Seriously... Revert GCD

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I found it horrible to feeling forced to do macros without gcd

Getting stuck in a gcd when trying to use defensivs was bad though

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The new forum does have an ignore funktion. Talking about being clueless.

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No, it doesn’t. It has an option to stop receiving notifications.

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Care to link you source for ‘majority of playerbase hates’?

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Is it wrong after reading this I kinda want OP to have every spell be on the GCD.
And to permanently have 1% haste.

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Got me. By “muted” i was thinking about something else than mere notifications.

So yeah, so much for being clueless. :joy:

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You can’t be serious

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Why not?
Make a claim you can’t be upset when asked to back it up.

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plenty of people claiming to speak for the majority. Nothing but hyperbole.

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If you nod off that fast you must be 115 years old. If not i suggest an appointment with your physician… :rofl:

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You made the claim…not me.

Edit. Back in vanilla - gcd affected everything from what I remember…tbc and wotlk too. In fact having things ‘off’ gcd was more recent.

I could be wrong though…memory isn’t quite as good as it was.

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No, it didn’t. Arcane power was off GCD, that’s how AP POM mages could kill people fast.

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Ah yes…5 seconds of glory for 3 minutes of uselessness…I do remember that :slight_smile:

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I’ve suspected for a while now that all the people who’ve been complaining about the GCD changes have been the people using macros for everything, and a lot of what’s said here seems to confirm that.
So basically they’re complaining about having to engage with their gameplay more instead of lazily pressing a couple buttons to play their game for them.
The GCD change did such a tiny amount to default gameplay, I’d be surprised if anyone outside the macro crowd actually noticed a difference. I only did because these morons just don’t shut up about it.

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I never used any macro, pressing a button, waiting to press another button, then wait for yet another button when popping CDs and THEN after you’ve used 3 GCDs on CDs you can do damage. That’s not fun.

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Who on Earth on their right mind pops CDs before starting dps? You get the ball rolling first before it can start pelting down the hill, so to speak. If you have dots, you get those on first. If you have resources, you make sure you’ve got some built up to spend ready. I sure as hell don’t pop mine until I’ve got good buffs from RtB up.

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Charged up gives 4 arcane charges, you pop that and then you put rune of power down and then you use arcane power. That’s literally what arcane mages have to do when they pop CDs when you’re pulling.

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Didn’t Blizz already revert some of the GCD changes? Something with warriors, I believe.

During this expac I’ve played BM Hunter, Feral and Boom Druid, Havoc DH, and Retri Pala, and I’ve not noticed any of them feeling slowed, so either they haven’t been or I’ve not played them enough to notice.

So if you’re problem is with Arcane Mages then make the thread specific to that, saying ‘revert GCD’ doesn’t tell anyone anything. Sure, you eventually got around to it but maybe edit your first post so that people know what you’re talking about right away.

Also, ‘the majority of the player base’, never helps Blizz to understand where YOU are coming from. If Arcane Mages feel bad/slow to play for YOU then say that. Don’t try to suggest that you know what the majority of us want.

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You know you could just put those things up before the fight starts, right?

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No surprise to see Jito leading the defensive charge here.

I agree OP, but Ion doesn’t.