Why have another scuffed herald when we could have support herald and power mele vindicator. There is a lot of potential in vindicator but it needs a lot of work/rework.
Class mechanic: the dodge is interesting, the timing is okish but the effects need buff, especially the offensive one.
F2: its too costly for what it does, remove the energy cost. Increase the cd. Make so when you flip the skills they are off cd. Make so if you are outside of the new legend, it puts you back in with refreshed cds. This way f2 would be skill with big impact/decision making and unlock pure dps pve builds.
GS: 1,2,4 are ok. 3 needs longer range. 5 feels akward to use for mele skill. Overall needs dmg buff.
Legend skills:
Urn of Saint Victor: useless, not engaging, out of place. It needs to be replaced. It doesn't fit the legend/spec.
Maybe on the place of it there should be skill which is hard mele aoe cc + medium/high dmg.
Spear of Archemorus: needs faster animation, higher dmg, remove the torment and give weakness/chill/cripple etc.
Scavenger Burst: should be insta cast or dmg buffed and cast decreased to 1/2.
Tree song: cast time to 1/2
Nomad's Advance: cast time to 1/2
Rest of the utilities are ok.
Traits:
Amnesty of Shing Jea: protection instead of regeneration.
Redemptor's Sermon: i thaught the era of passive traits is behind us? Rework. Maybe lowers the cd of the legend skills or makes the fliped skills be off cd but overall the legend skills have higher cost.
Balance in Discord: edurance isntead of boons.
Leviathan Strength: gives cd reductions to f2(from 40s to 25s)
Forerunner of Death: 150->100, way faster animation.
Vassals of the Empire: 100->75, way faster animation.
Saint of zu Heltzer: the barrier and healing modifier are akward. It makes more sense to heal and has 20% dmg reduction for 5s.
Overall the spec has a lot of potential. Clearly it's more focused towards offensive/dps roles. My vision for it is: duelist/sidenoder for pvp, dps for pve/wvw. Just leave the new legend be pure dmg one and work on herald to make it the support it should be and not an other spec influenced by support capabilities. We have rene with alacrity and herald with general boon support. Please don't ruin this spec in to scuffed hybrid/support herald we have enough of those.