User blog comment:LOTRMod/The Update/@comment-107.77.83.50-20151109020627/@comment-25841881-20151109022014

I don't know if you were actually hitting a mob or not, because it sounds like you weren't. I have tried this myself, looking for exploits, and if you don't hit anything, it won't give a cooldown. If you do hit something, swapping slots has absolutely no effect upon the cooldown.