magic charge bar: Is this a glitch or is this really necessary?

[Dreadnought]

For black magic, as soon as the three orbs of light touched at the end of the spell. White magic I'm not sure how to explain. I think it's safe to say simply as soon as the cure recast timer was back on for cure spam and macro-mashing until it went off.
I don't understand your usage of "stop" in this statement. Do you mean disallows? Or do you actually start casting and then it stops? If it's the latter, you're cancelling your spell by hitting it twice. If it's the former, then, as I said, get a feel for it. I'm a CNJ and I heal all the time and I have no problem with the fluidity of my casting.

I don't get your claims of logic when, as it stands, I speak from personal experience on something that is simply nice and fluid for me.

stop was the wrong word, i typed while paying attention to tv at that time. i meant to say prevent i suppose.

because by definition it isnt fluid because it doesnt match the designated charge bar and it prevents you form proceeding to succeed your list of spells to cast - which again is the opposite of FFXI.

because it works for you doesnt mean its a universally user friendly system. FFXI cast system was more userfriendly and even then it was considered by most other game companies and players to be clunky in comparison to other systems that used action bars and not solely on macros and menues.
now we have a hot bar but the animation lock system took a step back.

[Answa]

stop was the wrong word, i typed while paying attention to tv at that time. i meant to say prevent i suppose.

because by definition it isnt fluid because it doesnt match the designated charge bar and it prevents you form proceeding to succeed your list of spells to cast - which again is the opposite of FFXI.

because it works for you doesnt mean its a universally user friendly system. FFXI cast system was more userfriendly and even then it was considered by most other game companies and players to be clunky in comparison to other systems that used action bars and not solely on macros and menues.
now we have a hot bar but the animation lock system took a step back.

I'll just respectively disagree with you on this whole subject. There's no reason to keep going through the same circle.

I'll leave with this: Fluidity as I define it is controlled by how quickly you can release spells in succession and has nothing to do with the animation and charge bar of the spells. Each game is different in how they go about this and just because it's not visually in sync for you, there is a regularity to it that you can get accustomed to.

Tip o' the hat for keeping it civil. Happy hunting.

[Dreadnought]

I'll just respectively disagree with you on this. There's no reason to keep going through the same circle.

I'll leave with this: Fluidity as I define it is controlled by how quickly you can release spells in succession and has nothing to do with the animation and charge bar of the spells. Each game is different in how they go about this and just because it's not visually in sync for you, there is a regularity to it that you can get accustomed to.

Tip o' the hat for keeping it civil. Happy hunting.

you as well.
i personally disagree that every game handles this concept differently as every other game is deemed a WoW clone partly due to how the action bar system is.
you hit your spell button and its immediately casted as long as your not in the middle of casting another spell. its just so simple to me i really hope our action bar goes in that direction.