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  1. #1
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    xEscaflownex's Avatar
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    Annasophia Senkusha
    World
    Leviathan
    Main Class
    Archer Lv 80
    Or, just don't interrupt your casts, IE: You cast Fire I, it lands, begin casting another Fire I (during which firestarter procs), let it finish and use proc right after. I've encountered many BLMs who have output more DPS adopting this. The current system is fine, you are just doing it wrong in my experience and others. Can you upload a video of what you are talking about? when you say you are canceling casts, I'm picturing this lol? (IE, why would you cancel when your next Fire I is about to go off anyway, being that Firestarter is instant, they will pretty much land at the exact same time, with the same GCD, as opposed to breaking them up.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6FHWhmtCbY

    Quote Originally Posted by Fendred View Post

    So why am I making this suggestion?

    Black mages and casters in general have a queue for casting spells that lets the player start casting his next spell before the last one is done, leading to a very smooth basic rotation of spells. Then out of nowhere comes the firestarter proc and I have to hit the breaks. Its mildly jarring and annoying, and the fact that it doesn't stack with itself at least once means that I absolutely have to interrupt my next cast to use it properly. As a black mage, I want my spell casting to flow seemlessly from one spell to the next and give me enough time to react to any procs or spell effect durations that might be coming to an end. The black mage has to plan what he is casting next, and firestarter comes out of nowhere and disrupts my casting.
    This is why you DONT interrupt your cast immediately, you let your cast finish THEN use the proc, giving you a whole 2 seconds or more to plan on using it lol, and continues the seemless flow, it feels "jarring and annoying" to you because you should be doing it another way.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3FkrM0QTIU for example
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    Last edited by xEscaflownex; 02-24-2014 at 05:48 AM.

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    Fendred's Avatar
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    Valentyne Laska
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    Balmung
    Main Class
    Dancer Lv 100
    X, but it can proc multiple times in a row. If I cast fire I and it procced, which my computer will not register right away due to latency between the server and my location, then I will be in the middle of casting a second fire I. If that second fire I lands and procs it again, I've effectively lost the first firestarter proc. My suggestion is to create a safety net so that the black mage doesn't lose any firestarter procs that happen to get triggered back to back. My second suggestion is just to do the same thing for when a firestarter procced and he is in the middle of casting blizzard III.
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