Manaward/wall delay

[Dajinn]

git gud scrub. it's designed like that on purpose. just like how if you don't step out of an aoe before the cast finishes you're "locked in" to taking the damage.

[Cabalabob]

git gud scrub. it's designed like that on purpose. just like how if you don't step out of an aoe before the cast finishes you're "locked in" to taking the damage.

If I see a move and use a defensive cooldown it's not bad play when that cooldown takes 5 seconds to wake up and do something, it's bad design...

You shouldn't have to know the fight in advance to use your moves, a drg can see a telegraphed attack appear and pop keen flurry and foresight and they'll be up before that AoE goes off, all I ask is that manaward/wall work the same way and failing that increase their duration so they can still be effective mitigation even if you don't know exactly what's coming.

Animation delay. PLD Hallowed Ground also suffers from the same thing. When using your magic shields you'll have to play the game thinking 5 seconds ahead.

This is beyond animation delay, if you see a mob using a cast time move you can pop hallowed and it will be active before that cast finishes, these moves won't.

[Ephier]

git gud scrub. it's designed like that on purpose. just like how if you don't step out of an aoe before the cast finishes you're "locked in" to taking the damage.

Essentially this. Thats design, not a bug. You will get used to it.