Thread: Benediction "Cast" Time ?

I don't know if anyone else experience this, but it really bothers me. In an oh-shit-i'm-gonna-die moment where I reach for my benediction - and cast it - I still die. I see the hp numbers float on the screen, but there I am still dead. And when I get raised, the thing is still in the middle of it's 5 minute cooldown.

I feel like if I die - it shouldn't have been cast or begun to cooldown? (I can accept it wasn't cast fast enough and I get hit and die, that's not the issue I have with this).

If it's an "instant" cast skill, and fires off, why am I still on the floor when it's used? I'm alive when it fires off - but obviously the "animation" cast time takes a moment for it to be applied, and then I die, and then it applies. But still, grrrr, it bothers me. Like don't apply it if I'm dead and save me the cooldown at least?

(Also - for the sake of clarity I'm not talking about dying from a 1 hit attack, I mean I'm at 10% hp, and something hits me for 15%)

This is a common theme, Hallowed Ground works the same way as the ability goes off for real at the end of the animation. While it's an instant cast the animation is still a "cast time".

Not 100% sure this applies to bene, but it applies to quite a few lvl 50 insta save spells.

Happens to me with Living Dead and today with Tetragrammaton. Very frustrating.

Originally Posted by MikotoKanzaki

Happens to me with Living Dead and today with Tetragrammaton. Very frustrating.

Tetra shouldn't have a problem, the only reason that would happen is because you casted way too late. Tetra is super instant (never had an issue with it).

http://i.imgur.com/ucwCNW5.png

Originally Posted by Jamillion

http://i.imgur.com/ucwCNW5.png

Haaaaaa sounds about right <3.

Yea the short short cast time has made me miss many saves on tanks/dps/whoever.. just because they took 1 more tick of damage within that 0.5 seconds :/

No matter how used to it, I still cannot guage that 0.5 delay because it's more like a "oh shitttt-but-wait-half-a-sec-more button" instead of an insta-heal

Originally Posted by Jamillion

http://i.imgur.com/ucwCNW5.png

.. and this is genius XD

Pretty accurate
I might have heal like...
As much dead body if not more... Than living player

The fact that the character have to spin his butt and look happy to heal annoy me a lot XD
Plus my character's butt is so big that it take forever to work...*sigh*

Originally Posted by Nekotee

Pretty accurate
I might have heal like...
As much dead body if not more... Than living player

The fact that the character have to spin his butt and look happy to heal annoy me a lot XD
Plus my character's butt is so big that it take forever to work...*sigh*

I thought butts died in 1.0

You should be proud.