Jackinthegreen
Explorer
You're correct. It's also true of the Practical Metamagic feat. Arcane Thesis can change things up though.Also, unless I'm mistaken, the Easy Metamagic feat drops the cost by 1, but keeps a minimum of +1.
I could be wrong, of course, but that's the way I remember it.
For whomever said sorcerers can't do Quicken, there's Rapid Spell or an ACF to trade the familiar for metamagic specialization which takes away the lengthened casting time. Use a feat on Obtain Familiar and all is hunky dory again.