Well, no longer can I strategically place any runes or ground AOE spells. When i click the location THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO PUT IT.
Now what happens is if that location is out of range my character just tosses it in that general direction. This might be fine for DD spells but for ground target spells that might require a little bit of strategy, such as mines, mortars, runes, sigils etc, this is a very bad change.
I wish there was a way we could turn it off 
āThe casting mechanic for all skills has been updated to be much more responsive. Casting a skill will now make the character cast it immediately in the targeted direction rather than forcing the character to run up to the skillās casting distance. If you prefer the classic casting mechanic, you can toggle it back in the game options.ā
Does this option not work?
There is a way to turn it off in the options. Read the patch notes before you complain next time
That was a LOT of notes to read. You go read em!
good to know thereās a toggle :rolleyes:
It does work and thatās just one of the many ways the devs are smarter than me.
I think you have a good point though. The casting mechanic shouldnāt apply to ground targeted abilities, that makes no sense. It makes sense for line abilities like devouring swarm, or the like. But anything ground targeted, like you said, has specific positioning rather than āI want to cast in this directionā.