Templar "Hammer of Light" delay

[Fixbelffem-illidan]

This spell feels very clunky and is possibly bugged?
Like the damage and animation hits several seconds after pressing the button, unlike any other ability.
Feels horrible.

[Jordlen-dalaran]

It is supposed to make it feel weighty. Like a huge laser from heaven coming down. I think it feels alright.

[Averax-staghelm (Averax)]

Yeah i don’t experience anything like that. Especially since the buff it seems even faster than before.

[Biff-zuljin]

I can see where you are coming from, but to me, it feels floaty. I definitely feel a disconnect from button press to ability hit.

[Rayzens-stormscale]

It’s probably because it has an in-the-backend cast time, because it also resets/delays your melee swing.

I’d say this is definitely a bug. And the GCD is probably not affected by haste or something, because it’s just weird.

[Fixbelffem-illidan]

It really disrupts the flow of the rotation. Hopefully it gets fixed.

[Dawnshott-stormrage]

I’m experiencing a massive delay in rotation every time I use it. The following GCD is at least double when compared to using other skills.

[Churchmouse-emerald-dream (Churchmouse)]

@Rayzens-stormscale

It’s probably because it has an in-the-backend cast time, because it also resets/delays your melee swing.

I’d say this is definitely a bug. And the GCD is probably not affected by haste or something, because it’s just weird.

Bug report for these issues if anyone wants to chime in:

Hammer of Light GCD Bug

The GCD triggered by Hammer of Light is unaffected by haste. It feels awful to use HoL and then slowly wait for my other spells to come back up.

[Vendatha-darkspear (Vendatha)]

Meh

Still not as good as herald.

I keep trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, but inmconsistently 200k to 300k less.

[Jordlen-dalaran]

each their own, I am getting 80k higher than herald myself.

[Expelled-frostmourne]

Takes time for the Orbital Nuke to strike

[Biff-zuljin]

Same here. There must be some rotation or ability priority I am just not getting, because I do significantly more DPS as Herlad than Templar.

[Seratox-illidan]

For reference, the delay in Hammer of Light is intentional because that very delay allows it to benefit from the stacks of Crusade that it creates rather than the stacks of Crusade active at the time it is used.

I made a thread about this a while back but no one cares about actually learning about their spec, just about complaining when they don’t like something.

[Fixbelffem-illidan]

It might be intentional, but it doesn’t take away from it actually being bad design, feeling awful and disrupting the flow.

[Turalyonn-dalaran]

@Seratox-illidan

For reference, the delay in Hammer of Light is intentional because that very delay allows it to benefit from the stacks of Crusade that it creates rather than the stacks of Crusade active at the time it is used.

That’s----very insightful.

Well done.

@Seratox-illidan

I made a thread about this a while back but no one cares about actually learning about their spec, just about complaining when they don’t like something.

This----unfortunately can be true at times. Another insightful observation.

Again, well done.