So my press and hold for empowered spells seems to be bugged. I tap it once and sometimes it’ll cast a rank 1 like it’s suppose to and other times it keeps charging. Does that with both Fire Breath and Eternity Surge I think. Is this just me or are any of you all experiencing this too?
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This happens to me too. I don’t know if it’s input or server lag, or an actual bug.
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Saw another post about it, so its not just us. It seems to happen when you queue the empower ability before the GCD is up from using the previous ability.
I’ve heard similar things on GCD. Also on macros forcing the tap empower method.
Either way is best to check.
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Okay, so this isn’t just me that’s been having problems. I actually just changed my casting mode completely to press & tap because the bug happened with too much frequency to really bother with the few times it didn’t happen.
Are you using any UI addons, by chance?
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I’ve heard bartender could be an issue too.
I use z-perl but even with all addons disabled it still happens 
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Can confirm. No add-ons and it still happens randomly. Pretty annoying, its gotten me killed a few times.
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i think it has to do with lag in server and how long/hard you press that button. same time though im having the same thing happen with no server lag and pressing the empower button like normal and getting diferent results, as in i will get instant casts and next time run into the same issue
I was having this problem even without any addons installed.
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In case it wasn’t mentioned, and as a suggestion, there are Dracthyr only options in the interface options. I turned on the option where you press once to start casting and tap a second time to finish early, otherwise, it’ll go to rank 3 automatically. Its a nice QOL when you need to strafe as it will cancel the cast if you move.
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Personally, I think they really need to have a third option for empowering spells where it’s like press and tap except that it will release precisely at the next empower level (or immediately if at max empowerment). Both input methods are very difficult to perfectly optimize since you need to try and guess when the input will actually register.
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I too have been experiencing this and I have no idea when it’ll get fixed.
Happening to me as well. I thought it was just an addon issue
So i was having that issue with the empowered abilities. Then i turned off the press and hold casting thing that constantly casts spells and it stopped doing weird things.
Till its fixed evoker sadge xD
same here doesn’t seem to be working
for me sometimes it casts rank 1 spell and sometimes it doesn’t cast at all. it will start filling up the bar and then stops.
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This has become way worse for me since DF launched. It was doing it in pre-patch. But, not that often. Now it seems to genuinely be about 50/50 on which method it decides to use. A bit annoying to have to pay so much attention to the Empowerment bar now because I’m unsure if my quick tap on Fire Breath will cast the rank 1 version or not like it used to. Sometimes I will press-and-hold it to charge it and it won’t use the ability when I release. Really prefer the Hold and Release option.
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Having the same issue. It seems to occur much more often when I’m in a dungeon, specifically Nokhud Offensive.
-Mobs are pulled
-I attempt to use fire breath by tapping the ability key once
-It sticks and keeps charging past the first empower rank.
I was feeling input lag during the dungeons, but less so in open world.
Hopefully it gets patched. Going to ensure I contribute to any bug reports.
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Same here. Seems random as to whether it casts level 1 (usual result), occasionally builds to higher level, or in rare cases builds to higher level but doesn’t even proc. Simple one tap should go to level 1 only, this is not a problem with holding key too long.
Evoker is tough enough with 4000 cooldowns to monitor, this has cost me multiple deaths. PLEASE fix this one, WOW!