Quote Originally Posted by Eldaena View Post
In combat I feel like I have to be the rock in the party, I play white mage btw, and everyone else who plays melee are running around able to shoot off weaponskills and attacking while moving. Maybe this is balanced... but it doesn't feel like it. The video of them showing the new casting system was also very silly. They show the character running around a lot, but in actual combat you wouldn't be running around that much on either mage. It's more beneficial to stay still and move only when necessary, both for mp regeneration and the ability to cast right away, rather than running around and having to stop, wait for server to realize you've stopped or hit "h" (which if you're using controller is about the same amount of time either option), then finally cast a spell. I also detest /facetarget so I don't use it and won't use it.
I thought that video was just to demonstrate how moving will cancel the spell casting... not that someone would actually fight that way (which would be silly).

I haven't really done much combat since 1.21 went live... and I know I'll just have to get used to it... but in general I agree that the change to MP regeneration only while standing still, and now the inability to move while casting are making things a bit dull.

Out of MP.