Ground Targeted Spell cast choice functionality request / discussion

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With the not so recent change to shadow priest letting them cast shadow crash as a targeted spell or a ground target spell as a talent, why not just let us decide the functionality in a macro.

For people that want to cast the spell as they always have continue dropping the ability in their bars and hitting the key, aiming then clicking with the mouse. However, we should be able to choose whether the spell is cast from out mouse position or from our targets position.

This distinction could be easily achieved by using a macro where /cast [@cursor] works as it currently does, attempting to cast at your mouse position on screen.

However, if you specify /cast [@target] , it attempts to cast it at the feet of your current target, in the same way [@player] casts these ground effects at your player’s feet. This cast would fail if you aren’t in range to your target.

This could even work with [@mouseover] or [@focus], although im not sure of how useful that would be.

I’m not sure if its a limitation of the current spell casting system, but the ability to cast these ground target spells from our targets position would be such a nice quality of life change for so many classes. This really isn’t about balance as its the same ability is just how easy it is to position where we want to cast it.

Personally Fire mage would be so much smoother to play in M+ where you want to dynamically change the Hot Streak spell between Pyroblast and Flamestrike depending on target count or other situation. Meteor being easier to cast on the boss or during a heavy movement scenario is also very nice.

Death and Decay would benefit from this. Consecration, ect…

Why isn’t this already a feature of the macro system? What balance / abusive reasoning would prevent this functionality from being implemented. If it is a limitation of the spell casting system and would involve having to make multiple spell IDs for the each cast type why not just do that? I’m surprised this wasn’t a topic when I was searching for discussions on the forum for this.

tldr: Let us use an @target macro to cast ground targeted spells at the ground beneath our current target. If not, why can’t we?

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Or give all of those abilities the choice between targeted or curer.

Regardless I +1 this. I want to just hit my button and move on for my casual play. If smart players want the cursor let em have it.

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I mean an @ cursor fireball isnt really useful lol, but yes this isnt for any one class, this is about ground target abilities as a whole.

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I like the system SWTOR has, where if you double-tap the key a ground-target AoE is bound to, it will automatically cast it centered on your target. Sure, it’s not ideal compared to targeting it yourself, but sometimes you just need to cast something quickly without looking.

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In SWTOR, if I click the AoE once, it’ll allow me to place it where I want. If I double click, it drops on what I have targeted.

I love it.

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I agree with you and Fortuna, swtor did ground aoe really well. I mained a madness sorc and it felt so good!

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I still don’t really get why people want to drop their 15 yard AoEs on their targets instead of a ground circle thing.

What if that mob is on the edge of the pack or moves to the edge of the pack when it hits? Are 3 of the 10 mobs outside the AoE now because the target wasn’t centered? Good chance. What if the whole pack is being dragged somewhere, but I know where and need to dump the resource/CD/whatever? I’d rather just drop it where they’re going and continue my rotation.

Idk. As convenient as a single keypress triggering it is, I will never use the optional “cast on target” talents for ground target spells. Just seems like making the spell worse for the sake of being slightly lazy.

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This isnt about removing one functionality. If you like the current system it still works the same, this is just an additional option.