Cleric stance roundabout!

Cleric stance should have half a sec cool down after coming out as some times it just throws me in a loop of cleric stance back to cleric stance when i need to heal

It used to have no cd

I'd be happy if it remained instant but had a GCD, like energy drain... 5 seconds does get a little annoying at times :P

I meant when you turn it off it sometimes turns back on instantly so it needs half a sec cool down at least

Enh, seems like its more of a crutch designed for people who can't be bothered to be careful when usin g the ability. Just tap it once, and your issue is fixed. Or make a macro that forces a wait between clicking and activation.

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Originally Posted by Average-Joe

Enh, seems like its more of a crutch designed for people who can't be bothered to be careful when usin g the ability. Just tap it once, and your issue is fixed. Or make a macro that forces a wait between clicking and activation.

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Ever tried FFXIV on a connection that's... not so reliable? Cleric stance, likewise, becomes very unreliable and a liability.

I completely agree with OP, I've had the same issue. Fake difficulty is not healthy for any game.

If it helps; you can "deactivate" Cleric's Stance while casting, before finishing the cast. Cleric's Stance will deactivate the moment you finish your current cast and as long you can actually deactivate it (ie: It's not on CD)

It's a bit of a gimmick to "fix" the issue at hand. But it's something

That's no so much a gimmick, that's how skill queuing works. Same thing people bring up when they mention how bad macros are.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

That's no so much a gimmick, that's how skill queuing works. Same thing people bring up when they mention how bad macros are.

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I called it a "gimmick" so it's less error prone as mentioned by the OP. Not the fact that how skill queuing works

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Originally Posted by ShiranamiSupersize

Cleric stance should have half a sec cool down after coming out as some times it just throws me in a loop of cleric stance back to cleric stance when i need to heal

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If it didn't have a downside, there'd be no thought process behind it, you'd have no risk to using it whatsoever

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Originally Posted by ShiranamiSupersize

I meant when you turn it off it sometimes turns back on instantly so it needs half a sec cool down at least

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It's fine as it is, and likely won't change. I get that it is inconvenient, and even sometimes deadly, but it's there to make healers think twice before casting offensive spells.

Adding the slight delay can -only- improve the player experience in the game, so it's asinine to not do so.

I think enough "punishment" for turning on cleric is those 5 seconds, activating it by error because of lag shouldn't be punished.

Or a much easier solution: Allow cleric to be right-clicked off (or removed with /statusoff).

I'm all for it. As some pointed out before, it's more often than not your connection that screws you over with cleric's, not 'not being careful enough'. But yeah, it's always your own fault, never something technology related, right? Must be great to have such a stable connection at all times, I most definitely don't have it. Especially not when I'm on my alt on Balmung since, you know, transatlantic internet connection and all.
Besides, a 0.5 sec cd on Cleric's won't hurt anyone, and it won't cheese anything. The 5 second cd after activating it can stay, but please include that 0.5 sec dc after turning it off.

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Originally Posted by Yuyuka3

I'm all for it. As some pointed out before, it's more often than not your connection that screws you over with cleric's, not 'not being careful enough'. But yeah, it's always your own fault, never something technology related, right? Must be great to have such a stable connection at all times, I most definitely don't have it. Especially not when I'm on my alt on Balmung since, you know, transatlantic internet connection and all.
Besides, a 0.5 sec cd on Cleric's won't hurt anyone, and it won't cheese anything. The 5 second cd after activating it can stay, but please include that 0.5 sec dc after turning it off.

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Games are never made with poor connection in mind for balancing, that's ludicrous, if you know you hit your skill then don't tap it again, you've activated it.

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Originally Posted by ShikiRyougi

Games are never made with poor connection in mind for balancing, that's ludicrous, if you know you hit your skill then don't tap it again, you've activated it.

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Wrong. Often I tap it, and it still doesn't drop off, making me waste whatever skill i pressed after. Most likely Tetragrammaton. Maybe you don't design games like that, it's still shitty to punish you for bad connection.

I had the same problem when I started playing whm. But then I got used to tap it only once.
Just remember that the effect comes after the previous cast or animation is finished. If you deactivate it while casting, let's say holy, then the cleric stance icon will disappear after holy is complete or canceled.
Just make sure you don't tap it more than once.