Translations:Miyu's Magical Adventures Mage Guide/66/en

Fixed Cast Time

▶ Fixed cast time is in a more complicated side when taken in account than VCT, being totally unaffected by stats. The formula for FCT is as follows:

Final FCT = ( Skill FCT - [ Sum of Flat FCT Mods] ) × ( 1 - [ Max of Percentage FCT Decrease ] + [ Max of Percentage FCT Increase ] )

▶ Fixed cast time can only be reduced by buffs from a skill, an item consumable and from equipments.

Percentage based reductions do not stack here, only the strongest one is applied.

Percentage based reduction effects do not stack no matter the source. If a player is under multiple FCT percentage reduction effects, only the highest value will take effect.
Highest Percentage will overwrite and hinder the lower ones useless.

• Example (1): Having Radius at level 3 reduces your fixed cast time by 20% (Warlock Skill), but your Archbishop friend casts Sacrament on you, which reduces your fixed cast time by 50%. Since only the strongest one applies, your fixed cast time will be reduced only by 50% and will overwrite the 20% from Radius.
  

However, fixed (flat) reduction does stack with percentage reduction, and also with itself. This makes it possible to reduce fixed cast time to zero.

• Example (2): A player has a headgear compounded with a [MVP] Fenrir Card (4556) equipped and then has Sacrament cast upon them. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% is less than Fenrir's 70%, Sacrament does nothing, and the player's FCT reduction remains at 70%.
• Example (3): A player has two Buwaya Agimat Tattoo (2907) equipped. Their FCT would be reduced by 7%, not 14%, as it does not stack (but they would get MATK +14% as expected).
• Example (4): A player has one Buwaya Agimat Tattoo (2907) equipped and is under the effect of Sacrament. As Sacrament's bonus of 50% reduction is the larger bonus compared to Buwaya's 7%, the player has their FCT reduced by 50%.