[Suggestion] None necessary Active Mode switch when using Quickstride

[Seyra]

Hi,

Using Quickstride shouldn't make you switch from Passive Mode to Active Mode.
It's a waste of precious seconds to get back to Passive Mode again.

And when you flee a monster, reflex is, you disengage, you cast Quickstride and run like hell.
Here I often get hit several extra times because the character switches to Active Mode again.

Casting Quickstride after disengaging makes you benefit all the countdown and not lose 5 seconds.

[Arya]

Or, if you cast from Passive mode, it should automatically put you back to Passive mode after you cast, and not start the countdown until then. I agree, losing 5 seconds switching modes makes this skill less effective than I'm guessing it was intended to be.

[Medura]

Thanks for reminding me, i had firgotten the skill even existed, its just to annoying

[Seirra_Lanzce]

:\ im so lucky as i have my Lancer's Fleet of Foot + Quickstride!

[linafanboy]

Developers please see FFXI "Flee" that is what we want

Thank you

[Seyra]

Maybe not FFXI Flee but a proper Quickstride that could be used without the feeling that you lose the first 5 seconds. Well to be honest toward myself, it would actually be pretty much like Flee...

Could make it last a bit longer too and run a bit faster. I remember times I could rival Chocobos ^^

[Drexel]

Would be nice, but quikstride was put in the game for an archer to get away from a mob if they are in over their head not as a way to get around faster.

[God]

Quick stride is almost the same as people walking by the time you go into active, activate, go into passive your at a dead stop and everyone's got a good lead eating up most of the timer just catching up.

[Kurokikaze]

This has nothing to do with Quickstride and everything to do with the fact that SE needs to go down the list and select spells that can and cannot be used in Active mode. Quickstride isn't the only one that suffers from this cumbersome thing but its the easiest example to use.

I'd go even further by getting rid of modes completely and turn it back to just drawing your weapon out in XI. Remove the grounding effect for certain actions (including normal attacks) and allow players to do them while running. If they are considering Auto-Attack; the grounding during actions that is going on now is going to be an annoyance beyond anything I can even explain.

[Seyra]

Would be nice, but quikstride was put in the game for an archer to get away from a mob if they are in over their head not as a way to get around faster.

I understand that purpose do not worry and I understood it the first time I learnt Quickstride. It would add to this action if it could be a "defensive" move as well as a way to get around faster if you allow me to quote your words.

I created that topic for Quickstride but I think the same about a few spells like Cure, Stoneskin, Shock Spikes and all kind of support spells. Active Mode is a fine idea but not necessary for some actions.

(I also read the *.pdf from >this topic< and it says that characters shouldn't stop running while sheathing or drawing their weapon. Which I agree with.)

EDIT:

@Kurokikaze : Ok we just stepped into the same idea at the same time ^^