Benediction delay and CD needs to be fixed

[Sebazy]

I have a WHM I've used in end-game content and have NEVER had a problem with Benediction.

Uhuh. And I suppose you've never had any of your Plds swearing blind they hit Hallowed plenty early enough either? Don't get me wrong, now coil is entirely farm mode for my group it doesn't really bother us, but I can't even begin to think of how many times we wiped whilst learning Turn 4 due to Hallowed/Bene not going off in time. It's not a big delay, but it's there, it's noticeable and it's very frustrating. And I completely disagree regarding lustrate, remember that a Whm will want to hang on to that big cooldown for as long as they possibly can, whilst lustrate might not be nearly as big a hit, it's always there ready to be used and at the end of the day, as long as it keeps the tank up long enough for the healers to follow up with regular cures, it's achieved the same result.

[ChoedanKal]

I don't mind the CD, but if the person I'm targeting dies I don't want the ability wasted on myself.

/micon "Benediction"
/ac "Benediction" <t>

Stops it from firing the ability on yourself if the target dies just as you hit it.

[Fynlar]

This doesn't just go for Benediction (although with Bene it's obviously more noticeable when it happens because it means someone just died); ALL abilities should get this fix. Cooldown should not start until the ability takes effect. Period. Also, "instant" should actually mean instant. Period.

Even FFXI got this stuff correct. There's no excuse for these to be issues 11 years later.

[Alindra]

This doesn't just go for Benediction (although with Bene it's obviously more noticeable when it happens because it means someone just died); ALL abilities should get this fix. Cooldown should not start until the ability takes effect. Period. Also, "instant" should actually mean instant. Period.

Even FFXI got this stuff correct. There's no excuse for these to be issues 11 years later.

Yea, Benediction delay really annoys me. Then I started leveling archer and noticed none of their "instant" abilities are actually instant.

Seems like in this game, instant really just means "usable while moving."

[GuardianX]

/micon "Benediction"
/ac "Benediction" <t>

Stops it from firing the ability on yourself if the target dies just as you hit it.

If this macro works then this may solve the problem of it bouncing off a dead target. I'll give it a try in game the next time I play.