"Casting will always be interuppted [sic] upon receiving direct damage."

[AjoraOak]

Their team of jp devs that have never played pvp in a mmo before decided this was a good idea... I'm guessing? lol, I get the feeling they really wanted pvp to suck so they could go back to doing more pve.

[Acaelus]

This game just got even worse, and I actually want to vomit because they have my money.

[KoujiGeki]

Any direct hit. (does not affect DoT's) Have you seriously forgotten about our instants? (which includes aetherial manipulation) For moving I have scathe and fire III proc and an instant proc on thunder. Lets not forget to mention transpose for mp regen. Now what happens if I add in swiftcast and surecast?

I'm sure you can get the picture that its probably not going to be a one sided fight you think it will be. I've 'kited' plenty of mobs I shouldn't have been able to in ARR already and solo killed plenty of NM fates on my BLM as well.

yes i didnt forget that, it will be the spell i imagine i will be the spamming spell. as for AM Mnk can counter that and close that distance with shoulder tackle. and what i said before does Surecast and Swift cast ingore Stuns and silences if they are cast on you?\

but how with you get those fire 3 or thunderclouds of if someone is hitting you or you are running from them and cant cast because they are behind you while you run, and chances are even if you get a blizzard 2 of for bind they can still hit you.

[Rhas]

yes i didnt forget that, it will be the spell i imagine i will be the spamming spell. as for AM Mnk can counter that and close that distance with shoulder tackle. and what i said before does Surecast and Swift cast ingore Stuns and silences if they are cast on you?

Purify, new PvP ability.

[Gurpsmeister]

My concern though all of this is everyone is saying well use X. Why? As a mage, people are telling me use my pushback, my sleep, my insert x to survive. Swell, while i'm literally just taking up time surviving, I'm slowly getting widdled away or more than likely quickly.

Didn't have high hopes on it to begin with, instant and constant interuption just seems frustrating to me and not worth the time. Guess I'm not hardcore enough.

[Tweedle_dee]

Guys, Don't be so quick to assume that it will be as bad as you think. There could very likely be some changes we are not aware of yet. I agree I think that casting will always be interrupted with direct damage but lets look at this from a different angle.

What if direct damage and SKILL damage are not the same thing. Aka auto attacks would be the direct damage that would interrupt.

[VidulaSaix]

PVP brings out the worst people. This topic is proof of that.

[Thriar]

Fetter Ward Grants immunity to stun, sleep, bind, heavy, and disease.
Duration: 5s
Enhanced Fetter Ward: Shortens recast time to 120 seconds.
Enhanced Fetter Ward II: Extends duration to 10 seconds.

Good luck with that. I'm saving that just for you.

Oh no!!! Are you going to kill me in 5 seconds?! Lolprobnot. Scholars get a new PvP knockback ability. That fetterward doesn't say it protects against knockbacks I'll be saving that for you.

[makke007]

Well First off, they have to hit us...so as long as you stay out of their range, you will be able to cast. (So basically other mages and bards are your issue).

Secondly, we mages have, binding spells/knockback spells/sleep spells and gravity spells that make it easier for us to keep our distance from foes.

We also have Swiftcast/Surecast abilities and instant spells

WHM's have Benediction
SCH's/SMN's have pets that do their own thing and will need to be dealt with by the opposing party

WE have Shield-skills that protect us from damage Manawall/Ward/Stoneskin etc (Not sure If SS will keep our spells from getting interrupted but if it does )

Lastly, this isn't a 1:1 thing. There are 3 other people in your party they need to deal with...and nothing was said about Raise not working in PvP battle.

I see this as a 'bring it on' thing...not a 'oh we're screwed' thing.

Mr You name it. Ppl are qqing. Before they even played the PVP. They would cry if it would't be like this because then Mages would be OP and everyone would cry too

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

Are you going to kill me in 5 seconds?!

I see you can't read. Of course level 1 abilities are crap.

Monk has 10 seconds to close the gap between him and the scholar. Fists of Wind, sprint with TP regen, etc. should close the gap really quick. If it's just the scholar against a monk with no interference, Monk wins. No contest.

Feel free to try and kite, I guarantee it won't work.