Traits: The Good, The Bad, and The Useless

[LineageRazor]

Reduces Stoneskin cast time to 2.5 seconds


Uh, thanks? I guess...

Honestly, that reduced cast time is pretty godly. It may not be as nice as the boosted Stoneskin potency we used to have, but a Stoneskin that casts as quickly as a Cure spell is not to be underestimated. There are a quite a few cast bars that are quick enough that a standard Stoneskin cast takes too long to slip one in before the attack goes off, but a quickened Stoneskin can fit.

[Cherub]

Used to love Deep Sleep on my BLM. Now every enemy in a dungeon is immune to Sleep so... I don't see much point for it outside of PvP. Maybe less of a, 'Remove/Change,' and more of a, 'Let me put things to sleep in dungeons again.'

Afaik BLM sleep has been nerfed in pvp and it's now single target. Making this trait absolutely and utterly useless.

Honestly, that reduced cast time is pretty godly. It may not be as nice as the boosted Stoneskin potency we used to have, but a Stoneskin that casts as quickly as a Cure spell is not to be underestimated. There are a quite a few cast bars that are quick enough that a standard Stoneskin cast takes too long to slip one in before the attack goes off, but a quickened Stoneskin can fit.

Cure/CureII etc are 2 second casts with the normal 2.5sec GCD. So it's not as fast as a Cure spell.
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I think the only traits that I really looked forward to are the ones increasing damage by....30%(?). Or the ones giving you an extra astral/Umbral stack for BLM. Or an additional aetherflow stack. Those are great.

[Vexander]

Afaik BLM sleep has been nerfed in pvp and it's now single target. Making this trait absolutely and utterly useless.

If that's the case then yeah, it's entirely useless outside of leveling content and, even then, not really necessary. I used to encourage THMs/BLMs to use Sleep strategically, but ever since HW came out and Dungeon NPCs are immune there really is no point. The spell itself is almost useless now. Only useful in PvP or if you're having a hard time leveling.

[TaleraRistain]

If that's the case then yeah, it's entirely useless outside of leveling content and, even then, not really necessary. I used to encourage THMs/BLMs to use Sleep strategically, but ever since HW came out and Dungeon NPCs are immune there really is no point. The spell itself is almost useless now. Only useful in PvP or if you're having a hard time leveling.

Repose for WHM, too. I remember when we used to use that on the big dragon in Brayflox when I was a new white mage.