The 15% of max hp spell interruption change discussion

[Pibz]

Change was needed, new people got constantly turned off by how high the barrier of entry to blm/healers was. Of course adjustments are necessary (a nerf to raw dps/hps output of blm and healers would be my solution), but all in all i think we all need to look at the positive side that we got such significant adjustments just one week after the release of the new mode, they weren't the greatest, but if they keep this up it can only be bound to get better.

[Iagainsti]

Was finally able to see both sides of the fence last night(playing Warrior against casters, and playing a caster myself) and while I did find as a tank I don't have such a defining role, this change made BLK at least go from "sometimes fun/sometimes frustrating" to "Had a blast the whole match".

[Delmontyb]

Playing as a Tank, and as a Healer, I love the changes when I'm leaning. And even while I'm tanking. It makes Stun, and other skills way more useful. The matches seem more enjoyable for pick up groups, and they go back and forth. All in all, I'm enjoying PvP more with these changes.

[MrPresident]

It's made The Feast boring. I enjoyed the back and forth with lots of kills. Now they're tight scrappy affairs. Bleurgh.

[Sunako]

this is probably some kind of trade off from the sprint change.

[Petite]

I would have been fine with a 7.5% of max HP spell interruption to at least not get interrupted by melee skills under 200 potency. But they didn't take into account that people would change their accessories to VIT and always take the DEF kit to boot.

4v4 matches are a spamfest of sleeps and freecasting blackmages you can barely interrupt anymore. Their turret damage hits so hard they make the healers sweat. They're even considering changing the layout of the middle for better LOS to accommodate casters and healers even more.

I'd change the spell interruption to 800 damage flat.

[Ryuko]

I wish they had made it like other MMOs where if you were hit, your cast became longer (got bumped back toward the start) but you weren't necessarily interrupted. Such as, every hit bumping you back .5 seconds in your cast until the cast finally went off. So, being hit meant the cast took LONGER, but it wasn't interrupted unless you were slept/stunned/etc.

I feel as though the casting change made casting (and the feast in general) a little less exciting/challenging. I understand they needed to do sooooomething, but I don't necessarily think this change was that was needed.

[LuceliaUltima]

they should lower a bit sleep/bind timers/resistance, because you can barely break casts like blizz2/repose but there's still the same effect.

[Dimitrii]

The spell interruption rate is fine as is imo but now that blm are allowed to cast more freely, sleep needs to be nerfed a little in duration. Whm + Blm combo becomes a problem with all the sleeps being tossed everywhere. Don't get me wrong the setup is still far from unbeatable but that's an insane amount of cc for an equally insane amount of duration.

[Februs]

The spell interruption rate is fine as is imo but now that blm are allowed to cast more freely, sleep needs to be nerfed a little in duration. Whm + Blm combo becomes a problem with all the sleeps being tossed everywhere. Don't get me wrong the setup is still far from unbeatable but that's an insane amount of cc for an equally insane amount of duration.

I can totally agree with this. In my opinion, the changes have been pretty solid so far. I'm finding that it's also having a positive impact on the attitude of some PvP'ers as well. This could just be a coincidence, but I haven't had nearly as many people make obnoxiously unrealistic demands for locking down the healer, and there's been a slightly stronger sense of needing to work as a team (not to say that everyone does, mind you). There are still changes needed, though.

Sleep duration is a big one. I'm finding that a lot of people are having the same issue with sleep that we used to have with the Smn burst. Purify just does not keep up with a Whm/Blm combo if they know how to abuse their kits. You can be left vulnerable for a ridiculously long time, and you don't have the tools to keep ahead of it. The most viable method has become to simply zerg down the Whm or Blm with pure brute force using both the Dps and Tank. It makes for a good tug-o-war in the matches (I've had quite a few that have been within 100 points, of late), but I feel like it just limits the tactical options a little.

My thoughts on it are that they need to reduce the duration of sleep a little or provide players with another means of removing, reducing, or resisting the status. My first thought is Materia, since that system was already in place, but SE let that ship sail a long time ago. The other option could be a consumable item of some kind? I dunno. Just spit balling here. Whatever they decide to do, I'm looking forward to future balancing adjustments to go along with whatever they have planned for Drk.