presence of mind needs a shorter cooldown or a longer duration.

[Tzain]

The only time I use PoM regularly is during my "burn phase" when I shift into Cleric Stance.

Cleric Stance, Aero II, Aero I, PoM, Stone II or Refresh Stone skin [repeat], Cancel Cleric Stance

Given the cast times on Stone II and Stone Skin it can actually help a little.

I'd say the cooldown needs to be 60-90 seconds.

[Richiealvian]

I always do presence when doing bosses, regen+medica 2 divine sealed then presence + stone 2 the hell of it, it's mildly amusing.. Used it mostly on the goobbue boss in WP and in asclepius lol

[wildgalax]

I always do presence when doing bosses, regen+medica 2 divine sealed then presence + stone 2 the hell of it, it's mildly amusing.. Used it mostly on the goobbue boss in WP and in asclepius lol

yes sometimes it feels i can give that edge if we are dps short, its fun. Or even popping a mega mind potion and either spamming cures or dps. Only thing i hate how long it feels like to activate everything

[PlayFair]

I agree.

This ability sucks. Doesn't even earn a spot on my hot bar.

I agree as well, it does suck unfortunately. It just goes to show how useless spell speed is when all you have to do is pre-cast or know when that big hit is coming to prevent a wipe. Having PoM up wont make much of a difference, hell, it might even get you wiped by wasting a GCD!

[myahele]

Swiftcast is a much more useful spell. I honestly don't have it in my cross bar at all.

What I don't understand is that it has an extremely long cool down. I would think that Swiftcast should be the one with the 5min cool down due to how hax it is.

I'd rather Swiftcast+raise than pom

[Raestloz]

I use Presence of Mind for things like 4 stack Caduceus or double Dreadnought. I do agree that, with what it does, it doesn't justify the 300 seconds cooldown. 180 is more like it. At least allow us to pop it twice per anantaboga encounter

[CalvatE]

Agreed. I find myself mostly using it for Holy spam but there have been moments where it's been handy to have it on during some moments.

The animation too is a little annoying, considering that wastes some time as well... as does Swiftcasts but you're more likely going to be using it for a skill that'll pretty much make it worth the animation delay. PoM's more about getting as much in as possible.
But worst animation to date is benediction no doubt =P

[sheepysheepy]

usually for frontloading damage on bosses in phase1/2

with PoM, 10 seconds, 1 second delay for animation, cast maybe 3x stone2 and then the remainding 1 second is pretty much wasted

without PoM, cast 4 x stone2, takes about a second longer

not very useful still


on the other hand if you're doing a titan ex and run to the back for gaol, when dps are a bit slow breaking you out it can be useful to fire off 2 medicas otherwise you might only get 1 off before wotl

[Tzain]

on the other hand if you're doing a titan ex and run to the back for gaol, when dps are a bit slow breaking you out it can be useful to fire off 2 medicas otherwise you might only get 1 off before wotl

That's an awful lot of forethought. What's another term for forethought?

Wait for it.


Presence of Mind.

Boom.

[sharazisspecial]

It also interupts your next spell if you cast it straight after activating PoM. Making this spell a bad oshit button.

You mostly use this spell like you would divine seal. Which is to increase hps or dps a bit for 10 seconds.

on the other hand if you're doing a titan ex and run to the back for gaol, when dps are a bit slow breaking you out it can be useful to fire off 2 medicas otherwise you might only get 1 off before wotl

Titan ex tulmults won't kill someone from full hp. Also swiftcast medica2 is what i do after i leave goal. But its something that i don't even need to do. Swiftcast is also available 5 times for every 1 pom. I think if you were goaled you most likely would explode before tulmults start.