The problem with "Instant OFF GCD" abilities makes combat feel less rewarding.

It's not... I play warrior and I can use a Non GCD Ability before my Global Cooldown ends.

Example:

Heavy Swing -> GCD -> Foresight -> GCD Ends and I can do Skull Sunder.

You have to time it properly. You get one Non-GCD Ability per global.

This Is STILL Final Fantasy, and still requires thought and strategy, not button mashing.

/signed

I have seen this issue in a lot of recently released mmos. It really makes me wonder why this isn't the number 1 factor when they sit down and start designing combat. Combat should feel fluid. As someone wrote on this post, you shouldn't feel like you're fighting the controls.

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Originally Posted by Ricky

You have a lot of good points but the Chimera example is funny, you have 90-120 minutes to kill him don't you? So when it's your turn to interrupt, don't use long animation abilities

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You could do the same with a cooldown GCD ability, what is the purpose of "instant off-gcd" then, if not to be able to react instantly?

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Originally Posted by VahnValbosce

It's not... I play warrior and I can use a Non GCD Ability before my Global Cooldown ends.

Example:

Heavy Swing -> GCD -> Foresight -> GCD Ends and I can do Skull Sunder.

You have to time it properly. You get one Non-GCD Ability per global.

This Is STILL Final Fantasy, and still requires thought and strategy, not button mashing.

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If there was anything worth considering or requiring of thought process / strategy, you might be right. As it is now, I just pop a buff or non-gcd damaging ability and continue on with my rotation. There are much more important things that require my attention at any given time than trying to micro manage shit that doesn't need to be micro managed. This isn't turn based combat, and a GCD isn't a turn. Real time combat should be that: real time.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Hello,

Based on the way the game was designed, and also taking into account the current level of difficulty, the development team has no plans to change the timing in which non-global cool down actions can be used, and would like players to take this into consideration when forming strategies.

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Translation: "Our game is shit. Deal with it."

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Originally Posted by cfStatic

This isn't turn based combat, and a GCD isn't a turn. Real time combat should be that: real time.

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Um so basically what you want is to blow all your cooldowns in .5 seconds. (having your character spasm uncontrollably like having some kind of seizure during combat) I don't see how that's suppose to be realistic? Since we're somehow on the topic of "real" time combat and realism.

You choose a time to use a certain Global Cooldown between attacks and healing, it simply adds a level of thought process to this game. Like I said before, I attack, use a Non-GCD in between weapon skills, then continue with my rotation. Just explaining what the situation is like, you want this to be WoW then I'm not sure what to tell you and it's not the devs fault if ppl can't change their "I want it all right now" attitude.

EDIT: As far as micro-managing, well guess what, you have to do all that AND dodge shit during fights, so there you go. Adapt to the gameplay and win, or just call it "shitty" and quit and lose, it's everyones choice.

SE's stance on this is very disappointing. They talk about considering difficulty and planning strategy around the poor design as justification.

But is this the KIND of difficulty we want? This is what other game developers would call fighting the interface rather than the creature. That's not a fun kind of difficulty, IMO. Say what you will about the overall design of other MMO's, but a few of them have undeniably beautiful responsiveness and a great feeling of control because they understand this concept.

And is the strategy required to bypass this kind of poor design the kind of strategy we find fun? Personally I find standing there doing nothing during the times you expect a stun to be required is pretty boring.

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Originally Posted by Makomin

SE's stance on this is very disappointing.

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It's funny how truthful the stereotypes are about the forums being full of moaning and groaning, but let me just say this. None of you have obviously played fighting games like street fighter, where you have to actually plan ahead of time during combat. Nor have I suspected many of you know what enmity meters are, because I see alot of DPS just faceroll and get hate, then blame the tank cause he couldn't hold threat, or healers over healing and pulling aggro, etc.

If you want to button mash, then that's fine, but maybe this game isn't for you. The combat is different in this game and is actually very fluid once you understand the rhythm of it. If it doesn't appeal to you or you can't figure out the rhythm then ok, but that's no reason it should be changed.

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Originally Posted by VahnValbosce

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Here we go with your multiple fallacies.

1. Negative feedback is not moaning and groaning any more than positive feedback is sucking SE's toes. People don't need to mention that they still enjoy the game with every criticism. It has positives and negatives to be discussed just like any other game.

2. Surely many people here have played fighting games. I enjoy them myself. What people have played or enjoyed in different genres is not relevant here.

3. Your rant about the other class roles and enmity meters has no relevance here (and stinks of people complaining about your ability to hold aggro). You can't infer a person's skill from their opinion of how responsive a game should feel.

4. Big difference between mindless button mashing and wanting a feeling of responsiveness.

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Originally Posted by Makomin

Here we go with your multiple fallacies.

4. Big difference between mindless button mashing and wanting a feeling of responsiveness.

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Constant negative feedback does nothing. You choose to look at the negative all the time and disregard anything positive. If your character is doing something already, that means they need to finish what they're doing so they can do something else.

I already know what you want, you want to be able to do a weaponskill then immediately follow up with a stun 0.1 seconds later. The devs already said this isn't going to happen, and the reason being is that Non-GCD's will have no point other than to be blown all within the span of 1 global cooldown, and that is just not how the combat is designed.

My positive response was: Learn and adapt to the style of combat in this MMO, because it's different and that's what people wanted didn't they? I thought the general concensus was that people didn't want WoW-clones.

Completely agree.

Combat is utter crap as it is.

And Vahn, source please.

This game does have non GCD abilities that are intented to be used reactively. Why else keep them OFF the gcd? So no, it's not working as intended.

The system is broken, period. You can't even do your regular rotation in the fear your stun won't register on time (Paladins on Ifrit HM for example).

Really, did you even see the videos posted by the OP? It's obvious.

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Originally Posted by Ruprect

Soooo.... really off GCD skills are on GCD skills. I have to hit it like 5 times to get it to go off, that usually takes most of the GCD.

What is the point of an off GCD skill then?

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You only have to hit it once at the right time -- the time being half point of your GCD -- and the animations line up perfectly, so no GCD time lost, unless you use more than one at a time. Until the game decides to interrupt your skills and spells for no reason whatsoever, that is. Reactionary stuns, etc. are impossible to get off in time if you just used a skill is something I can agree on. There is also the problem of having to wait for the "longish" stun animations to finish for the effect to actually go through.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Translation, this is caused by the same problem as the AoE and server latency, we don't know how to fix it so you will have to live with it.

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It's caused by not allowing you to overwrite animations with another, and we know exactly why the AoE latency is happening and how to fix it. It's because the server checks your position every 0.3 seconds and needs to be lowered to 0.1.

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Originally Posted by Waliel

It's caused by not allowing you to overwrite animations with another, and we know exactly why the AoE latency is happening and how to fix it. It's because the server checks your position every 0.3 seconds and needs to be lowered to 0.1.

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I don't think is effected by animation, sometimes I can whip through my cooldowns really fast but other times they will be held back by latency and in some cases the cooldown animation will play and the skill won't take effect, a second later the skill has reset.
(I'm pretty sure this is because the client is saying yes you can use that skill, and the server is saying no you can't)

Fact is neither of those things ill be fixed, and I still think 100ms is too high.

I'd be interested to know what WoW uses for position checks, cause that is what they should be aiming for.

Yep all those "Instant" abilities are pretty unresponsive. Using, for example, Swiftcast > Divine Seal > Medica II requires ~3 seconds of button mashing.
Or using Swifcast and then Raise right away will just cast Raise with it's normal cast time.

It just feels unfair how fast you have to react to the game mechanics at times, yet the game can't react fast enough to player's actions.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I don't think is effected by animation, sometimes I can whip through my cooldowns really fast but other times they will be held back by latency and in some cases the cooldown animation will play and the skill won't take effect, a second later the skill has reset.
(I'm pretty sure this is because the client is saying yes you can use that skill, and the server is saying no you can't)

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Sounds like reasonable explanation fo that, but the fact is that you can't start a new animation until the old one is finished, which is also the reason why off-GCD skills won't fire off instantly if used right after another skill.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I'd be interested to know what WoW uses for position checks, cause that is what they should be aiming for.

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My wild guess would be a combination of client and server side checks. In the WotLK era, sprint from Druids and Rogues would cause some quirky positional updating that made them zip around short distances for other clients if they didn't move in a straight line and even then there would be some speedup or two match the actual position. Positional updating was horrendous for flying mounts and flight paths, as well. No idea how it is nowadays. It would also sometimes take over a second for you to dismount automagically indoors, and some debuffs would linger for a lengthy time when you got out of the area, but I can't remember if that was fixed before or after Wrath.

0.1 second checks would be perfectly fine, if positions for taking damage and such would be checked client-side, but alas, that is not the case. Client-side checks could also potentially open doors for hacks, like possibly dodging everything while standing still or the like, but I won't go there more than that for the lack of knowledge.

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Originally Posted by Waliel

0.1 second checks would be perfectly fine, if positions for taking damage and such would be checked client-side, but alas, that is not the case. Client-side checks could also potentially open doors for hacks, like possibly dodging everything while standing still or the like, but I won't go there more than that for the lack of knowledge.

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What i was wondering for days, if they don't rely on client positions checks, and it is supposedly all happens on the server (which is the right way to do it, of course), how in the hell all those mining bots are able to just teleport wherever they please?

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Originally Posted by Aibo

What i was wondering for days, if they don't rely on client positions checks, and it is supposedly all happens on the server (which is the right way to do it, of course), how in the hell all those mining bots are able to just teleport wherever they please?

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They are not re-checking. The client says im on position X:Y:Z the server takes it for granted and trusts the client.

So u see the bot needs only the coordinates and so he can teleport within a zone. They should atleast track the time it would take u from position X to Y and greater than 15yards so bots would be auto banned. Or they could track the NUMBER gathered /hour like in WoW... simply 10k shards in a day is just no human behaviour anymore or farming 5hours straight w/o a pause in between what ever u like more - but again seems those anti cheat measures are none existent in ARR.

It´s like they haven´t even a QA team :(

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Originally Posted by Camate

Hello,

Based on the way the game was designed, and also taking into account the current level of difficulty, the development team has no plans to change the timing in which non-global cool down actions can be used, and would like players to take this into consideration when forming strategies.

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So basically "The Devs know better than you do." How's that workin' out for 1.0?

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Originally Posted by TyloRime

So basically "The Devs know better than you do." How's that workin' out for 1.0?

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Yup Yoshi is turning in to Tanaka slowly but surely, "It's my way or the highway"

I didnt have problem with this.

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Originally Posted by Synthesis

I didnt have problem with this.

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Have you tried it "without this" ?

All what is killing me is the lag.

edit: wait I played only one class in this game so far and that was summoner !

I understand the frustration if the skill is marked as available but can't be used. This has to be fixed. It's not happening on Summoner tho.

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Originally Posted by Synthesis

All what is killing me is the lag.

edit: wait I played only one class in this game so far and that was summoner !

I understand the frustration if the skill is marked as available but can't be used. This has to be fixed. It's not happening on Summoner tho.

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It is on all instant cast spells, so Virus and Swiftcast (THM) will be an example of the issue.

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Originally Posted by Waliel

You only have to hit it once at the right time -- the time being half point of your GCD -- and the animations line up perfectly, so no GCD time lost, unless you use more than one at a time. Until the game decides to interrupt your skills and spells for no reason whatsoever, that is. Reactionary stuns, etc. are impossible to get off in time if you just used a skill is something I can agree on. There is also the problem of having to wait for the "longish" stun animations to finish for the effect to actually go through.





It's caused by not allowing you to overwrite animations with another, and we know exactly why the AoE latency is happening and how to fix it. It's because the server checks your position every 0.3 seconds and needs to be lowered to 0.1.

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Come on. Skill animation delay is soooo 2011. We havent grown past this in the MMO market. This is again something that SWTOR had that they managed to fix fairly quickly along with skill/server lag. Yet SE refuses to do anything about it. And I agree that it does not affect anything unless you do more than 1. I have the biggest problem with this on my Bard as I have 3 off GCD cd's and an off GCD ability I can blow, but I can only do one at a time. Very annoying.

It's only really infuriating for things like silences or stuns.

Things that really need to be used reactively.

So you end up doing nothing for 5-10 seconds while you wait for the ability you have to interrupt, instead of approaching combat like one would expect.

To call them "off GCD" is entirely misleading.

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Originally Posted by nimrod

They are not re-checking. The client says im on position X:Y:Z the server takes it for granted and trusts the client.

So u see the bot needs only the coordinates and so he can teleport within a zone. They should atleast track the time it would take u from position X to Y and greater than 15yards so bots would be auto banned. Or they could track the NUMBER gathered /hour like in WoW... simply 10k shards in a day is just no human behaviour anymore or farming 5hours straight w/o a pause in between what ever u like more - but again seems those anti cheat measures are none existent in ARR.

It´s like they haven´t even a QA team :(

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The same conclusion i came to.
Which brings another question to mind, what is the server actually doing every .3s tick, except mindlessly updating player's X,Y,Z?
If it doesn't validate the player's movement, doesn't perform any collision checks (bots that are mining from inside the walls), i guess it is just slooow.

Seeing how SE, having an EU branch, didn't even bother with setting up physical EU servers, i wouldn't be surprised if they run quite a few of the worlds on a single machine.

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Originally Posted by Snorgrind

i like animation lockdowns much more than doing 6 skills instantly with bugged animations like in rift where you could as melee use 6 off GCD skills at once, melee combat looked and felt so bad for me there that i played mage because of that.

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^This exactly, stop whining and learn to play...its that simple. They are not going to change it and they do not need to.

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Originally Posted by complexxL9

You could do the same with a cooldown GCD ability, what is the purpose of "instant off-gcd" then, if not to be able to react instantly?

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Where in the world are you people getting that these abilities are supposed to be instant!? Stop thinking about wow...put it out of your minds please this is not an instant gratification combat system it takes work and strategy just like playing a real final fantasy game this is not a button mash fest, time your attacks, I have never experienced an issue with this so long as I planned ahead and acted accordingly This is the first game I have ever had to actually try and read incoming attacks to know what I needed to activate for those weapon skills that so not have an aoe affect that hurt.

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Originally Posted by Furio

Completely agree.

Combat is utter crap as it is.

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They are Off-GCD because they are intended to be used strategically between attacks otherwise they would interrupt combos just like any other ability. You can activate an off-gcd ability basically instantly after an on-gcd one but activating multiple off-gcds instantly is a stupid and game breaking mechanic its the wow mind set that game has ruined all games because people cant deal with anything more difficult than mashing there stupid number buttons in whatever order they want because its all instant. I used attacks on Ifrit hardmode because im not bad and I didn't miss stuns, there is a fairly obvioius pattern to his eruptions, right after he would use it I would spam 2-5 combos and then I would chill for a minute and wait for the next stun....the alternative would be that the lazy dps could move when eruption comes up its not hard to dodge.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

Yup Yoshi is turning in to Tanaka slowly but surely, "It's my way or the highway"

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...And what right is it of ours to demand that they change something in the game because we cant be asked to adjust to the level of strategy they had in mind for us using with this system. If they say its working as intended then it most likely is working as intended they tried hard to make a game that was awesome and they did and now people are giving them crap for the minor stuff that they cant adjust to because of the instant gratification mindset, these abilities are not in any way meant to be instant, instant cast does not mean instant animation, they are not reactionary skills. This game is more about planning than reaction.

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Originally Posted by Covertghost

It's only really infuriating for things like silences or stuns.

Things that really need to be used reactively.

So you end up doing nothing for 5-10 seconds while you wait for the ability you have to interrupt, instead of approaching combat like one would expect.

To call them "off GCD" is entirely misleading.

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If you are standing there for 5-10 seconds then your ability is on its actual cool down or you have lag my mind can not even comprehend where talking at max 3 seconds which is plenty of reaction time.

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Originally Posted by Hirosashi

Where in the world are you people getting that these abilities are supposed to be instant!? Stop thinking about wow...put it out of your minds please this is not an instant gratification combat system it takes work and strategy just like playing a real final fantasy game this is not a button mash fest, time your attacks, I have never experienced an issue with this so long as I planned ahead and acted accordingly This is the first game I have ever had to actually try and read incoming attacks to know what I needed to activate for those weapon skills that so not have an aoe affect that hurt.

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ROFL, you realise that most FF games you can win most fights by spamming attack attack attack ... right ?

Also lets stop comparing an MMO to a single player game because they function completely different.

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Originally Posted by Hirosashi

...And what right is it of ours to demand that they change something in the game because we cant be asked to adjust to the level of strategy they had in mind for us using with this system. If they say its working as intended then it most likely is working as intended they tried hard to make a game that was awesome and they did and now people are giving them crap for the minor stuff that they cant adjust to because of the instant gratification mindset, these abilities are not in any way meant to be instant, instant cast does not mean instant animation, they are not reactionary skills. This game is more about planning than reaction.

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And you don't think the "working as intended" is their lazy way of saying we don't want to or have no intention of fixing that, sorry did you even play FF11, do you have any experience with SE prior to this game ?

If you are happy to believe what they say then good for you, I however do not.

If they did intend for us to have to deal with clunky combat and server latency/lag issues, AoE's that hit even when you are clearly out of the visual cues on screen then their game is going to fail just like SWTOR did.


Everyone goes on about how whiny people are, but ask yourself do people complain when they have nothing to complain about .. you may answer yes to this just to be awkward but I can assure the majority of people have a valid reason for complaining.

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Originally Posted by Hirosashi

...And what right is it of ours to demand that they change something in the game because we cant be asked to adjust to the level of strategy they had in mind for us using with this system. If they say its working as intended then it most likely is working as intended they tried hard to make a game that was awesome and they did and now people are giving them crap for the minor stuff that they cant adjust to because of the instant gratification mindset, these abilities are not in any way meant to be instant, instant cast does not mean instant animation, they are not reactionary skills. This game is more about planning than reaction.

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What on earth are you talking about? Lets just accept every bad developer design decision for any game ever made because clearly the players just couldn't "adjust" to the developers vision. The clunky combat system is the worst part of the game and is the only thing keeping it from reaching greatness. Stop being a fanboy and realize that Yoshi and his crew did some really awesome things to turn the game around but they still missed the mark on some important things. Combat is not "minor stuff" and is probably one of the most important things to get right in an MMO. Most of the people complaining are MMO veterans and are familiar with every MMO combat system under the sun. There isn't some grand complexity that people are not understanding.

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Originally Posted by Jinko

ROFL, you realise that most FF games you can win most fights by spamming attack attack attack ... right ?

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Ok so perhaps I was the only one who used strategy at all in prior final fantasy games, and I did play XI which honestly for melee was basically an auto attack game, I liked the combat in XI it was a nice departure for the traditional template. I agree companies have a tendency to over look flaws, however I do not think the system is broken in this case it just seems that people are unwilling to take it for what it is. I never found myself putting this much thought into my attack patterns in WoW or even XI (Keep in mind for XI I did not make it to end game so I am not 100% familiar with end game content). Either way this is its own game with its own combat system I have never really had an issue with aoe so I cant speak on that I have seen many other people get hit with stuff they say the shouldn't have but I have never experienced it myself. It is truly an instant gratification attitude that ruins this combat system. They never state that these skills are supposed to be instant.

The problem is that people expect the game to work they way they want it to, not the way it was designed. There are plenty of MMOs out there with different combat systems and maybe the complainers should consider whether this is the one for them. It is inherently easier for the complainers to adjust to the game than for the game to adjust to a vocal minority. If it was that bad the server wouldn't be overloaded and we might not have these lag issues which will fix themselves in time.


I am guessing these are the people that call Capcom when Ryus hadoken isn't the right color of red or call Konami to complain when Snake's CQC combo fails to knock out an enemy in 3 hits. No? Then why complain here. The issue is the same as the other two I just posted. That is how the developer designed it.

If it broke the game, that would be different. Some of the things like asking for a sort feature, or fixing lag, yes. Asking a dev to redesign a working and already fun combat system (again, just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it isn't fun for 500k other people) is like asking a singer to go from Hip Hop to Country.

You wouldn't believe the number of lost benedictions I've had, where it fires but the player still dies and I lose my cooldown so I cant even save someone else.

That's unfortunate. I guess its just a matter of time before I get sick of the combat. Maybe I'll get used to it.

Can we at least have something that shows when instant abilities can be used? Maybe add it to hotbar cooldown effect or something. I really really hate spamming away on a button because I don't know when I can actually use that ability.

I love my instant cast spells! I am not sure I entirely understand this issue...:confused:

As far as I have ever been able to tell it casts instantly, just like it says, doesn't it? It goes off, you see it go off, then you see it hit.. No waiting for the GCD, non-interuptable. <3 :D

The way I see things is as follows (correct me I am wrong):

GCD:
Trigger Action -> Action Performs -> Global Cool down -> Trigger Next Action -> Action Performs -> Global Cool down

Off GCD:
Trigger Action -> Action Performs -> Trigger Next Action -> Action Performs

And with off GCD, you can alternate, without waiting in certain circumstances. like

GCD Action -> Perform -> Off-GCD Action -> Perform -> GCD Action

Thus allowing you to just keep going without pause if you have figured out a good strategy.

One example of where I use them is when I go solo monster hunting I can chain like so: Lightning -> Virus -> Aero -> Stone -> Fluid Aura -> Repose -> Cure 1 -> Wait for Virus and Fluid Aura cooldown while Sleep in effect, then repeat (or some other similar chain using stone II).

I never notice any delays in this, it is a very smooth chain of events both in action, and in appearance. :)

In dungeons I often use <tt> macros, and am prone to throw the instants in between cures of the tank where it is safe (both in terms of healing and aggro) just for a bit of extra dd. And on a rare occasion if I am having trouble keeping the tank healed with a particular mob monster, and things are about to go south fast, I can do fluid aura <tt> to push an enemy away from the tank, and then cast cure II, before the enemy returns (I am also looking forward to getting swiftcast).

Anyways, just my own input. Not entirely certain where people are coming from with complaining about this because I honestly don't see what is wrong in the first place. Granted, I am not the fastest of players. But even so, the only way to decrease the wait would be to remove the perform step, or make a shorter animation, which would reduce the overall quality of the game visually. For me at least. Or to use a stacking attack, where it performs all the animation at once, but not sure how well that could work in an environment like this, more the pure turn based games.

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Originally Posted by complexxL9

Off GCD:
Trigger Action -> Action Performs ->0.5-1sec animation cooldown-> Trigger Next Action -> Action Performs->

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I could be wrong, but I think you misunderstood me. The perform step is the action being performed, not the action taking effect. There is no animation cooldown, because the action doesn't take effect, until the animation is complete. This isn't a post action cooldown, this is the action being carried out.

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Originally Posted by Hirosashi

Either way this is its own game with its own combat system I have never really had an issue with aoe so I cant speak on that I have seen many other people get hit with stuff they say the shouldn't have but I have never experienced it myself. It is truly an instant gratification attitude that ruins this combat system. They never state that these skills are supposed to be instant.

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I think when your skill say Cast: Instant, you generally thing its an instant ability ... or maybe I am wrong :S

Here's an example for you, If I use Swift Cast > raise during Titan, which is a pretty hectic for healers, I will sometimes be in a rush to heal the next target.

So I go Swiftcast (subtarget dead person)> Resurrection > carry on healing the tank with Physick, but sometimes raise doesn't fire off and my Physick just used the swiftcast, I have absolutely no time to stand in place and cast a Resurrection spell, 1) because people are taking damage and 2) I don't want to be standing on a plume when it pops up.

This is pretty frustrating, you can say oh but its working as intended, well I say working as intended = complete shit.

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Originally Posted by Hirosashi

Instant cast does not mean there is not an animation or effect or even that the effect with be applied instantly it simply means there is no cast time. Being able to apply 6 dots in an instant would just be broken, it would take all the skill out of chaining off-gcd and on-gcd abilities together to make a good attack chain.

A good example is thunder to aero, cast thunder the nano-second its down casting you can cast aero bam, two dots on the target at the same exact time, thats how you chain effectively. I dont know of any dots that are off gcd lol so aero was all I had there.

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Nobody is asking for this !, for example summoner has Virus(which isn't a dot) and Bio both of which are instant, you couldn't possibly stack 6 dots in one action and you can't even do this in games like WoW which does have instant cast with no animation limitation bullcrap.

There is no reason why an animation has to block the next skill from activating either, they could just incorporate a system where the first animation takes priority and the second one is skipped, its not rocket science, so stop using "the animation must play out" as an excuse.

Show me a job (or class for that matter) which has 6 instant cast DoT's and I will agree with you.

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Originally Posted by Rin_Kuroi

That's unfortunate. I guess its just a matter of time before I get sick of the combat. Maybe I'll get used to it.

Can we at least have something that shows when instant abilities can be used? Maybe add it to hotbar cooldown effect or something. I really really hate spamming away on a button because I don't know when I can actually use that ability.

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You want UI to show when skills are actually available for use? But that is crazy, it takes all the strategy out of combat. If devs start listening to this nonsense, next thing you know, people going around asking for visual cues to be accurate. SE please make game harder, not easier! If things start to work as you expect they would, then where is the challenge? Also how would arr stand out in the crowd of mmorpgs if you take these unique strategic aspects out of it?
-WhiteKnight