Magnetic procs happen way too frequently, and the scrambled UI is not fun at all

[Nekomian]

They did significantly reduce magnetic status duration by half, per patch notes (U35):

On 2023-12-13 at 11:11 AM, [DE]Megan said:

Reduced the duration of Magnetic Status Effects when applied to players from 6 to 3 seconds and decreased the total Energy drain from 120 to 90. 

• In addition to general feedback on Magnetic Damage being a bit harsh, the new tileset has many Magnetic Damage sources so the following changes were made to ensure it still had an impact without becoming unmanageable. 

The effect itself is still more visually disruptive than I'd like, but the reduced duration is a very welcome change here.

[SteveCutler]

Yes, they reduced the duration. But they're spamming it now more than ever, so the duration is effectively the same: infinite.