How about reducing swiftcasts cooldown by 50%

[kingatlas]

As a caster (blm especially) standing still and casting is the focus.
We can stutter step, and we have swiftcast.

I was thinking if we could reduce swiftcasts cooldown by half,
it would allow for a lot more movement.

It wouldn't raise DPS a whole lot, but it would help with the mechanics and the trends they are heading towards. (see sephi X)

Now I know that the dungeons are doable as a caster like blm, but this would just add more usefulness to swiftcast, without creating a tonne of other problems.

I don't see any negatives at this time, but I don't play as a healer, so if there is any real negatives anyone can bring up i'm all ears aswell.

[JammerSidewinder]

I can't say I've ever had an issue with its 60s cooldown, tbh. Sure there are times you might go "oh my swiftcast is on cd, need a few to res or slowcast, but meh.

[nexas506]

I'm gonna have to play devil's advocate on this one.
For what swiftcast does, the cooldown time is appropriate. Having anything on a shorter cooldown would be nice, but im not heartbroken over it.

[Serilda]

Well, I certainly wouldn't mind it having a lower cooldown. In fact, I'd be fine with them removing the cooldown. No ulterior motive, honest.

More seriously it would be rather powerful for all of the jobs which cross-class Swiftcast, and even for BLM it would have an impact in other content. That said, I'm not going to complain if they buff all of my favourite jobs.

[Oohlalaheals]

My little BLM is only level 28 so not really even a BLM yet so I don't have first hand experience with this. However, I can see as a caster with long cast times how their DPS would suffer in movement intensive fights. You move, you go to cast, and right before its fully cast you have to move again, happens to me as a healer all the time. Perhaps rather than a shorter cd on Swiftcast an addition of something like AST's Lightspeed would be appropriate here. Its one of my favorite skills AST has actually Its not instant, but it lets you get fast casts off while having to move.

[Saccharin]

My little BLM is only level 28 so not really even a BLM yet so I don't have first hand experience with this. However, I can see as a caster with long cast times how their DPS would suffer in movement intensive fights. You move, you go to cast, and right before its fully cast you have to move again, happens to me as a healer all the time. Perhaps rather than a shorter cd on Swiftcast an addition of something like AST's Lightspeed would be appropriate here. Its one of my favorite skills AST has actually Its not instant, but it lets you get fast casts off while having to move.

As a caster (blm especially) standing still and casting is the focus.
We can stutter step, and we have swiftcast.

I was thinking if we could reduce swiftcasts cooldown by half,
it would allow for a lot more movement.

It wouldn't raise DPS a whole lot, but it would help with the mechanics and the trends they are heading towards. (see sephi X)

Now I know that the dungeons are doable as a caster like blm, but this would just add more usefulness to swiftcast, without creating a tonne of other problems.

I don't see any negatives at this time, but I don't play as a healer, so if there is any real negatives anyone can bring up i'm all ears aswell.

If they made BLM more mobile then they would have to take a nerf to damage. BLMs have been buffed in the past to compensate when mobility was an issue.

[AsteriaStarfall]

My little BLM is only level 28 so not really even a BLM yet so I don't have first hand experience with this.

The main problem with BLM and wanting to have a shorter CD on swiftcast is the constant micro managing of your buffs because they will play a great part into your dps. Enochian is the main culprit here. It's recast time means you have to successfully keep up your rotation to near perfection. Swiftcast allows for an interrupt or in case you have to move to allow you to keep the buff rolling. But when you get to 60, run that new trial containment bay. when you enter phase two (go through the floor) good luck even trying to keep that buff up with all the movement and paying attention to what is going on. I just hit 60 on my BLM last week and i consider myself a quick learner when it comes to classes. While it has been easier for dungeons and some older raids, the newest content is much less forgiving. Especially with all the aoe and movement required. I hope to perfect it someday, but for now those are my views on it.

Another thing to note is spell speed. Because of the longer cast times, that will play a huge part in keeping Enochian up. You have to learn at what times you need to cast things, and if something interrupts that, poof you buff is gone until it is off CD. While it's CD is not that long, it can be a huge impact to your dps when it is. Spell speed i think in general needs a buff. I'm not saying we should be able to stack it and reduce everything to 1 second GCD, but it should reach around 2 seconds, where as mine right now is 2.36 It might not seem like a lot, but could potentially go a long way to helping this problem out.

[AlphaFox]

If they made it as a perk for only BLM, then I can't argue. For everyone else though, I say nay.

[Adire]

If movement is insane, I just stay away from Fire IV until movement required slacks up.

It's just a matter of deciding when it's worth it to stay away from Fire IV, just like how BRD/MCH has to know when it's worth it to stay away from Gauss/WM.

The DPS hit taken actually ends up being smaller than trying to Fire IV with every other cast being interrupted.

BLM has always been a turret of a job, so I don't really think Swiftcast needs changing. BLM, like BRD and MCH, just has to know when (more) mobility is worth having over the stationary rotation that's used in more optimal conditions.

[Jetstream_Fox]

just like how BRD/MCH has to know when it's worth it to stay away from Gauss/WM.

Never, you never take off WM. As much as I hate WM you lose two of the most important skills the class has added.