Tired of benediction fail

[Bigpurpleharness]

Lustrate has the same problems, I've even had aldo go off, lustrate go off, both numbers shown and the tank still died due to latency.......

As someone who plays WHM and SCH almost exclusively, Lustrate isn't *nearly* as bad as Benediction. Although I have had it happen rarely with Lustrate. Benediction is just stupid, though.

[Raestloz]

Heal on anticipation. Don't heal on reaction. And you will be a much better healer.

True story.

That's called pre-cast. Unfortunately, Benediction is for "oh shit!" and not for sustaining. If you actually predict an "oh shit!", then you're not actually a good healer. Best of all, you cannot cancel a Benediction. it's either use it or nothing

Unless you predict Mountain Buster. That's fixed.

And when you use Benediction in anticipation, it'd be like when you think Caduceus will swipe, so you pre-cast Benediction, but it doesn't so you just wasted a perfectly good magic to heal a few hundred HP. Then it does swipe and you're screwed

[CalvatE]

That's called pre-cast. Unfortunately, Benediction is for "oh shit!" and not for sustaining. If you actually predict an "oh shit!", then you're not actually a good healer. Best of all, you cannot cancel a Benediction. it's either use it or nothing

The SCH in my raid team uses Lustrate quite well as I would Benediction. It's horrible to see Benediction go off with a Lustrate, lol.

I used to compare Benediction to lustrates but someone said not to. However with the change in lustrates I wouldn't mind a lesser cooldown, to presence of mind too.

But eh my opinion doesn't matter, SE would've done something about these already if they felt they needed to be changed.

[Deceptus]

Pretty much anytime you're spamming instant cast CD's I've noticed this happen. Mashing Aetherflow for it to go on CD and get no stacks is not fun either.

[Deceptus]

Heal on anticipation. Don't heal on reaction. And you will be a much better healer.

True story.

Anticipation is the Scholars job. Reaction is the White Mage job.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Everyone blames the fails on latency when it's not.
How any ability works (even on GCD) is this:
1. Press button
2. Animation goes off and cooldown begins.
3. Animation finishes and ability takes effect.

What is really happening is animation lag, noting to do with the servers or latency.

[Tranquil]

Everyone blames the fails on latency when it's not.
How any ability works (even on GCD) is this:
1. Press button
2. Animation goes off and cooldown begins.
3. Animation finishes and ability takes effect.

What is really happening is animation lag, noting to do with the servers or latency.

Okay, that would be fine and all, if these abilities were not labeled as "casting time: instant". The fact there's an animation which takes place before the effect is applied means that the animation length is technically the casting time, in which case for these abilities to work as intended, the casting time should be changed to correspond with the animation time's length. In other words, these abilities are supposed to be instant and thus any delay in applying the effect when the skill goes on cooldown regardless = lag.

[dragonflyseksparade]

Everyone blames the fails on latency when it's not.
How any ability works (even on GCD) is this:
1. Press button
2. Animation goes off and cooldown begins.
3. Animation finishes and ability takes effect.

What is really happening is animation lag, noting to do with the servers or latency.

You are wrong. There is server latency and it has been discussed and documented in detail in other threads. Please refrain from contributing any further ignorance to this thread.

Cheers

[dragonflyseksparade]

From "accepted bugs" subforum:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...hlight=latency

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...hlight=latency

[Thunderz]

You are wrong. There is server latency and it has been discussed and documented in detail in other threads. Please refrain from contributing any further ignorance to this thread.

Cheers

He is right unfortunately there was a Dev post saying that is how it is intended and they wont be changing it due to balance or wtv non-sense

From "accepted bugs" subforum:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...hlight=latency

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...hlight=latency

There was a Dev post saying even if its part of the accepted bugs it doesn't mean "it is a bug" it just means they've received enough feedback to investigate but as I said there was a follow-up post stating that is how they intended insta-cast abilities