Combat Casting

[morgandefey]

I know that combat casting helps a lot, but do anyone here think that it is a must for any caster, can a universal wizard survive without this? I would appreciate any thoughts on this.

[Trikk]

How often do you plan on being within someone's reach and/or being grappled?

[spalding]

Yes you can survive without it -- provided you are willing to take extra steps on avoiding the situations where you would need it.

[Kalrik]

Combat casting is a must if you intend on being in combat. Clerics, paladins, inquisitors, magi, etc will be in combat and casting spells, which is exactly where you need the feat.

I never pick it up on my wizards, as Abraham spalding, said, I keep away from things that hit me. Once you get access to invisibility/fly you can place yourself where you won't need it.

Finally, Combat Casting is only good for casting defensively, there is a trait, focused mind if memory serves, that gives you a +2 to all concentration checks. This is much better than combat casting over-all, but still unnecessary.

[Ashenfall]

I take it, despite doing everything I can, to keep my casters out of combat. Just in case.

[cwslyclgh]

I rarely take it for wizards and sorcerers, but for any character that can reasonably expect to be in melee on a regular or semi-regular basis it is nearly a lock pick.

[Marius Castille]

I usually take it. At low levels, I've discovered that you often don't have the luxury of keeping out of range.

[Khrysaor]

Never take this on a magus. It's a trap. Unless its an archetype that doesn't get any bonuses to casting defensively. It also gets easier on all magic classes that aren't full spell progression. Max of 27 before modifiers like disruptive is near impossible to fail on any class. Also a 5' step is usually enough to avoid it vs medium or smaller creatures.