How come SO many players know where to go for mechanics BEFORE there's a tell for the safe spot? I'm seeing it more and more literally everywhere, even CE's in OC, but I just had the most obvious one in Jeuno
>First boss circle mechanic
>2/3rds of the party already outside the second circle before the boss has even counted one
>Next one
>Same players already waiting outside the third circle before boss has even counted one
??????
Is XIV bossmod this popular?

I never used mare
I never used animations
My very lightly modded character had screenshots in her carrd
ERP 100% text
Always IC
Never outside of the game

It was kino during 2.0 and 3.0, but slowly I got less and less. I think I've ERP'd twice this year meanwhile I had several hours long sessions every week in 2015

>20 years later
>no game comes even close to it

no game could ever match it nowadays, studios are too big, and smaller teams don't get funding, it's a flawed game, but an absolute masterpiece in atmosphere
how do you cope knowing that games peaked in the early 2000s bros?