Cap on Spell Interruption Rate

[friedfunk]

Is there a cap on Spell Interruption Rate?

RDM/NIN can wear gear to add up to 100% interruption, I'm thinking this would be ideal for tanking, to macro in this gear for Ichi and Stoneskin etc..

Warlock's Tabard +1 12%
Magnetic Earring 8%
Mountain Gaiters 5%
Nashira Turban 10%
Willpower Torque 5%
Druid's Rope 10%
2x Eremite's Wand 25% each

Total 100% -- not sure how much % Aquaveil gives but whatever the number is can reduce the gear by that %

Any thoughts?

[Phraust]

iirc it's capped at 50%.

I don't remember though. I do recall another post where someone figured it out, but I can't find it at the moment.

[Atreides]

probably, like everything else, caps at 50%... but i really dont know, it seems like gear and aquaveil and merits would all count towards the same cap. It seems highly unlikely you'd be able to hit 100%, given the way everything else works (not to mention 100% -spell interrupt would let you run around while casting).

dont forget Choral Roll btw, probably gives a nice bonus to spell interruption rate. Merits too.

[Wizerd]

(not to mention 100% -spell interrupt would let you run around while casting).

No it wouldn't. Moving from your original cast point interrupts a spell 100% of the time, there's no chance of the spell succeeding. If you happen to cast a long spell and you moved around, and it still went off, it's because the game checks where you are at the start and end of the cast, nowhere in between. As long as you're in the same spot (or close enough to) both times, your spell will always go off.

[Spekkio]

(not to mention 100% -spell interrupt would let you run around while casting).

No it wouldn't. Moving from your original cast point interrupts a spell 100% of the time, there's no chance of the spell succeeding. If you happen to cast a long spell and you moved around, and it still went off, it's because the game checks where you are at the start and end of the cast, nowhere in between. As long as you're in the same spot (or close enough to) both times, your spell will always go off.

easy enough to prove this correct. manafont also gives spell interruption down 100%, and brd songs have this trait natively. i still fail my spell if i run around doing either one of them.

[Shuemue]

Are you sure manafont is 100%? I know it's increased but I swear I've been interrupted during it.

[Suiram]

Are you sure manafont is 100%? I know it's increased but I swear I've been interrupted during it.

Silence, Stun, Sleep, Petrification, Knockback, Terror, Death. Otherwise I'm pretty sure it's 100%, too.

[Krye]

-100% spell interruption means that your spells will not be interrupted from normal hits.

Well, I'm not certain since I haven't done it firsthand, but I know I saw somebody saying that they had a set with 100%+ and utilized it when the situation called for it.

EDIT: I am more than 100% positive that I read an account of somebody saying that -100% means you will not get interrupted. The validity merely relies on whether or not they were telling the truth.

[Shuemue]

Are you sure manafont is 100%? I know it's increased but I swear I've been interrupted during it.

Silence, Stun, Sleep, Petrification, Knockback, Terror, Death. Otherwise I'm pretty sure it's 100%, too.

I wonder which of those the diremite did to me in Pso'Xja then.

[drwaffles]

I've never personally been interrupted by melee hits during Manafont, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it could happen as a result of the -spell interruption rate effect being 99% rather than the expected 100%.

[Shuemue]

I'm just gonna keep quiet, it'll be another sneak/invis thread otherwise.

[Spekkio]

could be caused by a lot of different things. one thing that's always driven me nuts is that i need to stand still for half a second at least before i try to cast or it interrupts my casting, even if i've had my hand off the move button since before hitting the cast macro. that's about all i can think of since the mites have no tp moves that could cause that effect. i'll keep it in mind next time i hit the font button and see if we can gather some more testimonials of it not working.

[Kriz]

It's not too hard for WHM to hit that, or pass 100%.

Eremitex2=50%
Nashira Turban=10%
Druid's=10%
AF1/+1=20/25%
Willpower Torque=5%
Magnetic Earring=8%
Random Assault Cuffs=5%
Merits=4%
Aquaveil=Who Knows.

Personally I can only reach 80 until I get Nashira turban.

A WHM with Nashira head and Magnetic Earring could probably test this rather on the cheap. I'm imagining though, that even at 100% damage will still cause interrupts.

[shieldsofwindurst]

Maybe it's just me, but on blm/rdm (and especially rdm, even though it's only 66) I've noticed that small movements do not interrupt casting. It may be that by the time my movement command is processed by the server the spell is already complete, but my experience is that if I accidentally move towards the middle or end of a cast while on blm, there's a good chance that it'll still go off, if it's a relatively small movement. It's happened many, many times so I don't think it's an aberration. I've also noticed that this is more pronounced on my rdm where I have literally run in 1-2 complete circles trying to cancel a spell I didn't mean to cast and it still went off. This is why I never move to cancel a spell, I always /heal.

[Archain]

I've noticed in Ballista that if a WHM loads up on Spell Interruption gear, I am unable to interrupt a Stoneskin cast with a fully loaded SA+DE into his back.

I'm not sure how much he was wearing, but if I can catch him online I'll ask again (or maybe just try with a different mage). If I can get a mage with that much spell interruption, I'll make a small video clip for proof.

[BerenTebogo]

Ballista works completely differently than the rest of FFXI though, so that point is kinda moot.