Question about skill activation time

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Pyromancer74
Ascalonian Squire
#1
First of all, i'm new to guildwars.

I was playing a necromancer recently, when I used those skills you get in the beginning (Death Swarm and Vampiric gaze) I casted Vampiric gaze first and I immediately casted death swarm after it, but the activation bar for death swarm didn't appear. Normally that activation bar shows up. Can someone explain this? Thanks.
Zebideedee
Zebideedee
Jungle Guide
#2
if you press F11 and click the Interface tab make sure Skill Warmup has a tick in the box.
Silvia Shadowback
Silvia Shadowback
Frost Gate Guardian
#3
its possible that the weapon you have has a mod to decrease casting times of spells, which i believe causes the bar to not appear.
FengShuiDove
FengShuiDove
Forge Runner
#4
There's a chance you're wielding a weapon that halves casting time with a certain percentage of likelihood. It would read, "Halves Casting Time (9%)" or some other percentage. If that happens and the halved casting time is 1s or less it won't show an activation bar.