The 15% of max hp spell interruption change discussion

[RiceisNice]

This is the worry I have really. It was kinda of a brd/mch niche being able to easily harass casters and mostly keep them shut down that way...

They could have an effect where a silence that's done as a spell is being cast would lock them out of using any spells for X seconds. As it is right now, silence really isn't any different from a standard interrupt due to the incredibly short duration (sans traited ill wind), and most PvE encounters even reflect on this, you can't use silence ahead of time for an ability that's casted on a timed interval.

All honesty, I thought it was ridiculous I could just shut a caster down buy building procs on MCH while waiting for my burst to refresh, and we still have Feint, and that is the go to caster shut down anyway, on GCD even with GB up.

On the other hand, MCH and BRD's sustained damage is rather piss poor even in consideration of having cast times that they frequently can't do much except harass the casters (excluding summoners who work mostly outside of cast times). A blm's mere presence is a danger which. Nor is it like casters are completely SoL against people interrupting their casts through damage, especially when they have equanimity (in which case, a well placed silence or knockback at specific points of a BLM's rotation can be extremely detrimental)

The Dps hasn't changed much either. Casters and ranged will have a much harder time causing interrupts than melee players. Melee players will have an easier time causing interrupts than Tanks (based on dmg, not stuns). Same as before.

We're looking at dealing a minimum of 1.4k damage per ~GCD (assuming the caster in question has 9k hp, and I might even be underestimating here, especially if they are going to use vitality gear) in order to get any interrupts on a caster through damage, more if they have shields. Even for a melee those are some big numbers to reach especially in relation to just how potent a BLM can be if they get off those casts.

My Original post:


...and the responses that quote me....


O.o

If you look back, Renault's wasn't directed to your original post, and it seems like you were the one that took offense to exira's comment first.