What is quickcast?

just found something interesting about quickcast and want to confirm this ability before i badmouth it.

Quickcast is an ability that allows you to cast one spell uninterupted for double the power cost.
Despite the name, as far as i'm aware quickcast spells are not casted any quicker than they would be normally.
Any mez or stun will still stop you from casting, Amnesia will not interupt you but will make you forget what you're casting

Emery wrote:Quickcast is an ability that allows you to cast one spell uninterupted for double the power cost.
Despite the name, as far as i'm aware quickcast spells are not casted any quicker than they would be normally.
Any mez or stun will still stop you from casting, Amnesia will not interupt you but will make you forget what you're casting

I'm pretty sure it's faster. Don't know the value but atleast it feels that way.

Does anyone have a correct definition of QUICKCAST?

As far as i remember, it is an ability that gives you 1 uninterruptable cast once every 30 seconds for doubled powercost and normal(not dex or RA affected) casttime.
Which means, if you have a spell with 2,8 sec casttime, which you usually cast in around 1,7 seconds because you have roughly 300dex, and you activate qc, youll cast this cast in 2,8 seconds, uninterrupted for doubled manacost.

Correct me if im wrong, with facts, no thoughts, coulds or mights.

This ability will allow you to cast a spell without interruption. Note that this only counts for an actual “interruption” - spells that cause you to become unable to cast (such as a mesmerization or stun) will still stop you from casting, and Amnesia spells will not interrupt you, but will cause you to forget what you were doing – essentially halting your current cast. When you are interrupted, for a period of time afterwards, you will be unable to cast.

Its only this and nothing more, its not faster or something crap.
are you guys bored ?

Satz wrote:Which means, if you have a spell with 2,8 sec casttime, which you usually cast in around 1,7 seconds because you have roughly 300dex, and you activate qc, youll cast this cast in 2,8 seconds, uninterrupted for doubled manacost.

Think you're right there. It's slower than a normal cast.

Think you're right there. It's slower than a normal cast.[/quote]


No.
Quickcast means fix casttime of 2.5 seconds. in most cases you are slower with quickcast, but if you summon your pet for example, its faster.

quickcast

ability to cast one spell wihtout being interrupted my meele, range or magic attacks.
stun and mezz will abort the ability.
if the ability is aborted, the reuse timer is not set.
can not be used while stunned or mezzed.

cooldown time 30 seconds.

cast time (delve) for any given spell is halfed but cant go below the 1.5sec hardcap.
cast time boni from dex or +% casttime from armor and RAs dont apply.
hardcap reductions from armor and RAs below 1.5sec dont apply.

manacost (delve) is doubled.

the realm ability "concentration" can be used to reset the quickcast timer.

added feature/bug on live - missing on uthgard: casting below zero mana posible.


EDIT: cutting the spell cast time in half was added somewhere down the road, in the first years it had a fixed time - like Gaius said.