Quote Originally Posted by Camate View Post
Based on the way the game was designed, and also taking into account the current level of difficulty, the development team has no plans to change the timing in which non-global cool down actions can be used, and would like players to take this into consideration when forming strategies.
It's really not about difficulty. You can adjust the cooldowns on off GCD abilities for that purpose. This is really about the game feeling unresponsive and inconsistent. I push a button and I simply don't know what will happen. Do I need to push it a few more times? Did it go off? Am I sure? That's not challenge nor good gameplay - it's simply bad design.

(Note this has nothing to do with the long GCD, which I like.)