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    RyuuZero's Avatar
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    Ryu Kusanagi
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    Cerberus
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    Samurai Lv 100

    Why does Esuna have a Cast Time?

    With that I wanna ask, why it can't be instant? since it's such a quick cast time that it feels clunky^^
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    Mimilu's Avatar
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    Mimiji Miji
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    Exodus
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    Dancer Lv 100
    With Esuna being so under utilized nowadays, I think the battle team just keep it in for older fights and dungeons that utilized it but haven't given it a second thought since. ┐(´∀`)┌
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    Rieanna Cohen
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    Because it was designed in 2.0, not 6.0.
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    It may not seem like a big difference, but it still asks you to stop and start the cast even if it's almost impossible to cancel it. You can't just instacast it while running.
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    Miki Loire
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    I've been wondering myself. In WoW my dispel was instant. In this game, a lot of times if the debuff isn't a cleanse or you die thing, like a mild poison, then I wonder if it's actually worth it from a numbers perspective to esuna it because of the amount of time it takes between being able to cast it and the effect going off the DoT has already ticked a bit.
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    Mira Clearweaver
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    Jenova
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    Conjurer Lv 90
    The little cast time does not bother me. What does bother me from the button? The fact that only one debuff that gets cleansed -randomly- (looking at you cleansing bad breath lol).
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    Sylvestre Solscribe
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    I wonder why Esuna has a freaking 2.5s recast time.
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    Because it's on the GCD? Or do you mean, you want it to have a longer recast?
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    Larc Grumbles
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    A tangent on Esuna and Bad Breath; the worst effect of Bad Breath is generally the paralysis (unless they're a healer in which case arguably Silence though this has a shorter duration). You can specifically target the Paralysis immediately for group members (self and chocobo companion included) if you use a Spine Drops, even if you're not playing healer.

    They're only melee range and can only be used once per 90 sec, but they're dirt cheap from a vendor (360ish gil), oGCD, stack to 999, can be assigned to the hot bar, and don't share a cooldown with your offensive tinctures.
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    Winter Gem
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    Brynhildr
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    Scholar Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Sylvain View Post
    I wonder why Esuna has a freaking 2.5s recast time.
    I would love if the cast and recast time were the same but it does let you weave a lustrate or Tetragrammaton in afterward which is nice sometimes. I still think Esuna should be a trait tied to the tiny heals like Cure, Physick, etc. That way you get a tiny heal and a random debuff removed for the cast time involved.
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