Fast Cast and HCT

XDeadboltX

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

R/

29 May 2008 at 15:00 - 1
Do these stack. If I had [backfire] , and with fast casting got it to cast in ~2 seconds. If my Half cast time mod activated, would it half the original 3 seconds to 1.5, or does fast casting come before the half cast time mod making it cast in 1 second?

Boogz

Boogz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

Variable Speed Farmers[VsF]

Mo/

29 May 2008 at 15:52 - 2
yes, they do stack

graverobber2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

Order of the Flameseekers [NL]

W/

29 May 2008 at 15:54 - 3
you can quarter casting time by using 2 HCT mods, so i think FC & HCT stack (not sure, though)

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

29 May 2008 at 16:02 - 4
I believe they stack. And the order in which they happen shouldn't matter.

In your example you would have 3 secs x 2/3 (fast casting) = 2 sec. Then 2 sec x 1/2 (HCT) = 1 sec

Or 3 secs x 1/2 (HCT) = 1.5 sec. Then 1.5 sec x 2/3 (fast cast) = 1 sec

Pesi

Pesi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

Droknars Forge

No Goats No Glory

Me/

29 May 2008 at 16:24 - 5
they stack, dont we love mesmers?

Parson Brown

Parson Brown

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

In ur base...

The one true [Hope]

E/

29 May 2008 at 17:14 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pesi
they stack, dont we love mesmers?
Actually, this is another reason I think Mesmers are best suited to casting spells from ANOTHER profession. It seems to me that most mesmer skills are designed to be cast with decent fast casting, so that reducing the cast time by 1/3 only serves to bring the skill down to where it should be in the first case.

Shills from other professions, however, are generally not balanced with Fast Casting in mind, so they really benefit.

darkdreamr

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

beyond the yellow brick road

She Left With Half My [GeAr]

Me/

29 May 2008 at 19:04 - 7
if only glyphs were affected by FC..