[Suggestion] Add Function to Cancel Casts

The battle system for DoM is cumbersome and does not allow players to be responsive, i.e. canceling casts is extremely challenging when it shouldn’t be. As of now, the only method to cancel casts is to stay locked on target and push escape or enter before the spell is performed. If you decide to queue another action or select a different target, it is impossible to cancel your spell. In Final Fantasy XI, you could move to interrupt your own casts; in Final Fantasy XIV you have the freedom to move while casting, and it will not terminate your spell resulting in nearly all accidental spells going off.

Add a function/hotkey/command to cancel any casts; this function could also be used to cancel your entire command queue for accidental inputs.

I find it extremely easy to cancel casts and have no problems at all with the time, because it seems to be almost instant.

I feel that since the most recent patch I've had a much more difficult time canceling spell casting... /cancel or something would be nice to have as a macro.

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Originally Posted by Jamaz

The battle system for DoM is cumbersome and does not allow players to be responsive, i.e. canceling casts is extremely challenging when it shouldn’t be. As of now, the only method to cancel casts is to stay locked on target and push escape or enter before the spell is performed. If you decide to queue another action or select a different target, it is impossible to cancel your spell. In Final Fantasy XI, you could move to interrupt your own casts; in Final Fantasy XIV you have the freedom to move while casting, and it will not terminate your spell resulting in nearly all accidental spells going off.

Add a function/hotkey/command to cancel any casts; this function could also be used to cancel your entire command queue for accidental inputs.

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I can appreciate the addition of 'moving while casting' to a degree. It makes casting a little more fluid and versatile (especially for those party members that love trying to run away every time you try to buff them).

But canceling magic is kind of insane. There needs to be an easier trigger.