Casting Modifiers & Timing (Fastcast, Conserve MP, etc...)

[Guppy]

well I was going to say that cure cast animation does not change past a certain amount of curecast-%/fastcast on cure 3-5, however the speed of hp being healed on the target continues to increase as stumps said.

Hmm... time to re-evaluate my Curing gear. Going by the previous measurements based on animation frames, I had previously left out some -Cure Casting stuff simple because it wasn't bumping me up to the next "tier".

Does anyone know if SCH AF Feet work the same way as Fast Cast? More specifically, if I use the macro type mentioned above (Where the equip is macroed in before the cast, but macroed out after the start of the cast), will I receive the Fast Cast bonus?

I'd sort of assume it does, the same way I'm assuming other pseudo-fast cast gear works (Cure Clogs for Cures only, Yigit Gomlek for songs). Not a scholar though, do you need to have them on before you activate Light/Dark arts?

[Ultimagi]

Simple solution to everything, always, ever; use <stal>.

/equip Fast Cast gear
/magic <stal>
/equip other gear

I use this and it works fine, the <stal> causes enough delay while you're selecting your target to be able to swap the same gear slot again afterwards, and is impervious to blinking.

[Yugl]

I'd sort of assume it does, the same way I'm assuming other pseudo-fast cast gear works (Cure Clogs for Cures only, Yigit Gomlek for songs). Not a scholar though, do you need to have them on before you activate Light/Dark arts?

No, they work as long as you're using the correct art. I'll probably test this when I get a chance.

[Guppy]

Simple solution to everything, always, ever; use <stal>.

/equip Fast Cast gear
/magic <stal>
/equip other gear

I see. However, next question is, how would I make a functioning swap macro that directs an offensive spell? For instance, Fastcast + Paralyze. Just pre-target the mob and use <t> and a /wait? Since <stnpc> won't pause before proceeding through to the end of the macro.

[Ultimagi]

<stnpc> does pause while it waits for you to pick your target, the same way <stal> does.

[Valyana]

<stnpc> does pause while it waits for you to pick your target, the same way <stal> does.

There was a bug in SpellCast that broke this, but it's been fixed now I believe.

[Ultimagi]

The original poster explained that he does not use spellcast, and neither do I.

[Valyana]

Ah, right, the issue was the initial eq swap making you blink and lose the target cursor.

What I used to do for offensive spells was

/stare motion <stnpc>
/equip initial gear
/ma Spell <lastst>
/equip other gear

[Ultimagi]

Haha /stare motion, I use /target <stnpc>.

[Akairyu]

An advantage to Valyana's /stare motion macro is that they could Nuke/Debuff/whatever something other than what they currently have targeted without losing said target. Personal preference on how things work I guess.

Now I need to rethink my equip swap order... whee

[Guppy]

/stare motion <stnpc>
/equip initial gear
/ma Spell <lastst>
/equip other gear

This is the most creative use of an /emote I've ever seen. Everything activates properly without without a /wait though? Referencing Shaddix's post regarding swapping two pieces of gear in the same slot.

you must have a wait between swapping two pieces of gear in the same slot

actually to be clear, there has to be a 500~600ms delay between swapping gear in the same slot, so depending on how quickly ffxi macro system works(I don't know I use windower) the first one could work, but i don't see how really, a half a second, it couldn't be that slow.