Thread: mages in 4.0 why you even need them ?

Originally Posted by Limecat

It would definitely be a lot better if they made movement during casting drastically slow casting down rather than cancel it entirely. Same should go for being hit, no more hard interruptions for a vanilla smack upside the head. Casters in XIV aren't glass cannony enough to justify repeated breaks in their ability to attack, and the mechanic is there for nothing more than flavor/tradition at this point.

That then goes into the problem of players needing to use movement to cancel casting at critical times (like accidentally starting a Verthunder/Aero without Doublecast), although not many are aware that pressing the ESC button does that too.

Originally Posted by SaitoHikari

That then goes into the problem of players needing to use movement to cancel casting at critical times (like accidentally starting a Verthunder/Aero without Doublecast), although not many are aware that pressing the ESC button does that too.

But I've got to find the Escape key when my fingers are already on the movement keys.