Quote Originally Posted by Kantide View Post
The only reason the ability isn't popping immediately is because you are still under the effects of the cast you just finished. The tactical nature of the game requires a little more anticipation when casting things like Benediction. You had 2.5s of GCD to realize your tank was going to die. You should have either A. interrupted whatever you were casting to use Benediction or B. Find a tank that can survive more than 2.5 on his own.

People keep mistaking this battle design for action when it should be categorized as tactical.

It's like saying "I didn't know I was gonna run out of MP by spamming Medica II".
If thats the case then shouldn't you think the cast bar would take into effect the animtion, so once you cast the spell the effect instantly takes effect.

Or that instant cast skills should have a .5 grey out/recast timer to say you can't spam the next move you have to wait a little bit.

There are much better ways of displaying this information, right now when I click an instant cast spell the next skill is lite up and looks like it can be used but in actuality you can't because there is a hidden animation lock out mechanism which isn't displayed by the action buttons.

Clearly people are confused by this and its SE's fault at the end of the day because they are making it look like instant action/instant cast, but its actually not.