sometimes i click on the spell and there is the sound that confirms the spell is being selected but nothing happens,no message that the spell is casting! or cancelled.
there is much more stress when healing with this problem,sometimes i button mash the spell and the casting get cancelled lol
does this happen to you mages?
weird thing about casting
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03-12-2012, 12:21 AMSehroweird thing about casting
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03-12-2012, 12:45 AMBabydoll
It happens to me as well...can get quite frustrating >_<
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03-12-2012, 12:46 AMRelic
Maybe it's a server lag issue?
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03-12-2012, 03:43 AMviion
I get it all the time, i hate this moving to cancel, its so crap with the dreadful laggy servers.
The only way I've been able to make things a little better is use XPadder to Map H to my Auto Run key on my controller to force stop myself then turn on Action Queuing, even then its frustrating as shit as spells seem to not do anything, then I cancel them. -
03-12-2012, 03:50 AMEstellios
Have to stop moving before you cast. Just gotta get used to it, but yea it shouldn't do the "successful action" sound when it didn't go through.
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03-12-2012, 10:15 AMMikitaDefinitely needs to be different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Estellios
As it is now, it's hard to tell if the action was successfully registered or not.
During higher level battles when split seconds count, waiting to see if you're moving and wondering if your heal will go off or not is proving to be quite deadly.
It will take getting used to, but a different sound for success vs. failure of the action would be very nice. -
03-12-2012, 10:51 AMAkira_Tenshi
I am having this problem to and it is not because I am moving, I am standing still. Spell casting is terrible since the patch, I spend most of my time dead now.
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03-12-2012, 10:54 AMDragonheart
Stop casting when you move is a standard in every mmorpg... They did right to implement it.. sadly the engine/server system atm is pure sh...t ... So this feels very frustrating.. Imho they had to wait 2.0 for this.. But is ok too.. maybe just need to get used..
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03-12-2012, 10:54 AMColdfire
Have the same issue while tanking. I try to cast cure on myself but nothing happens even though there was an activation sound. Gets pretty annoying in some situations (like when 5 mobs hit you at once xD).
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03-12-2012, 10:55 AMprymortal
Since the patch i noticed that almost half the spells i cast dont work. im standing still use stone, it hits, use stonaga casts Nothing, try again Nothing, try aero nothing, try stone it casts, happens Alot!
& yes they need to get rid of that not being able to move while casting it would be ok if you could solo the whole game but you cant! -
03-12-2012, 11:24 AMColdfire
I find it pretty weird anyway. What's the purpose of not being able to cast while walking? They should just limit the speed while casting. Would be way less annoying. Some call it an increase in difficulty but it's once again something that mostly hurts non-japanese players. Lag ftw!
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03-12-2012, 11:37 AMDragonheartEven jp ppl really suffers lag, mayne a bit less than us, but a lot anyway.. I just had one in PT 2 days ago while doing AFs , and he said that he live to the side of server, and he still lagged a lot :SQuote:
Originally Posted by Coldfire
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03-12-2012, 12:33 PMRivWell i notice i get interrupted more often now with mobs beating on me than i used to, which is intentional i believe. Are you sure this isn't what's happening to you?Quote:
Originally Posted by prymortal
I have noticed hitting the button and it not starting the cast at all, but not enough to get on my nerves (yet). -
03-13-2012, 12:12 AMAkira_Tenshi
Looks like there may really be a problem and it is not a case of us just not understanding how it works now. I hope Square is aware of this..
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03-13-2012, 12:29 AMNightpanda2810
What's been driving me nuts is pressing the spell button now cancel's the spell. Sometimes i'm moving, stop to cast but still registers me as moving. So I spam the button, it finally starts casting then cancels from a double press. Definitely ate an eruption or 2 trying to get ballad on our tank.
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03-13-2012, 12:36 AMTypeZThat's not weird... The weird thing is the one hand casting that make job casting class look like a joke. the awkwardness of casting with no motion. You only see a hand flash and spell is castQuote:
Originally Posted by Sehro
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03-13-2012, 12:38 AMcharlemagne
I do dislike the second or two after you try to start casting when you are wondering whether you moved a bit, hit the button twice, the ui just messed up again or its lag.
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03-13-2012, 01:45 AMMolly_Millions
I've been having the same problem. No timer issues, no movement, no interruptions, but spells do no initiate when clicked on. If I log out and back in, it seems to work fine afterwords.
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03-13-2012, 02:00 AMMolly_Millions
bug report submitted. you all should do the same here:
https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...a=1&p=0&fo=279 -
03-13-2012, 02:23 AMDeadRiser
Only problem for me is pressing the spell too early. I love movement cancelling spells.
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03-13-2012, 02:38 AMMolly_MillionsThis isn't about movement or timer issues, it's about spells not working when they should. It's been happening to me VERY frequently as the tanks in my ls can attest to when I'm trying to cast on them until we wipe due to this bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadRiser
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03-13-2012, 02:40 AMJinko
Yea I have been getting this casting bug and have died several times due to not being able to cast a heal/sleep.
I'm guessing its a latency thing, just out of curiosity are you guys from NA or EU ?
I've also been noticing that as a healer I'm not able to compete with NA players, they normally see the damage before me so I end up healing over their heals. (I didn't notice this before the patch)
This might sound silly but its kind of annoying. (the joys of Eastern servers)
It's not this, I am getting it even when I haven't moved for a while.Quote:
Have to stop moving before you cast. Just gotta get used to it, but yea it shouldn't do the "successful action" sound when it didn't go through.
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03-13-2012, 02:40 AMDeadRiserIt's happened to me like once or twice, but not the rate that you guys are having itQuote:
Originally Posted by Molly_Millions
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03-13-2012, 02:43 AMMolly_MillionsNA here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinko
I doubt it's lag though, logging out and logging back in doesn't fix lag. -
03-13-2012, 02:48 AMJinkoIt fixes syncing issues though which are generally caused due to lag, hence people having problems with their actions recast timers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Molly_Millions
The recast timers although a different problem can be an issue for some and not with others, I would make a bet that its all intertwined somehow.
There are two forms of lag going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonheart
One is network latency -Your connection to SE server (this is fairly minimal 150-300 ms)
The other is Server lag - SE server processing speed which is horrendous and why they are changing to new servers, this is in the 2-3 second range)
That being said I know a guy who has played in both Japan and Europe due to work and he said the difference is fairly noticeable.
Sent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Molly_Millions
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03-13-2012, 02:56 AMMolly_MillionsI would think that if it were due to lag we would have seen this occur prior to patch 1.21. I never had this issue prior to Thursday. Since there was a code change directly related to when you can or cannot cast, it's fairly safe to assume that somebody broke something in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinko
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03-13-2012, 03:04 AMJinkoPossibly, considering this game is running on a server made of spaghetti and duck-tape anything could happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Molly_Millions
I thought I should mention that its not caused due to moves moving you either, ie toads grabbing you with their tongue or goats head butting you.
Interruption rate is much higher but this hasn't been the case for me many times either as when you are interrupted you still cast the spell.
Another thing to mention is that in some cases you cast a spell and the cast bar doesn't even come up yet you still cast the spell, which make you think the spell isn't casting. (in many cases you press the button again and stop the casting and its just a viscous circle of button spamming and a dead tanks) -
03-13-2012, 03:04 AMQuesse
Its not server lag. They have changed the battle system - likely the spell casting movement nonsense they implemented changed the battle system in other unintended ways.
Its not just spell casting - I was heavily soloing archer before the patch which requires a lot of button mashing. After the patch, the timing is completely off. Button presses for actions do not register, they are delayed, they work sometimes and not others - its a general mess.
SE needs to clean this up.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post584658 -
03-13-2012, 03:13 AMMolly_MillionsFify. :P But it's so true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinko
Being someone who works in QA, my heart goes out to the poor saps who have to QA test this mess. -
03-13-2012, 04:53 AMMizoreShirayuki
Spells for me work just fine with I'm on Gladiator... It's just when I switch to a job, i.e. Paladin, and try to cast Holy Successor does the game decide to start having a seizure and just stop processing my spell requests. Makes me want to just tank stuff on GLA rather than PLD until this issue gets resolved.
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03-13-2012, 04:58 AMMolly_MillionsInteresting. Now that I think about it, the only times I've noticed this are when I was on a job vs. a class. You might be onto something!Quote:
Originally Posted by MizoreShirayuki