I've been looking for player mentions of the flux staff having a casting time and I'm not finding any. I'm thinking the cast time the patch note was referring to was something that was never implemented or was quickly reverted.
Here are some in-era comments about the flux staff being instant, even after those patch notes were posted on 06/15/2000.
12/04/2001
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...00748759526079
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Your cleric just complete-healed the tank, and the mob wasn't taunted enough to let that go unanswered. Someone has about two seconds to get enough aggro to convince the mob that the cleric isn't worth killing. You can cast a little nuke that won't get the mob's attention, or not quite have time to cast a big nuke that would suffice if you had time to cast it. Either way, the cleric is dead. But the taunt stick has a casting time of zero. You can inflict a pesky little debuff on the mob as fast as you can click the thing. The mob (already snared, of course) starts trudging toward you, until it gets rooted, mezzed, or killed.
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6/20/2001
https://www.graffes.com/forums/showt...rius-of-Luclin
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- 6. Pulling WITH a staff of temperal flux: Use the same as is stated above, but cast your SoTF on the run to aggro them, and use it as a gadge for casting distance for when you're going to cast Bonds of Force or Circle of Force.
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06/01/2001
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...99145772110472
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1) The effect lowers fire and ice resists by 6 - zap yourself with it and you will see this to be true... any debuff that doesnt require your mana, and doesnt even require you to be still (you can use the effect while running, it wont be interrupted, it has zero cast time) - IS INVALUABLE
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