Combat still too slow. We need a shorter Global Cooldown!

[iPlayBad]

Well, I can say as a DPS that would be a nightmare. I already run out of TP as it is on Monk due to my GCD being lowered to 2 seconds by Greased Lightning III + skill speed stacking. Completely removing GCD would be horrendous lol.

They can always adjust some things accordingly for classes.

To me as a healer, it's awful. I'll have to debuff, which the cast speed for that is way shorter than the global cool down. Then I'll have to wait to be able to heal whoever when they need healing asap. Or if I need to cast regan on someone and cure on another. Meh, I've never played a game with a global cool down. Don't really see the point in one.

[Ihm]

That is how XIV works though, they're not going to re-write the battle engine to work like other games, this is the battle engine of XIV...

Not to beat a dead horse, but if you want the battles to work like X other game then why not just play that game?

Unless SE are open to changing the whole games battle engine, if so, Devil May Cry style please <3.

[Gohlar]

agree completely coming as a legacy player too. And those who seriously dont like it you can always go back to wow.

I found this kind of amusing considering we are playing a WoW clone.

That is how XIV works though, they're not going to re-write the battle engine to work like other games, this is the battle engine of XIV...

Yep, it's not going to change. Everything would need to be re balanced. It wasn't the best decision by square, but it's here to stay.

[Zaiken]

I found this kind of amusing considering we are playing a WoW clone.



Yep, it's not going to change. Everything would need to be re balanced. It wasn't the best decision by square, but it's here to stay.

Oh really? Because Wow is the 1st MMO and it invented everything right?

[Simaril]

Pushing buttons faster doesn't make the game better in any way IMO. If anything, pushing more buttons means that each button push is LESS meaningfull. So I would prefer a LONGER GCD, so each and every button push is carefully considered and timed.

**maybe I'm playing devils advocate a bit, but I'd prefer the game to be thoughtfull and intentional, not faceroll button spam.

[LoLo]

People who want a lower GCD could not last a second during old school FFXI and I could never see them even trying to play FF8.

[BrainWoodstock]

i think the long CD is bad for PC gamers but good for PS3. PS3 players need to switch alote between bars so they need that time.

[Feathery]

I like it the way it is, please don't change it.

[Elendil_Voronda]

Why fix what aint broken?.

Try some end-game primals/dungeons and I think you'll change your mind.

[Ihm]

I have to ask, for those wanting shorter GCD, are you actually playing your jobs correctly? Between GCD refreshes I do other stuff, like use my out of GCD abilities such as (As a dragoon) I use Blood for Blood, Leg Sweep, Jumps, Inner Release, and so on, which means I'm nearly always performing an action. Are you just sitting there waiting for GCD to come back? Do you use all your out of GCD abilities consecutively?