From Meleewalker to Meleetrail

[Rychu]

Caster and Ranged appeal to different types of people, as does Melee. They aren't the same. We saw that when people got furious over BRD having cast times.

Hot take but I don't think that a physr having a cast time is inherently a bad idea. Honestly if they brought back cast times with a rework for bard or with a new physr and made it like how it is in pvp where they can still walk while casting, I think that would be pretty neat.

[Valence]

Hot take but I don't think that a physr having a cast time is inherently a bad idea. Honestly if they brought back cast times with a rework for bard or with a new physr and made it like how it is in pvp where they can still walk while casting, I think that would be pretty neat.

Perhaps.

I'd have just been okay with SAM/RPR like casts: 1.5s cast for Apex Arrow, 1s cast for Drill, Anchor, Chainsaw... Perhaps a cast time for Starfall, but DNC burst can sometimes get crammed to the brim with things to weave already.

But that won't honestly change anything. It's not gonna be a huge constraint at all (are Iajutsus or Communio really a hurdle to overcome? lolno), and it's gonna be obvious to everyone that nothing will change in terms of balance, unless they really turn every rphys into a proper caster (HW style). And i'm staunchly opposed to that. I don't play rphys to spend my time casting, else I'd play a caster. I play it for proc/priorities and hopefully engaging rotations, which it has... kinda lost over time sadly.