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[Murugan]

The point isn't DID other games find this acceptable. The question is "Why is this acceptable?"

Other games have done away with this archaic requirement on casters. Some never followed this practice at all.

Im legitimately asking what greater gain comes from limiting mage mobility, not asking for replies stating: "that's just how its always been so accept it"

Thats the exact mentality that restricts the evolved improvement of this genre.

Archaic really? It is a video game. The mechanics and game rules are entirely up to the developer. You talk as if some new technology was invented that allowed casters to move while casting. And it isn't just the result of some people catering to lazy gamers like yourselves demanding they make everything more simplistic.

"Archaic" lol