Moving will be made to interrupt spellcasting at a point in time...

[Atoli]

I'd like to flatter them more, but this change made me hate casting classes since 1.21.
I leveled archer without any reason because I loved conjurer and didn't want to play anything else in a group.
Now I rather play BRD than WHM because in any situation (with few exceptions) my ability to heal and protect is greatly reduced.
It's great for very stationary fights like Ifrit where you never move unless an explosion spawns beneath you.
For everything else, I have to say I kept my party alive despite the changes to spell casting instead of "It became easier now."
I also play BLM and everything Yoshi-P explains makes perfect sense for this class, not being able to cast while running is okay as BLM.
But not even once Yoshi-P said anything about Whitemages, healing, etc. so I'm starting to think he forgot they are affected by these changes too, and in a pretty negative way.

[Kraggy]

I'd like to flatter them more, but this change made me hate casting classes since 1.21.
I leveled archer without any reason because I loved conjurer and didn't want to play anything else in a group.
Now I rather play BRD than WHM because in any situation (with few exceptions) my ability to heal and protect is greatly reduced.
It's great for very stationary fights like Ifrit where you never move unless an explosion spawns beneath you.
For everything else, I have to say I kept my party alive despite the changes to spell casting instead of "It became easier now."
I also play BLM and everything Yoshi-P explains makes perfect sense for this class, not being able to cast while running is okay as BLM.
But not even once Yoshi-P said anything about Whitemages, healing, etc. so I'm starting to think he forgot they are affected by these changes too, and in a pretty negative way.

Er, WHMs couldn't move and cast in XI, learning how to heal a group in fights with a lot of necessary movement was simply part of the job (pun intended!).