Questions about skill speed

The question is in the context of DRG, so I'm not sure if it applies to other melee DPS...


Before 5.0, my combos felt fluid. By that, I mean that the visual animation for each ability ended at roughly the same time as the cooldown.

For some reason, after launch, the cooldowns seem longer. I'm not used to the pause after the animation ends, and am sometimes pressing the buttons at the wrong times as a result and messing up my combos.

So, I got these questions:

-How much skill speed do I need for a fluid experience?

-Was skill speed nerfed/was there some other skill speed related change?

Thank you.

You're probably noticing the scaling formula as you level. 1500 skill speed at level 71 won't give you the same amount of GCD reduction as 1500 skill speed at 70. You'll need to keep adding more skill speed as you level, possibly with materia if you don't get the right drops. It will probably stay wonky until you reach level 80 and can fine-tune the stat to fit perfectly with your rotation and regional ping.
There might also be some delay with the heavy server congestion?