So instant skills are not going off instantly - working as intended (why this then?)

[KogaDrake]

I understand this. I asked in free company why I would want to use Bloodletter over Heavy Shot. ... The problem is that this instant spell animation is as long as GCD. At least when I use. ....

not sure how you say bloodletter animation is length of GCD, i use heavy > bloodletter and still have a short wait on GCD to use next skill.

on the topic, i'm swinging a hammer and mid swing i instantly stop and start swinging in another direction for another skill makes no sense. immersion = cant do 2 vastly different things that require the same item at once, just like RL. Nothing I have seen in FFXIV has any dps race where you also need to stun, so get over the faceroll DPS zerg mentality and learn some other strategies!

[complexxL9]

not sure how you say bloodletter animation is length of GCD, i use heavy > bloodletter and still have a short wait on GCD to use next skill.

on the topic, i'm swinging a hammer and mid swing i instantly stop and start swinging in another direction for another skill makes no sense. immersion = cant do 2 vastly different things that require the same item at once, just like RL. Nothing I have seen in FFXIV has any dps race where you also need to stun, so get over the faceroll DPS zerg mentality and learn some other strategies!

Immersion is nothing compared to gameplay in an mmorpg. You can't immerse yourself to pay monthly fee for a crappy experience.

[Naks]

not sure how you say bloodletter animation is length of GCD, i use heavy > bloodletter and still have a short wait on GCD to use next skill.

on the topic, i'm swinging a hammer and mid swing i instantly stop and start swinging in another direction for another skill makes no sense. immersion = cant do 2 vastly different things that require the same item at once, just like RL. Nothing I have seen in FFXIV has any dps race where you also need to stun, so get over the faceroll DPS zerg mentality and learn some other strategies!

wheres the strategy in not knowing when you can use your next ability due to animation lock, every animation has a different length, half the time you either have to mash a button til it works or hit it and realise a few seconds later that it failed to go off, the point is the terminology, if something is instant, then its instant not instant and wait 0.random til it goes off and locked out of any other ability while you wait.