Understanding Swiftcast

[Youmu]

I have had this happen very often. Channel any skill with a long cast while you're moving with swiftcast, and every once in a while, one will just get interrupted somehow, and waste the buff.

[Riv]

Works fine for me. It's great for summons. You can also cast while running using Swiftcast.

The only thing I can think of for being interrupted is maybe a stun or paralyze?

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

on my end while playing this game i have had several issues with executing skills.


Regen. White Mage spell. heal over time.

sometimes when trying to refresh the counter when around 3 seconds remaining the spell has no effect. other times it works fine.


Esuna. White Mage spell. removes one negative detrimental effect.

sometimes when trying to remove poison the spell has no effect. even when the poison is half way through it's duration.



then the issues with swiftcast.


and then like you can see in my previous post issues with transpose.





the fact that there are issues with so many spells here makes it quite unlikely it is the action they themselves that be the problem.

i just hope Square Enix is aware of this. and that are trying to figure something out or are investigating it.

[Leafcore]

YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SWIFTCAST ANIMATION TO FINISH BEFORE YOU USE THE NEXT SKILL.

LOOK AT YOUR BUFF BAR. THE BUFF FROM SWIFTCAST WILL NOT APPEAR UNTIL THE CASTING ANIMATION FINISHES. IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY YOU CANNOT USE MULTIPLE INSTANT OFF-GCD SKILLS IN BETWEEN GCD SKILLS.

WAIT FOR ANIMATION TO FINISH!

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SWIFTCAST ANIMATION TO FINISH BEFORE YOU USE THE NEXT SKILL.

LOOK AT YOUR BUFF BAR. THE BUFF FROM SWIFTCAST WILL NOT APPEAR UNTIL THE CASTING ANIMATION FINISHES. IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY YOU CANNOT USE MULTIPLE INSTANT OFF-GCD SKILLS IN BETWEEN GCD SKILLS.

WAIT FOR ANIMATION TO FINISH!

though the animation has not been specifically mentioned. it has been mentioned that the buff icon IS there and the + effect is also there too during the incidents. also you are completely wrong about when the buff icon appears. the buff icon appears before the animation is fully completed. the buff icon and the + effect appears instantly when you use an instant spell/skill.

also waiting for an animation to complete simply would NOT account for the mishaps with Esuna and Regen. maybe so with swiftcast and transpose. that much i can give you. but simply not with Esuna and Regen. there is no reason why i should have to use either of those multiple times for them to work.(cept esuna at certain times for multiple effects) also not to be confused as i know the topic is about Swiftcast. but of course i am not using Swiftcast for an instant spell. it just seems relevant.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

okay. well i can officially rule out the need to wait for the spell animation to fully play out. i can stand in town and use Swiftcast then as fast as humanly possible use Medica. i did this for over twenty minutes. it was flawless each time.

though there are issues still when in situations under duress. now waiting a mere second after using Swiftcast avoids the issue. any player should be able to adapt and what not. this i can deal with easy. it's no problem.

HOWEVER what i can NOT deal with is Esuna and Regen.

just tonight while playing Cutter's Cry the spell Regen said has no effect THREE bleeding times in a row. this simply should not be happening. i don't know the problem. i wish i did. i at one time thought it only happened when about 3 seconds remained. but tonight it happened with 7 seconds remaining THREE times in a row.

and the Esuna. same dungeon, Cutter's Cry. failed twice in a row to remove poison.

something has to be wrong