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    Tidal Tinglebottom
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    Excalibur
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    Black Mage Lv 70

    AST Time Dilation - Tooltip Error?

    Howdy all!

    I just hit 56 AST and was excited for Time Dilation, a skill that feels very useful to me in the right circumstances. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I couldn't cast it on myself.

    The current tooltip reads as follows:
    "Extends the duration of the target's beneficial effects by 15 seconds."

    However, the behaviour of Time Dilation is more restrictive than the tooltip describes:
    • Time dilation cannot be cast on yourself
    • Time dilation only extends beneficial effects applied by you

    The other question raised by this:
    • Why can't I use Time Dilation on myself? There are many scenarios where I might want to extend my own buffs. The limitation here feels arbitrary considering that the gameplay and world behave in such a way that AST can cast beneficial effects on themselves and each other. I can use cards on myself, and cast bubble/regen on myself, but I can't extend my own buffs.

    Devs: can you please clarify how Time Dilation is intended to work, and correct the tooltip if it is indeed missing key information?

    I don't know if this has been addressed in another thread, but I didn't find anything posted. I'm sure others will have their own feelings about Time Dilation. I'm not an expert AST, but this tooltip is unnecessarily confusing.
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    Last edited by 7hurricane; 07-30-2015 at 04:34 AM. Reason: Character limit