Haste and spell casting - how does it work?

From a gameplay standpoint, Haste simply reduces attack delay, weaponskill use, and spell casting. In the Palace of the Dead, should the floor give the party Haste, it says something like "Ancient enchantments stimulate your humors, allowing you to act more quickly".


Now one can easily say that for physical attacks, you simply hit/attack faster because you got better reflexes. For magic....I have no idea! Anyone care to share a guess?

Obviously, you talk and recite your spells faster in a high pitch chipmunk voice.

You are filled with arcane energy and replace spellcasting incantations with "Blah blah blah."

...Well that's just not fun at all!

Probably the same way Fast Talker works and KitFox got it right. I don't know about the chipmunk voice, but I think you just recite your spell extremely faster... Kinda like a rapper when rhyming.

Yeah I;m gonna have to go with Spellcasting and the Chipmunks here. Though I wonder about Swiftcast though. Haste, Presence of Mind, Fey Wind and Arrow can help speed up the voice, but Swiftcast makes the spell instantaneous. How does that work with speech?

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

Yeah I;m gonna have to go with Spellcasting and the Chipmunks here. Though I wonder about Swiftcast though. Haste, Presence of Mind, Fey Wind and Arrow can help speed up the voice, but Swiftcast makes the spell instantaneous. How does that work with speech?

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Probably by removing the need to chant anything, so the user can channel the spell right away.

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Originally Posted by Fevelle

Probably by removing the need to chant anything, so the user can channel the spell right away.

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This would be my guess. To force-cast the spell without any incantation takes significant mental focus, so it can only be done periodically. Certain other spells are simple enough that they can be canted instantly without the mental buildup, like Aero and Scathe, but the tradeoff is that they are not very powerful.

If fast talker is your answer, then all our magic casting enemies must have REALLY fast mouths since their cast speed is always faster than ours.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

If fast talker is your answer, then all our magic casting enemies must have REALLY fast mouths since their cast speed is always faster than ours.

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I don't think enemies need to chant anything to use their abilities. Especially primals, I think they just focus their energy, since they're made of aether.

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Originally Posted by Fevelle

I don't think enemies need to chant anything to use their abilities. Especially primals, I think they just focus their energy, since they're made of aether.

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You have humans/spoken mages you fight, you forgot?

I'm going off on a limb here, and pointing out that the line in Palace of the Dead does mention 'humours'. I'm sure it's just flavor-text, but perhaps that has a role in how Haste works?
I'm talking about the four temperaments: Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic, and phlegmatic.

I'm pulling up wiki in reference to this, so bear with me.
Sanguine: Optimistic, social -Air
Choleric: Short-tempered, irritable- Fire
Melancholic: Analytical, and quiet -Earth
Phelgmatic: Relaxed,Peaceful -Water
(insert Avatar, the last airbender reference)

I'm going off on a limb here and saying in 14's verse each Humour represents a certain class: DD/DPS, Healing, and Tanking, but perhaps not strictly exclusive. If this were the case, perhaps stimulating the humors gave the appearance that you're speeding up time, but just flooding your humours with aetheric-based adrenaline...or something. So it FEELS fast, but it isn't? (Dunno about the chipmunk voice though)

As for seperate job spells, the humours can also fit. Such as the 'Presence of Mind' spell can only stimulate Phelgmatic,Sanguine and Melachonic based humours since conjury more or less represented by those elements...and stuff.

Remember that there *is* an aiming component involved in spellcasting. I'd imagine the entirety of a cast goes something like this: Begin chanting/invoking > channel aether > manifest spell > literally hurl it at your opponent. Maybe Haste cuts down on your need to channel as much or cuts down on the time it takes to either draw aether from your surroundings into your focus or from your inner aether reserves into your focus. It could do that by making it easier to focus or pay attention to detail. The other thing it could do is eliminate your need to aim quite as precisely, allowing you to shave time from manifestation to casting.

I imagine Haste could be closer to just 'FFXIV Bullet Time' rather than actually making you physically faster. It could potentially cut down on how long it takes for your brain to process stimuli and quicken decision-making time.

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Originally Posted by Kitfox

Obviously, you talk and recite your spells faster in a high pitch chipmunk voice.

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But my lil potato already has a borderline chipmunk voice as is!

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Originally Posted by Cilia

You are filled with arcane energy and replace spellcasting incantations with "Blah blah blah."

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