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The intent would be to give Urn 0.75s of Alac at base, scaling with BD. This way, there won't be much room for a damage variant, so it won't be competing with AlacRen. This is exactly what I'm going for. This seems to make the most sense for what it provides. There's nothing that they would have to weaken on HealVin if they add it to Urn of Saint Viktor with a low base duration.

So, are they ever going to add Alac on Urn of Saint Viktor anytime soon? I'd love to be able to do PvE Healing with my favorite class.

I've already said that if they added 0.75s (Scaling with Boon Duration, of course) Alacrity to Urn of Saint Viktor it would be all it needs to have a spot in PvE groups. I have no idea why they haven't done this yet.

So there will still be no key boon for HealVindicator? I'll wait until the next update then.

I understand what you mean and where you're coming from, but, from what I see, Tree Song doesn't make the most sense as the source of Alacrity. Urn of Saint Viktor makes the most sense because you're actively using the skill to activate and recast as it is your source for a majority of your healing, a large majority of your damage reduction, movement speed and as well as the boons associated with it depending on your health %. Adding Alacrity, roughly 0.75s or 1s base duration, scaling with Boon Duration, to Urn of Saint Viktor won't have much impact on what HealVin does already, while still enabling the other skills to be used as needed without further restricting usage of energy.

If that is the case, where else would you put Alacrity on Vindicator, specifically for Healing? Urn of Saint Viktor makes the most sense from what I see.

The easiest thing for HealVin is to put Alacrity on Urn of Saint Viktor. That instantly makes HealVin relevant.

My entire problem with this is that they decided to focus on 1 dodge vs 2 rather than make Vindicator relevant in all content.

Fully agreed. Now that they have opened this door, new ideas and changes can begin to flood through and new innovative changes could drastically increase the number of ways Professions and Elites can be played as they are no longed mechanically tied to each game mode.

I'm quite lost here. Are you referring to WvW? If so, my suggestion is mainly for PvE content. Not only that, but based on what I have heard, Vindicator still has a solid place in WvW as a Support spec in Minstrels or Celestials. Anything more than that I can't add to the discussion, as I'm not too keen on that content.

Yes. Not only that, but adding Alacrity to Urn of Saint Viktor would open up various different ways to play Heal Vindicator. You could do raw Heal/Alac, Boon Extension, Heal/Alac/Tank with Minstrels or an off hybrid in some ways. You could also choose between Jalis or Centurion depending on what you and your group needs. Such a simple change for great variety and something new to play.

Could we please add 0.75s of Alacrity on Urn of Saint Viktor so the heal spec can be taken into PvE? As it stands, it provides neither Quickness or Alacrity, and will never be considered for groups.

I would agree with this line here if it wasn't for that one Pichu player using a modded Gamecube in tournament for a long time before anyone noticed lmao.

I want to see this specifically. Cite the source.

It does scale poorly, but I do believe it's slightly better over taking Toughness due to the value you get from it overall.