Moving will be made to interrupt spellcasting at a point in time...

[Mindx3]

1. We're NOT lazy. There are easier classes to play that don't make or break a party nearly as much.
2. Mages being officially 'locked' into one place is going to affect DD's and the Tank WAYYYYY more than it'll affect us.
- Now you will have to stay in range to get heals. In the past, you might not have noticed it, but Mages were CONSTANTLY running behind you all to buff/heal etc.
3. The only battle we really get to 'stand still' in is Ifrit. (and the only reason mages stand still in Ifrit is because it's the safest thing for us to do...DD's do more or less the same thing. Darkhold is just a bunch of crazy running. By the way, Darkhold just hit a whole new level of challenge. Even exp parties are constantly on the move.

Now the only reason many of us are 'crying' is because it's a HUGE change in playstyle. I'm not saying it's a bad change, but we know that it's going to be a huge adjustment not just for the mages casting the spells, but for the other party members to re-learn that 'Hey, the mage can't heal us while we run away from them now.'

Reasons why it might be a good change:
1. Mages will still be able to change positions move etc. Just now we have to do it without casting.
2. We always were only able to semi-move (we always stopped moving as the spell was leaving our hands). This also created issues as tanks and DD's typically would run out of range while we were casting.
3. Mages will be able to quickly move out of harms way. Currently we might try to move (even cancel the spell and try to run) only to get locked into still casting it and getting hurt/killed.

All good points i would like to add:

In addition, enemy population has been increased in the following areas so as to have them serve as hunting grounds for players:

Humblehearth, Central Shroud
Tranquil Paths, South Shroud
Cedarwood, Lower La Noscea
Bloodshore, Eastern La Noscea
Nophica’s Wells, Western Thanalan
Dragonhead, Coerthas Central Highlands
Riversmeet, Coerthas Western Highlands

If tanks and DD's are now consciously aware of mages inability to follow them then they should be less likely to run away right? Combining the many placement requirements for abilitys i feel that DD's will stay put, atleast untill the mob is dead and they attack another one, but with increased range on spell casts this should not be an issue.

Why bring up the increased population in these areas? I have a feeling they are trying to bring back FFXI styled camp spots....only speculation tho.

[Jinrya-Geki]

All good points i would like to add:

In addition, enemy population has been increased in the following areas so as to have them serve as hunting grounds for players:

Humblehearth, Central Shroud
Tranquil Paths, South Shroud
Cedarwood, Lower La Noscea
Bloodshore, Eastern La Noscea
Nophica’s Wells, Western Thanalan
Dragonhead, Coerthas Central Highlands
Riversmeet, Coerthas Western Highlands

If tanks and DD's are now consciously aware of mages inability to follow them then they should be less likely to run away right? Combining the many placement requirements for abilitys i feel that DD's will stay put, atleast untill the mob is dead and they attack another one, but with increased range on spell casts this should not be an issue.

Why bring up the increased population in these areas? I have a feeling they are trying to bring back FFXI styled camp spots....only speculation tho.

It shouldn't be an issue, but this isn't a perfect world lol.

Though camps for grind is cool.

[Rukkirii]

Yoshida has made a post stating that he is writing up a long explanation about spell interruption upon movement.

We will give you guys an update as soon as he posts and we cast our translation magic!

Hi, this is Yoshida, the Producer/Director.

I would like to comment on spells being halted by moving while casting in patch 1.20.

We are still in the process of implementing and testing this spec, but I will provide an explanation on why this is being implemented soon, so please stay patient.

When a character is moved while casting a spell, the spell is instantly halted. Once the character stops moving and casts another spell, the new spell will be cast instantly.
(Although there will be a standard MMO lag of about 0.3 seconds)

We will set up a specific key for halting spells, so we did not implement this spec as a method of halting spells.

I am preparing a long explanation regarding this, so please hang on a bit longer.

[ArtEmisPalmecia]

Yoshida has made a post stating that he is writing up a long explanation about spell interruption upon movement.

We will give you guys an update as soon as he posts and we cast our translation magic!

Thanks Rukkirii.

[AmyRae]

We will give you guys an update as soon as he posts and we cast our translation magic!

Just make sure you don't move around while you're casting or you'll interrupt the spell

[Orophin]

Yoshida has made a post stating that he is writing up a long explanation about spell interruption upon movement.

When a character is moved while casting a spell, the spell is instantly halted. Once the character stops moving and casts another spell, the new spell will be cast instantly.
(Although there will be a standard MMO lag of about 0.3 seconds)

We will give you guys an update as soon as he posts and we cast our translation magic!

Surprised nobody is commenting on this. It seems ripe for abuse by players. THMs can cast Blizzard, move, stop, cast another spell. CNJ can do the same, cast Aero, move, stop, insta cast Cure. I'm not sure whether attempting to cast a spell in the middle of a combo would interrupt it or not, but if it didn't, then you could do Thunder, Thundara, Blizzard>Move>Stop>Thundaga.

[Firon]

Surprised nobody is commenting on this. It seems ripe for abuse by players. THMs can cast Blizzard, move, stop, cast another spell. CNJ can do the same, cast Aero, move, stop, insta cast Cure. I'm not sure whether attempting to cast a spell in the middle of a combo would interrupt it or not, but if it didn't, then you could do Thunder, Thundara, Blizzard>Move>Stop>Thundaga.

That does seem really good i am thinking of ways to abuse that right now lol. At least they are not penalizing for having to stop your cast tho.

[Rutelor]

Surprised nobody is commenting on this. It seems ripe for abuse by players. THMs can cast Blizzard, move, stop, cast another spell. CNJ can do the same, cast Aero, move, stop, insta cast Cure. I'm not sure whether attempting to cast a spell in the middle of a combo would interrupt it or not, but if it didn't, then you could do Thunder, Thundara, Blizzard>Move>Stop>Thundaga.

Did the "instantly" actually mean that it would have a Chainspell effect, or just that--unlike someone suggested in the thread--there wouldn't be a 3 second delay before you become able to cast again, post move?

[Kinseykinz]

Did the "instantly" actually mean that it would have a Chainspell effect, or just that--unlike someone suggested in the thread--there wouldn't be a 3 second delay before you become able to cast again, post move?

We're honestly not sure...the translation was kinda choppy and rushed. But really, they can't have intended for us to be able to cancel/chainspell everything. That can't be...and if for some crazy reason it CAN be exploited like that, they'll patch it and fix it so we can't.

[Firon]

We're honestly not sure...the translation was kinda choppy and rushed. But really, they can't have intended for us to be able to cancel/chainspell everything. That can't be...and if for some crazy reason it CAN be exploited like that, they'll patch it and fix it so we can't.

maybe they meant the same spell would be cast again instantly