Editing WoW:Cooldown (section)

== Global Cooldown vs. other Cooldowns ==
An important consideration for analysis has to do with when a given cooldown begins counting. Global Cooldowns are singularly unique in that they are counted by the World of Warcraft Interface, while all of the other cooldowns are managed by the server. Overall, this doesn't seem important except when playing on a machine with medium to high latency or when measuring interface lag. 

'''Activation Sequence of Events'''
# Player activates an ability
# Global Cooldown activates and begins counting immediately
# Server receives request (modified by network latency)
# Ability begins casting
# Ability finishes casting
# Ability Cooldown activates and begins counting.

This distinction has particular application when accounting for play techniques. For instance, Global Cooldowns are not a factor when performing latency compensation as the User Interface will not allow activation if a Global Cooldown is active. In contrast, during lag spikes, one may activate multiple abilities as long as Global Cooldown rules are followed. The result during these situations is a multiple seemingly simultaneous spell completions.


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