Why does Esuna have a Cast Time?

[RyuuZero]

With that I wanna ask, why it can't be instant? since it's such a quick cast time that it feels clunky^^

[Mimilu]

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. ┐(´∀｀)┌

[Icecylee]

Because it was designed in 2.0, not 6.0.

[Valence]

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.

[Miki_L]

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.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

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).

[Sylvain]

I wonder why Esuna has a freaking 2.5s recast time.

[NobleWinter]

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.

[Valence]

Because it's on the GCD? Or do you mean, you want it to have a longer recast?

[Post]

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.