Could we get an autoplace aoe option?

[Dogempire]

Edit: Autoplace would be more fitting in the title.

Basically what this would do is this:

Let's say you're preparing for Thordan's big aoe attack, you review your plan of action in your head:

Aldo->Deployment tactics->Sacred soil-> (Damage taken) ->Indomitability->(Swiftcast) Succor

There's of course a somewhat narrow window that you have to get your mitigation out, well at least if you're me and press keys instead of using a gaming mouse.

Basically what I propose is an autocast aoe ability that basically automatically places an aoe wherever your mouse is positioned pretty much skipping the keep to click to place an aoe.

I'm sure there might be a macro to do this but it would be nice anyways. It's very hard to pick the exact right moment to place an aoe when you have to press the corresponding button and then reach over to the mouse to click.

[Leowilde]

That would make it a lot easier knowing what you'd hit. And that in turn would help you with positioning. I really like it - I know I would personally take great help from this!

[UBERHAXED]

Ironically, this is a non issue using a controller :/.

[Leowilde]

Ironically, this is a non issue using a controller :/.

Hm, that's a good point. Still, people playing with controller could at the very least check the aoe range out of combat, to memorize. It's not as good, but still nice I guess.

[Dogempire]

Ironically, this is a non issue using a controller :/.

I tried using a controller but I didn't really like how it felt, using a mouse and keyboard just feels so much more fluid.

Well that and using a healer I prefer to click on people's names, I'm a bit unfamiliar with how you target using a controller but yeah.

[m3eansean]

I tried using a controller but I didn't really like how it felt, using a mouse and keyboard just feels so much more fluid.

Well that and using a healer I prefer to click on people's names, I'm a bit unfamiliar with how you target using a controller but yeah.

you literally just press up or down on the DPAD to select your party members on the party list, its amazingly simple and healing on a controller is one of the easier things to do IMO.

[Rawrz]

An aside for Sacred Soil and other bubbles:

If you haven't noticed, placed bubbles work with the server tick. So it could take up to 3 seconds for the buff to even work, that with the galvanize spread lag. Lagging trying to spread it (Like spreading bio too quickly with bane) or too slow to shield (shield is present but damage is taken directly to health without breaking shield. AST's Wheel of Fortune suffers from this insanely.

So no matter what you'll need to cushion those Heavy damage hits with 3 seconds at least. ;-; Sucks about how aoe's place on PC. Ps4 is like butter. Press skill, Press X. Done.

[UBERHAXED]

An aside for Sacred Soil and other bubbles:

If you haven't noticed, placed bubbles work with the server tick.[citation needed] So it could take up to 3 seconds for the buff to even work, that with the galvanize spread lag. Lagging trying to spread it (Like spreading bio too quickly with bane) or too slow to shield (shield is present but damage is taken directly to health without breaking shield. AST's Wheel of Fortune suffers from this insanely.

I don't think using freeze waits for a server tick to go off (every other attack is DoT so this is the only obvious inconsistency with that). As for your other point, ironically, every case you mentioned had nothing to do with lag. You just wait for the animation to finish...

[enthauptet]

One of the things I hate (mainly fire arrow on bard) is how if you click on the enemy or player it cancels the placement...why does it do this.

Either an auto cast or having to hit the button again to place it would be fine by me though having to hit it a second time would be better IMO in case you have to turn to dodge something or such.

[Callback]

Additional note: Allow ground targeting to fire off at max range when our cursor is outside of it. No more purple indicator failure, just throw it in that direction as far as it can go.