GCD timer is to high for melee and ranged physical dps.

[Warlyx]

GCD isnt that bad, hell i remember back in 2.0 when i didnt have this horrid casting times , and always had something to shoot , sometimes i waited some sec before being able to shoot but thats ok , i prefer that over "energy pools" that go to 0 after 3 skills and u have to wait ....or energy that regens after attacking , u know other games have 1s gcd or no gcd at all but limit the player using some resource...

[Sevyrr]

Like a job that has lightning fast attacks that has a lower base GCD? Something like....a Ninja? ohwait.

Get yourself a decently geared Ninja at lv60 and say again that the class feels sluggish.
*uses raiton* > *loses 1s on next GCD*

[Elky]

at least melee dont have casting times :_(

Yeah, Bards got the shaft this expansion. Take out your bows and put on your wizard caps.

[WinterLuna]

many jobs rely on the GCD timer to weave OGCD skills into their rotation, its one of the reasons that I hate that they made BRD a caster, because it breaks the flow of this weaving. Something tells me that if this is your view of melee jobs, then you aren't playing those jobs correctly.

Hmm, I play BRD and love the cast bar. I found it flowed a lot better than before. Just my opinion though.

[SpookyGhost]

NIN = Fast, small hits (shorter GCD)
MNK = Fast, small hits (shorter GCD)
DRG = slow, big hits (normal GCD)
WAR = slow, big hits (normal GCD)
DRK = slow/normal, big hits (normal GCD, has lots of oGCDs to make it more active as well as a +attack speed CD in Blood Weapon)

PLD's a bit weird, but makes sense. Shield Oath = focuses more on blocking, therefore less hits with the sword though still autos more often than a WAR for example. Sword Oath = focuses more on attacking, more frequent hits with the sword. So you could say PLD is less GCD focused and more auto attack focused.

[Jamillion]

Like a job that has lightning fast attacks that has a lower base GCD? Something like....a Ninja? ohwait.

You obviously don't have a geared 60 ninja, at I220 with Huton up the GCD is well under 2 seconds

[Elky]

You obviously don't have a geared 60 ninja, at I220 with Huton up the GCD is well under 2 seconds

I can imagine I have 2second gcd under ley lines as a blackmage. But I wouldn't count 2seconds fast if I wasn't a caster.

[Jamillion]

I can imagine I have 2second gcd under ley lines as a blackmage. But I wouldn't count 2seconds fast if I wasn't a caster.

Level 60 melee classes are constantly using off GCD abilities though, whereas that's not really something you do as often as a caster. The reason Mudra lag was sucha big issue was because it was so hard to not clip your GCD with it. It gets pretty hectic sometimes as a melee, honestly I'd say bards have it the worst because the cast bars from WM don't line up with the GCD so you still have off GCDs to use but you have way less time to use them.

[Moomba33]

I like the long GCD myself. My reflexes aren't great so I tend to prefer slower paced games such as turn based over action.

[Xlantaa]

Try to do the melee rotation (special DRG) with a GCD of 1-1.5 secs, then try to do that in middle of mechacnis. Then try do it on mechacnis like savage. Now Add lag to the ecuation. You will break your fingers.

Trust me, it is good as it is.