Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
Going to respond to this, since it's a paraphase of a sentence in my post: The thinking I'm still interrupting casts when I move is just me needing to adjust to not having them. However, even before I got to Heavensward, back when I was 50 BRD or lower, I never moved around much. I would move to dodge AOEs, position myself closer to a mob if necessary (like for Quick Nock or Repelling Shot), reposition if the tank seemed to be unable to make up their mind which way to face the boss, etc., but I never moved around constantly like some of the BRDs I see. I stayed in one spot and only moved if I had to, not move just because I could. So my standing still isn't me needing to adjust from HW Bard--that's just how I've always played.

Anecdotal, of course, but I do know a few bards who play like I've always played: only moving when we had to, not moving just because we could.

It's actually similar to how archery is in real life, if you think about it. When you're standing still, you're able to put more power behind your arrow when you draw it back, as opposed to if you're moving. I know FFXIV isn't real life, but the cast times just always gave me the illusion of really drawing that arrow back, and firing it.
I don't think anyone moves just because they can, but pre-emptively moving means you are already moving out of an AoE you know is coming before it starts being cast.

As a direct analogy, pre-moving is like using the spell queue, while standing still and moving in reaction is like using a macro. Because you are already moving when the aoe starts being cast, you have the most possible time to get out of the aoe, while if you move only in response to the AoE, there is an overhead of atleast (ms it took you to notice the aoe + ms of your latency). There isn't a benefit to not moving when you don't have cast times.

As for your analogy to real world archery, I don't really do RP so I'm not interested in much more than how the mechanic feels to use in-game. Being forced to stand still is quantifiably less powerful than being able to move while doing the same thing.