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Can this be changed to be a permanent "stance" like Mimicry and Mighty Guard, please? The positive effect can switch on and off as the condition applies. But the buff shouldn't fall off.

My typical use case is that I'll be soloing a dungeon or a trial. And after a death (maybe even an intentional one, as we Blue Mages do) I'll be teleported back to the start of the instance. And then I'll run right back in, apply my dots, and realize that I forgot to recast this again.

If Mimicry and Mighty Guard can be cast before I even queue, and also persist through deaths, then why not Basic Instinct too?

I found another problem with this skill while dipping my toes into speedrunning. I've seen a Playstation player queue for an instance, cast BI, leave instance, and quickly requeue before BI "falls off". This saves about 1-2 seconds of in game time on every dungeon and some trials. It seems like removal of the Basic Instinct buff is done client-side for some reason? And the timing of which can be hardware dependent and random. This odd behavior would also be fixed by my QoL suggestion.

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