Ha, when they first listed these changes it was kind of funny to see a few of my non-healer friends saying, "oh, it was just to solve clipping, it probably won't make much difference at all because the recast timer stays the same". Like, having a half-cast spell with non-DPS-gimping Lightspeed wouldn't be a pretty big buff to AST DPS, since most healer DPS restrictions have to do with managing to get spells off during high mobility/mechanics periods haha. To say nothing of extending Lightspeed and Cleric Stance on yourself to get even more DPS while relieving some mana crunch.

I honestly have no idea why this was the solution SE chose. Did clipping really bother most of the healers here? Sure, it didn't exactly "feel" elegant, but it was a hair-second delay for me, hardly worth a 1-second cast time decrease to our primary DPS spell. I would have rather they just split Combust and Combust II apart again, and kept Combust II instant-cast to solve any Draw shenanigans.