Originally Posted by
Kristal
This issue has been around for 7+ years. Ever since a RDM picked up a dagger, casted Stoneskin+Phalanx and used the weaponskill Cyclone.
It's caused by animation lock. Too many hit animations on a character prevents it from turning to face the main target, or even to engage properly. (Character will be in attack mode on server, but client cannot update the menu until the hit animation spam ends, so using weaponskills is impossible.) Casting spells does not have that limitation, so Sleepga will work to end the animation lock.
So I doubt this issue can be resolved, since it seems to be of a "PS2 Limitations"TM technical nature. Only way to deal with it is to engage before being surrounded, or only use it solo on jobs that have aoe Sleep/Stun (such as Sleepga or Sheep Song).