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

[Drako]

I was actually pleasantly surprised about this adjustment. Earlier in the thread i expressed my distaste, and how much i didn't want them to implement it because i felt the server lag would effect it in a terrible way, similar to FFXI. But so far it seems to be working very well, and i don't feel like there is any kind of latency messing it up. So obviously they put a lot of the code that handles the interruption and what not on the client side. I'm happy with it overall, now that i see that it isn't a 2-3 second lag to wait to cast like it is on FFXI.

[DeadRiser]

this is a pretty big deal apparently also /upset @ lina

I'm still not healing you Lol I'll move everytime I start casting

[Razen_Arghast]

The biggest annoyance I have at the moment with the casting changes is that PvP, for which changes were supposed to happen in the first place, does not exist in the game. So essentially we got the annoying "balancing" change before we even have the feature that needed the balance implemented into the game. Totally stupid and pointless to have it changed right now.

I also do not see PvP happening before 2.0, so essentially we have to cope with this borked system for 4-5 months for NO reason AT ALL right now.

That and the fact that our current engine does NOT support this change properly. Takes upwards of 1-1.5 sec to see the spell canceled after moving and if you get a spell error like "cannot cast when moving" or "too far away" or the spell cancels due to movement, the damn game delays for even more time, roughly another 1-2 seconds before you are able to start casting again. It's like the fucking server runs on coals and steam and needs time to register the spellcasting error, needs more time to process it and THEN it allows you to start casting again. Probably didn't explain it properly but you get the picture. So damn ANNOYING!

[Phe]

Totally stupid and pointless to have it changed right now.

omg face it!
mages would be overpowered if they could move while casting!
noone would play melee jobs!

wait...
they did play those gimp melee jobs over the last year. i'm confused.

(and don't forget we need 7 months to get used to the new system.)

[Adam4D]

I vote for Stationary Casting only, being able to run around while "concentrating the power of the Aether" just doesnt feel right to me.

Taken from ffxiv armoury page Disciples Of Magic, "Its adherents use artifacts and relics to call upon and channel forces within themselves and the aether around them, weaving their destructive and restorative spells in the service of Eorzea."

You should not be able to do things of that magnitude while on the move!

[Mushy]

If this is a must, if you cast a spell can it auto stop you? not prevent you from running and breaking the cast. sometimes i think i have stopped running to start casting but whether its lag or the animation being done but the server not having it yet, it would be great if you were running you went to a full halt and the spell has no problem casting

[Razen_Arghast]

omg face it!
mages would be overpowered if they could move while casting!
noone would play melee jobs!

wait...
they did play those gimp melee jobs over the last year. i'm confused.

(and don't forget we need 7 months to get used to the new system.)

Yes, but to deem them overpowered you need to be able to measure them against melee classes in PvP which we don't have yet and I bet won't have before 2.0. So?

No reason to not leave things as they were while we run on the faulty engine to avoid frustrating us all the time and simply implement the spellcasting changes together with PvP after 2.0 hits.

Unless you somehow consider casting-while-running makes Mages overpowered right now for our current PvE only content? I simply do not see that.

[darkstarpoet1]

Yes, but to deem them overpowered you need to be able to measure them against melee classes in PvP which we don't have yet and I bet won't have before 2.0. So?

No reason to not leave things as they were while we run on the faulty engine to avoid frustrating us all the time and simply implement the spellcasting changes together with PvP after 2.0 hits.

Unless you somehow consider casting-while-running makes Mages overpowered right now for our current PvE only content? I simply do not see that.

i think phe just forgot to add the /sarcasm into his post.

[Razen_Arghast]

Oh, I missed it then^^ Stupid of me.

[Krausus]

Yes, but to deem them overpowered you need to be able to measure them against melee classes in PvP which we don't have yet and I bet won't have before 2.0. So?

No reason to not leave things as they were while we run on the faulty engine to avoid frustrating us all the time and simply implement the spellcasting changes together with PvP after 2.0 hits.

Unless you somehow consider casting-while-running makes Mages overpowered right now for our current PvE only content? I simply do not see that.

I couldn't even begin to imagine the sheer amount of QQ this suggestion would cause come release of 2.0 at least now you will be nice and ready for it and even more happy if they get rid of the delay. If they waited until the release of PvP to add a major change to play style for all mages people would explode.