DEV REQUEST: Remove cast bars to MCH & BRD

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I still wonder what content there is where you have to be constantly on the move. I gotten MCH to 60 and I spend the majority of my fights just standing and shooting.

[Sandpark]

I still wonder what content there is where you have to be constantly on the move. I gotten MCH to 60 and I spend the majority of my fights just standing and shooting.

There is a bunch of movement dodging AoE on bosses, not so much on trash or outside dungeons. Isn't black mage the no mobility bastard step child of SE?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2f80ZMNexo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmK-ge3UTc

[Malevicton]

There is a bunch of movement dodging AoE on bosses, not so much on trash or outside dungeons. Isn't black mage the no mobility bastard step child of SE?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2f80ZMNexo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmK-ge3UTc

The first link gave me a 404 error and the second one is gw2...

[Sandpark]

The first link gave me a 404 error and the second one is gw2...

I see that. Was just 2 videos showing movement playing mage jobs in endgame.

[LaylaTsarra]

I used to hate Wanderers and the casting, but personally now I like it quite a bit and it certainly does matter when it comes to my dps.

[Wildsprite]

Didn't you know? FFXIV has four mages now.

White Mage
Black Mage
Bow Mage
Gun Mage

:3

Honestly? I wouldn't expect to see WM/GB go anywhere anytime soon no matter how many threads you spam about it. *shrug*

FFXIV has 6 mages, you forgot
Card Mage(AST)
Blood Mage(DRK)
I guess if you want to get technical there is also 2 Pet Mages as well >_>

[randysquirrel]

FFXIV has 6 mages, you forgot
Card Mage(AST)
Blood Mage(DRK)
I guess if you want to get technical there is also 2 Pet Mages as well >_>

Actually you forgot Weaver mage. No mobility at all while crafting

[Belhi]

Any changes of that magnitude to BRD or MCH aren't going to be happening without a lot of reworking. They made WM and Gauss Barrel a core mechanic of the 50+ playstyle of the two classes. It would take months at the very least to restructure the classes to have them balanced without the cast bars. There is no way in hell they would have them done for 3.1. Hell, removing the cast time component of those skills would effectively make the abilities non existent meaning they would need to come out with a completely new skill to replace it and have it be a skill that had value but wasn't unbalanced.

I know a lot of BRDs and MCH were unhappy with this but I honestly think the best you can hope for is a change to be done in 4.0. It seems extremely unlikely unless no one plays the classes at all for the change to be made before then. Certainly provide feedback cause they might change it in the long run, but don't expect anything soon.

[AlphaFox]

I havn't played either class but arn't the new skills revolved around this change? If they remove that what would you purpose they do to avoid over hauling all the skills (and possibly story)? Always "heavy" effect to offset it perhaps?

[AskaRay]

Always "heavy" effect to offset it perhaps?

D: no thanks