Quote Originally Posted by Kalsam View Post
-Cooldowns Should Not Need a GCD Free. They're COOLDOWNS.
There's been a number of times I've tried to use a CD to help reduce damage from an incoming attack, only to not be able to as I'm stuck on GCD from the last skill used. Granted, the cooldowns don't USE a GCD, but they need one to be used. They shouldn't be on GCD at all.
You are moderately wrong here. What prevents you from starting the off-GCD skill is actually a sort of animation lock. Until a certain point of your current attack's animation you cannot use an off-GCD skill. Example that i'm used to is Phlebotomize, you need to wait for the full animation (that is about .8s long) to go through, whereas in Full Thrust you can use an ability at about the point you're at the apex of the jump (whereas in Vorpal Thrust you need to finish the horizontal swipe which takes about 2s).