Surecast, what the heck

Guys, I hate Surecast.
It says "the next cast will not be interrupted", I tried it, I got hit by Ifrit HM and got interrupted, I thought "well, my character was thrown away by the hit, I can understand that", then I tried in a bad situation in Amdapor Keep and got interrupted by a simple attack from a trash mob (a Dullahan before the Demon Wall), without getting any Stun or else.
Well, what the heck? What is that for? Every single time I used "Sure"cast I got interrupted, never finished a cast while under the effect of Surecast.
Is there an explanation or is it a bug?

Ive had times where it seemingly works, and times when it does nothing and I get interrupted (not from LoS issues) anyways.

Don't know why they didn't just make it a cast while moving cooldown.

I find it extremely situational, but I tend to use it on things like when Ifrit does his ultimate move @ 50% after nails, the explosion will interrupt a cast making it hard to pre-cast medica II so I use surecast first.....works like a charm every time. I haven't really used it outside of this context though.

I view this more as a future PvP ability than anything, at least from a DPS standpoint. The only time I can recall using Surecast on my BLM was to pair it up with a Physick cast as Ifrit was using his super attack.

only time I remember using surecast to efficiently avoid losing dps is garuda fight, when she does her random target wind attack thingy that interrupts casts. (generally at the start of the fight)

I would like to be able to move and cast while Surecast is in effect.

Just one spell every 30s doesn't seems game breaking IMHO. Even with the 15%proc no recast for THM

Never use it as a blm o.0

I hate it, I removed it from the Hotbar and looking forward to Swiftcast, at least (I'm lv23 as THM).
It's even more useless than Cure III, and Cure III is REALLY USELESS.

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Originally Posted by glim

only time I remember using surecast to efficiently avoid losing dps is garuda fight, when she does her random target wind attack thingy that interrupts casts. (generally at the start of the fight)

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Stand in melee and she usually won't hit ya with it =D

Of course you get hit by her AoE, but that is healable and doesn't interrupt you, oddly enough.

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Originally Posted by pandabearcat

Stand in melee and she usually won't hit ya with it =D

Of course you get hit by her AoE, but that is healable and doesn't interrupt you, oddly enough.

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oh but it does interrupt you, which is why I spare 2 seconds to ruin II and wait for it before I come in and miasma II, the aoe always interrupts my thunder.

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Originally Posted by glim

oh but it does interrupt you, which is why I spare 2 seconds to ruin II and wait for it before I come in and miasma II, the aoe always interrupts my thunder.

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Weird, are you sure you're not getting hit by wind bomb instead?

She has occasionally throw a wind bomb on me while behind her, but I never noticed the swipe aoe interrupting.

that's probably it, I don't really watch for spell names, just that I got interrupted in melee range twice so I deducted that it was probably the swipe, but could be the bomb.

All this on Surecast but no mention of interrupts for turning camera view? Only thing I can think of that does it since I wasn't moving or getting hit.

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Originally Posted by Necaust

All this on Surecast but no mention of interrupts for turning camera view? Only thing I can think of that does it since I wasn't moving or getting hit.

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No, I know that problem: it's just lag.
My PS3 went fine until yesterday, but now it's lagging so damn much that every once in a while any skill I use loses effect or gets interrupted, even if not in battle or not in a dungeon.
I got interrupted while castin Stoneskin without moving, without moving the camera in Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona.
I tried Titan three times and had a 5 seconds lag and this weird loss-of-effect status that prevented me from healing people.

Surecast is useless or extremely situational at best. When I first got it I thought it would allow me to move and cast but oh how wrong that was. As someone who uses a controller i really do not have space for this skill. Its just not important enough to keep on my hotbar.

Its on my hotbar... but i cannot recall any time I've used it. I like the advice on Garuda, might try it then. It would be nice to have a better effect, As interrupts while casting usually only happen when i move or something goes LOS.

I use Surecast mainly for its chances of the no casting time. The without-interruption thing is so useless in a game where we just have to move around to dodge stuff.