Surecast - Allow Move-&-Casting

[Renjin]

I don't see this happening anytime soon if they even considered it. It's not easy to just 'change' a skill. Have to spend dev time on it including animators to make new animations for each class that can cast on the move using this ability. Requires a bit more time then you think. Also, it would not be a high priority on their list.

I agree it would be a lot of fun, but just don't see it happening with everything else the team is working on.

[HakuroDK]

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Wouldn't need a new animation at all, actually. Could use the exact same animation as Surecast's original animation. The ability "Scathe" is a precedent for moving and casting at the same time, so they could just recycle those movements. All that would need to happen is to give each spell with a casting time the proper coding language equivalent of the following (makeshift and really shoddy) line of code:

IF Character moves
-IF Surecast = ON
--Interrupt Casting = FALSE
-ELSE
--Interrupt Casting = TRUE

Doesn't require as much as you might think. Heck, had I the knowledge and experience of a member of the development team, I could single-handedly apply these changes in a couple of hours. With a small team of 3-4 people? 30-40 minutes, tops.

[Renjin]

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That's all well and good and you're right it wouldn't take long, but the moving animation using scathe is gross. Getting the timings and proper animation sequences to play takes a bit more time. I don't enjoy sliding around in a wide spread stance when casting scathe.

All I'm saying is it's not a priority for them (and who knows, maybe it is)