The destruction of BLM

[Supersnow845]

Amigo you are level 100 now. The idea that it would take you the same time to cast Fire IV at level 60 vs at 100 is laughable.
With that said, the cast time changes should have been a trait that you slowly acquired as you leveled up like Greased Lightning

That’s just stupid. If I didn’t want to cast I’d play a physical ranged. The lack of movement and the channeling conveys power. There is a reason why almost all melee’s more powerful attack are GCD’s. Because something that takes time conveys stronger power. Like with PCT the CYMK spells “feel” more powerful than the FGBH spells and that’s because they have longer cast times

Removing cast times leaves you with the impotent mess that is modern SMN

[BelegErkhten]

That’s just stupid. If I didn’t want to cast I’d play a physical ranged. The lack of movement and the channeling conveys power. There is a reason why almost all melee’s more powerful attack are GCD’s. Because something that takes time conveys stronger power. Like with PCT the CYMK spells “feel” more powerful than the FGBH spells and that’s because they have longer cast times

Removing cast times leaves you with the impotent mess that is modern SMN

You still have cast times on like 80% of your spells, they just aren't longer than your GCD anymore so you no longer clip by 0.1 seconds on every cast.
Are you trying to tell me that Foul doesn't feel like a nuke of void magic because its an instant cast now? Are you playing with your own effects off or something?

[Supersnow845]

You still have cast times on like 80% of your spells, they just aren't longer than your GCD anymore so you no longer clip by 0.1 seconds on every cast.
Are you trying to tell me that Foul doesn't feel like a nuke of void magic because its an instant cast now? Are you playing with your own effects off or something?

I mean yes foul (and by extension xeno) feels less potent than fire 4. Instant ya never feel like they have a huge amount of weight behind them (I’ll extend that to star prism and the hammer combo which while funny is still rather weightless)

Regardless the cast times still being there but being shorter doesn’t really relate to your original point because the cast being longer than the recast is actually better for slidecasting than even cast and recast when it comes to the garbage NetCode (which I agree punishes the casters worse than any other role) (also that longer cast wasn’t clipping and was factored into damage, it didn’t feel messy like clipping)

To me it just feels way less potent as a job but it’s fair if you don’t agree