SnakeKouki.6503

Yes I've said it right after the first Beta that we need regular dodges back and the leap needs to either replace the Elite Skill (since not many like either one of them anyway) or put on an F button. The dodge is so important for every single game mode and I feel like the updates have gotten better but you are always paying close attention to the endurance bar and worrying about it too much and it cuts into the fun of the class. The leap idea is really cool and a great unique thing for the class but replacing it with a dodge is a really bad idea.

Bring back Regular dodge because it's needed in every game mode fight mechanics. It doesn't make sense to do a leap but still get sniped out of the air. Totally pointless. Make the leap the Elite skill and the major trait change what it does. Give it a boost in performance and a long cool down so it becomes something rewarding if you can pull it off. The elites now seem silly and rushed after thoughts. Allow the legend to be locked on either Kurz or Lux and make it swappable like a lot of people have been saying. You can't swap your gear mid fight for stats so what's the point of this? To me the one thing that bothers me most is the dodge. The leap is cool and the animation is cool but it's not worth replacing dodge. I'm a mostly WvW player and any Vindi is getting wrecked out there when dodging is so important in any kind of fights. Really sucks I feel like there is so much potential but it needs a lot of work to actually be usable. I remember watching the stream and they were talking about how this is going to be good for large fights and blah blah blah. NOT without an actual dodge where you can actually evade.

Please, please, please hear me out. Get rid of the horrible Elite skills and move the leap "dodge" move as the Elite skill. The elite spear sucks, and the elite heal sucks. Get RID of them. The whole leap was like the eye candy big showy thing of the Vindicator. Make it the ELITE!!! keep the traits which are focused on the leap anyway. It basically makes it appear as if the leap is the elite skill anyway so move it to the elite button. Add actual dodges back because it doesn't matter what game mode you are in you HAVE to dodge. The class was described as being more focused on larger fights but in larger fights you need DODGES. I tried the leap dodge and got shot out of the sky and instantly spiked to death. It's pointless. PVE, PVP, WvW, Raids, Strikes, Fractals, Hell even beginner training there is a point that you NEED DODGES. I love the Great Sword abilities and I think they can work great but I probably will never run Vindicator if there isn't a way to dodge properly. That's a shame because I feel like I've been waiting and hoping for years that Rev gets GS. And the switch back and forth from Archie and Vic seemed good at first but it's very clunky and doesn't work if you are running a power only or support only build. Alac Renegade makes a way better Hybrid DPS/Support class with Harrier gear. You can't change your stats on a cool down to match so it's really not going to work. I think it should stay on whatever you have it set to and it stays that way during combat and you get out of combat to switch. But also all these cooldowns and such don't feel like a Rev at all. What's the point of having an Upkeep Bar anymore? Make it so that instead of a cool down after you use and Archie skill that if you have enough Upkeep you can use the Vic skill right afterwards and then there is a small cooldown afterwards because you just blew both moves. That would be more like a Rev is you ask me.