The problem with "Instant OFF GCD" abilities makes combat feel less rewarding.

[Raymeo]

As I've said numerous times previously, what you're referring to is called 'Latency' and has nothing to do with animation locks or GCDs.

I agree the .3 second latency should be reduced. This isn't that. I believe that thread is down the hall somewhere.

Latency is when I hit Fast Blade, hear the attack go off, see the animation, and then notice that my GCD never got triggered. The ability was never actually used.

That is not what is happening when Hallowed Ground DOES go onto it's (seven frickin' minute) cooldown, while then allowing the caster to die before they are put under the ability's effect. The server IS confirming the use of the ability before it reports the player's death. That is not a latency issue.

The first is called a lag spike.

The second is a perfect example of latency. You saw yourself activate an ability before you took damage, but on the other side it saw you take damage before activating the ability, That's the very definition of latency. -_-

They are both latency related issues. Just in the first one you actually completely lost connection for a couple of seconds, the second just dealt with the delay between the connections.

Once again, I agree that the latency NEEDS to be fixed. Just not the animation locks or GCDs.

The first is ANY TIME AN ENEMY IS MOVING when I try to cast something in melee range. That is not called a lag spike. It would be quite the coincidence if I got a lag spike every single time an enemy moved. No, that is a latency issue.

The second is not an example of latency. I did not only see myself activate the ability before taking damage. The server saw it too. Hence the ability STAYING ON COOLDOWN FOR SEVEN MINUTES AFTER DEATH. That is the product of an animation delay -- a direct result of the game confirming my ability's use, triggering it's cooldown, but then requiring me to complete it's animation in it's entirety before assigning the ability's effect -- and I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you and say that it needs to be fixed.