[SCH] Galvanize Application Delay

[Culfinrandir]

Sadly this is due to the way the game was coded & the rather clunky GCD system. Some jobs don't notice it, some get away with it whilst others are seriously affected (mainly healers). One of the most obvious displays is when clutch healing using Benediction or Lustrate & the heal is shown after the target is dead. =_=

[Valdegarde]

I've always been bothered by this on Nocturnal Sect astrologian, aspected benefic is not so bad but aspected helios seems to take foreeever. I remember doing Sophia extreme I felt like it'd only barrier two of the three raidwide hits in a row due to the delay.
However since Dark Knight got Blackest Night this delay has been the bane of my existence, causing one to have to predict every little last thing in an entire fight ~5 seconds ahead on the nose or else it's wasted. I don't think it'd be that unreasonable to have shields in general last longer so this snap prediction isn't so awkward.

[Gemina]

God, I wish I could find it. But there was this one bit I caught through a link that showed the Star Trek enterprise getting blasted AND THEN they put the shields up. It was in reference to this exact same issue, and not only does every SCH go through it, but every job can and will suffer from some kind of delay from what you see, and what is happening inside the server.

As WHM, you have time to react when you all of a sudden see a enemy cast bar filling up. For a SCH trying to shield it, if you react to a cast bar, you're already too late. You will likely already be in the middle a current gcd, plus have to wait the 2.5ish cast time of Galvanize. The effect of Galvanize has a long duration, so the idea is to have it up even before the casting begins. You could say this requires knowing the fight, but you can also say that pretty much all dungeon and raid bosses 50+ pulse AoE like there's no tomorrow. IOW, the boss is very likely to AoE the group before the effect wears off, so just keep it up if you're learning the fight.

[Clouse_Cleyra]

The thing that makes this is because the shield must be put before the cast bar of the boss attack is over, a lot of attacks makes the dmg like 1 second or so after the cast bar ends. So u see galvanize is online but it was cast after the cast bar of the attack ended so the hit will be done without shield.

If its up before the cast bar ends it shouldnt be a problem.