Archer skill Swiftsong is bad!

[Vexar]

I agree with OP and Shadowfire, Swiftsong as it is it's not useful at all. If it didn't go away during combat or every time you zone, I would use it all the time. as it is, I lose more time casting it than I save by running a little bit faster.

I don't know if you played World of Warcraft, but there was aspect of the cheetah. Not many complained about it, it did the same thing, but instead of go away in combat; if you got struck you got slowed to 60% move speed. This just turns it off completely, waaayyyyy better. Group speed bonus is the norm for an archer type role. In this case, you just lose it and take a single second to recast after combat. At least you're not dazed from one hit.

[Rainbowsaurus]

I did play WoW, and I was a hunter too. Aspect of the cheetah and aspect of the pack were more useful in WoW than Swiftsong is here, even if it slowed you down in combat. The reason is: we can sprint here. And TP recovery is so fast that we can really sprint all the time. All classes and Jobs can sprint and it's faster than swiftsong too.

[Prothos]

Swiftsong is useful in town and in dungeons....

[Swick]

I personally have found swiftsong to be best when questing, specifically combat heavy quests such a battlequest leves. If you use a chocobo companion, swiftsong is really useful to get from point to point, without having to waste another green. Although i do wish it could be casted on the move.

[Morkel]

I used Swiftsong to get the party through those slowing ground effects in Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak quicker

There are usually monsters right after, so you don't really want the whole party wasting their tp on sprint.

[LunarEmerald]

Swiftsong is meh

Would be a lot better if it didn't disappear when zoning or mounting a chocobo.

[Monkeytarget]

I feel like Swiftsong is freaking awesome. I don't care if it doesn't stack with sprint I get movement bonus without wasting any TP or mana even over time that is awesome.

[Purutzil]

FYI, TP = Physical damage dealer resource. Sprinting is NOT worth it, so having it is extremely useful for them so they don't just stand around doing nothing since they blew it to sprint. More mobility is ALWAYS good.

[Monkeytarget]

I do agree that it is disappointing that Swiftsong disappears while zoning, but that might just be game issue and might get fixxed.

[MudMonster]

My biggest gripe with Swiftsong is that you can't cast it while moving.