a mage and will most likely only take a few hits as the tank gets hate back. Or maybe your the Paladin and notice the WHM has too many people to take care of at the moment but your ok. Toss out that cure which will get you hate and keep people alive. Basically what i'm trying to say is, always find a way to improve and don't blame others for their shortcomings (with some exceptions of course, but don't simply blame them, give them some pointers/tips too).