No...
Just hitting the 0 key to advance forward gets you through that, Im sure that's what he is referring to.
Consensus is that insta cast skills don't update your position on the server side until the animation finishes. I know I have a habit from my WoW days of always using insta cast stuff while on the move, so for example on Titan, I'm usually tossing regen on the tank while I'm getting out of his "knock you the fuck off the island" attack. Which ends up with me getting knocked the fuck off the island.
You have to leave the red area before it its done casting not before the animation starts, matter of fact once you see the animation you can move back into the previously red area and not take damage.
Really? I think this is one of the cooler classic flavored mechanics in the game. It's a death penalty that is both fairly harsh (through inconvenience) and also not overly brutal with nothing of substance lost. It really makes you want to avoid death. Then when you do die, it allows you to communicate and interact with other players to get a raise. I usually stop what I'm doing and make a beeline for people whenever I see them ask for a raise in /shout along with properly linking their <pos> so I can see their location on my map.
Hey if you just want to respawn at a graveyard 5 feet away from where you died I guess that's ok too.
So thats the key then. I get it. Is it an animation lock bullshit thing? Either way the need to fix it dont you think?
Good to know, I thought it was something to do with jumping out of aoe's and the server/client not updating your location, but animations make sense too. Just about everything on my bard is instant and aoe's annihilate me occasionally despite being far outside the markers.
Yeah, it's fucked up and dumb. Latency of course can get you hit too. But at least knowing why you're getting hit means you can fix it until (if) they fix it. Which they probably won't. Make sure to pay attention to the NPCs cast bar too if you're a non-healer, that will help.
Yep. Interrupt whatever you're casting, move move move, press no other botanz, cast again when you're safe.
