Square Enix needs to fix cooldowns used too late

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Originally Posted by Jijifli

It's because it's how the abilities are coded, to work server side, instead of client side. They know it's a problem already, but so far, they've only really fixed it with Jutsu commands, even though so many other skills are messed up too (Bene, Hallowed, Living, etc.)

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I can confirm that it still happens to Ninjitsu from time to time. I go to do a Raiton and then go "???" as nothing happened and Ninjitsu is back on CD.

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Originally Posted by Joe777

even if the reason is beyond our control?

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It's within your control. Don't wait until it's too late to use your abilities.

This is very frustrating especially now Benediction is one of the few instants WHM has in the new PVP system. I find Tetra more responsive than Benediction (slightly shorter animation?) and Lustrate is very reliable in comparison. With the amount of yo-yoing that HP bars do in the new PVP, I'd really like this to be looked at properly at some point. I think I lost the spell, the player and the cooldown five consecutive times in one FL match earlier and pressing it a second earlier wouldn't have made a jot of difference in that environment; way to make me feel weak.

This happens to me like 30% of the time. Like i use swiftcast followed by a slow cast raise. -_-

Must be my 210ms latency.

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Originally Posted by Rhindas

If you're willing to post here in the incorrect forum, then you should be willing to post it in the correct forum to get it addressed.

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The Bug forum is the incorrect forum, since SE has said several times that this issue is "working as intended". As this issue is a complaint about how the game is supposed to work, and not an actual bug, it belongs here in General Discussion.

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Originally Posted by kattzkitti

Buttons like Hallowed Ground and Benediction aren't supposed to be used at the last second, this isn't that kind of game. Learn the fight, learn the stress points, learn how to use the buttons correctly. It isn't up to Squeenix to change their entire game to cover for your inability to learn your job.

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But it is up to SE to make a fun and entertaining game. If Hallowed Ground isn't meant to be used as an Oh Shit button, that's fine, but the game shouldn't punish you for attempting to use it by going on a 7 minute cooldown. An ability that goes on cooldown but doesn't work is just bad game design, any way you slice it.