Summoner Bloodpact:Ward Timer Consumption

[Pentiki]

Platform: PC
ISP: Mediacom (MCHSI)
Type of Internet Connection: Cable
Internet Connection Speed: 20Mpbs
Date & Time: Any Time (since at least 4 years ago)
Frequency: Everytime conditions are met
Character Name: Pentikiki
Race: Taru
World: Leviathan
Main Job: Summoner
Support Job: Scholar
Area and Coordinates: Any
Party or Solo: Any
NPC Name: Any
Monster Name: Any
Steps:
1. Fight a monster (any monster) nearly to death
2. Activate a Bloodpact:Ward on a party member while any avatar is engaged to the monster.
3. Kill the monster before the Bloodpact:Ward activation completes
4. Bloodpact:Ward fails to activate, avatar shows "angry" (Bloodpact Activation animation)
5. Bloodpact:Ward cooldown timer counts down as though the move completed. (Timer is "wasted")

The same behaviour can be noted with Lightspirit, though it's much harder to capture as you have no control over Lightspirit.

[Kaisha]

This applies to all pet jobs also.

Just a quirk that been's in there since their inception. No idea why it wasn't addressed when they fixed SMN BPs not consuming timer/MP when a monster is out of range when you hit the command.

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Pentiki!
Thank you for posting your concerns about the Bloodpact: Ward timer. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team, and they will make sure to thoroughly investigate this matter, based on your report. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on your thread, but I do recommend consulting www.PlayOnline.com or http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/forums/84-Version-Updates for any details regarding the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your report!