LE Instant casting of spells and scrolls at full power & auto recharg

[Jaguarnaut]

I have no idea if this is currently possible but here goes:

 

All the effective magical attacks have this ridiculous charging time, which means you can't use them in close combat.

Also, you can't fire spells while holding up a shield or a ward.

 

Imagine this: I am running with my weapons sheathed, a troll appears ahead coming running towards me. I have to : press attack to unsheath, then press the hotkey to equip firebolt, then press attack and hold it down for a second to charge it to full power, release to fire, then hold down for a second again to fire a second shot. This is ridiculous, it just takes too long, and I am usually dead or damaged by then. You can't reliably dodge most charging enemies either.

 

It is worse with scrolls. Equip scroll, (usually means going into the Items menu, why are they there? ) then press and hold attack key to cast the scroll. There is this this whole animation where your hands wave around casting the spell. A good one like the firey explosion that needs to be cast near your enemies takes around 4 seconds to cast , and if you get hit in those 4 seconds, which is very likely as you cannot move while casting scrolls :wallbash: the casting is aborted and you have to try again. This is lame. I have often regretted playing a mage and it seems the game is geared towards pleasing the warriors.

 

Conjured weapons have similar delay issues.

 

So what would be nice is, at best, the ability to remove all delays : Assuming you already have a spell equipped, pressing attack instantly fires the spell at full available power, without needing to charge it. Magicka instantly drains by the appropriate amount so we aren't cheating too much. The only delay would be the quick animation of the ball of light appearing in your hands for a brief moment before firing. There are no situations where i want to fire a partially charged spell, full power every time is the way to go, on Adept difficulty.

 

For scrolls, removing all delay so the scroll is cast as soon as you hit the attack button would be most appreciated - you can't move while casting a scroll!

 

Also, similar to the wonderful Auto-potion mod, a mod that auto-recharges your enchanted weapon using available filled soul gems would be magical. It is particularly bad with staffs (staves?), where the staff still seems to fire but does no damage and you have to rely on watching your charge meter in the heat of battle. Interruping battle to recharge is a killjoy.

 

Thanks

Edited January 13, 2012 by Jaguarnaut