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  1. #1
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    Please stop using Swiftcast for dps skills

    Swiftcast should be saved for raises in case someone dies. If you're speedrunning then there is a case to be made for using Swiftcast for DPS. But c'mon, in a clear party? What's the point of doing that? Even in casual content people still die. So why? A healer who insists on using swiftcast for dps is a toxic healer. Watching a dead dps lay there for 45 secs or even longer if multiple people are dead, is a bigger dps loss than saving swiftcast
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    Player Seraphor's Avatar
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    Seraphor Vhinasch
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    I use Swiftcast pretty often for a quick Holy on dungeon pulls, because it makes a significant difference there.
    I wouldn't have expected Swiftcast to make that much of a different with single-target dps spells, outside of movement, in which case it's entirely situational. Maybe on SCH or AST it allows for weaving?
    That said I've played AST the most in higher content and it doesn't really need any more weaving capabilities.

    Either way, unless you're expecting people to be dropping every 60s, you should be able to use a Swiftcast outside of Raise, whether that's for DPS, or a quick AoE GCD heal because all the rest are on CD, or whatever.

    Prog and Clear parties I can see it being a big risk, and if I healed those I almost certainly wouldn't risk it, but outside of that... it's not a huge deal.
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    Rica Elak'ha
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    Man, only a non-Caster would assume people only raise when they have Swiftcast.
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    I'm taking Lore way too seriously. And I'm not sorry about that.

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    Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

    No.
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    Payadopa Astraya
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    I'm not sure why you're assuming you can only raise with Swiftcast. It's handy but hardly a requirement unless it's endgame content (maybe).
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    Holy,i didnt know...im a toxic Healer -..- SAD
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    Advent Shadowsoul
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    BLM would like to have a word with you
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    People should memorize OPs name. He is always posting to bait people. Ignore the troll.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seyb View Post
    People should memorize OPs name. He is always posting to bait people. Ignore the troll.
    I'll stop that when you (and the alts) stop being annoying as fook.
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    So this is the time of day the forums get really really weird...
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