Casters unable to cancel spell casts on Red is unfair

[LazyHydras]

I only started playing on Blue in 2017; was ducking out of spells not a thing for a long period of time? Or was it always there on Blue?

[Oleris]

Enjoy spell book medding too. (not kidding)

[Rimitto]

Should probably remove that whole "monsters get a stun on soloing casters when they try to run away because they are OoM due to several interrupts, fizzles, and resists" thing too. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wait, what? Duck canceling wasn't classic?

no, it wasn't. you had to move and wait for the spell to finish and hope you didn't accidentally banned through the movement (rare)

[Moerne]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

no, it wasn't. you had to move and wait for the spell to finish and hope you didn't accidentally banned through the movement (rare)

I remember a lot of jumping to try to cancel spells. Sometimes it would channel through anyway. I mostly remember doing it while hunting in the dreadlands, so I think that would have been pre-Velious. But it's also possible I just didn't know about spell ducking. There's a lot of stuff I know now that I didn't know about then.

[Dolalin]

You would still duck to cancel spells, but you would remain ducked until the cast time ran out. Ducking guaranteed an interrupt

[Squabbles123]

There a reason you can't just jump?

Jumping also cancels a spell just like ducking does, it also doesn't slow you like ducking, making it superior anyway.

[Wags]

It was a game balancing change to bring casters more in line with melee characters. The PvP advantage for not having cancelling is the problem though. I'm interested in the scenario of pure casters when fighting a melee character in PvP. Even if allowed, the spell gems still must cycle through the global cooldown, so the delay in casting is still there. Adding spell cancelling back in would just cap the punishment allowed for initiating a spell cast.


I don't know the exact date it was added, but this mechanic was live during the Velius era for sure.

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by Squabbles123 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There a reason you can't just jump?

Jumping also cancels a spell just like ducking does, it also doesn't slow you like ducking, making it superior anyway.

Nothing cancelled a spell in classic. Not jumping, not ducking. Cast timer would still run until finished. But if you remained ducked until cast timer finished, it would guarantee an interrupt every time.

[Squabbles123]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nothing cancelled a spell in classic. Not jumping, not ducking. Cast timer would still run until finished. But if you remained ducked until cast timer finished, it would guarantee an interrupt every time.

what version of classic are we talking about? Because jumping definitely interrupts spells right now...