Hello, first post here ! Vanguard had a very cool mechanic for casting everything from mounts to spell casters. Basically, it allowed you to move at like 1/10 of walking speed while casting anything. This helped hugely when it came to server lag. Your char may look like you are stopped but the server hasnt registered it yet so you get a casting interrupt. Allowing this super slow movement speed negates that issue. It doesnt make casters overpowered in PvP since at that speed you arent running away from or kiting anyone. It was a great mechanic the Vanguard team put in.
What do you think?
Morguen
From the FAQ:
2.5 Tell me more about spells. Can you move while casting a spell?
Most spells can be cast when you are moving, however they will more often than not slow down your movement speed. Some spells will require you to stand and not move; likewise, some spells may not slow your movement speed. Additionally, while most spells are spoken, some are gestured, the latter being very handy when an area is silenced by a player or NPC.
Hi Morguen, first of all, welcome to the communtiy, great to have you here with us! You may wish to create a new thread and introduce yourself to everyone in this subforum: https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/forums/5/introduce-yourself
In regards to movement and casting, we already have several threads that discuss this topic, which I will link below, they can be found by using our search function on the main forum page, found in the top right corner, I was able to find all of these threads by typing "Casting While Moving" into the search bar: https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/forums
https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/forums/topic/1938/kiting-and-moving-while-casting
https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/forums/topic/4139/casting-and-movement
https://www.pantheonmmo.com/content/forums/topic/3567/casting-and-weapons-animations
I will go ahead and close this thread now but please feel free to continue discussing casting in one of the threads I linked for you.
Just a quick correction tot he VG casting, most spells didn;t slow your movement speed at all, some of the bigger ones did and some of the biggest ones required you to stop to concentrate properly on casting them, none of this had to do with lag though, the speed at which you move does not affect "lag", the lag is caused by the server communicating with you client which is controlled by your ISP.
Edit: Thanks Iksar for sneaking in and linking the FAQ info while I was writing this post, I appreciate it a lot :)