Non-optional rescue protocols

[WipZedKay.5316]

A problem I have noticed since I got the Rescue Protocol mastery unlocked is that when I am downed, I have to use it. There are a lot of situations when I am downed where there is someone to revive me with no issues or I manage to kill all of the enemies nearby and it's safe to revive myself. But since the Rescue Protocol overrides Bandage, I have to use it regardless if I want to or not.

 

I want to be able to save it for when I actually need it, for situations where I need to revive myself urgently but I can't do that. If I got down, I have to use it even if using bandage would be more beneficial and saving rescue protocol. Therefore, I think it would be fore the best if Rescue Protocol was it's own separate downstate skill and doesn't override Bandage, similar to Channeled Agony.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

If someone is going to revive you, can't you just not use it?  If you kill all mobs near you, or even just one, does that not revive you? 

[Astralporing.1957]

2 minutes ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

If someone is going to revive you, can't you just not use it?  If you kill all mobs near you, or even just one, does that not revive you? 

I think the issue is that you can't use bandage and keep rescue protocol in reserve, because using it would cancel bandage and put it on full cooldown. So, generally, you'd have to use revive protocol first.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Yes, I understand that.  Just replying to the OP's reasons for having to use it (being revived by other players, or killing nearby mobs).

[WipZedKay.5316]

51 minutes ago, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

If someone is going to revive you, can't you just not use it?  If you kill all mobs near you, or even just one, does that not revive you? 

Sure but you if you could choose to use bandage, it would make the revive faster.

[Linken.6345]

3 hours ago, Rayamon.4358 said:

Sure but you if you could choose to use bandage, it would make the revive faster.

Yea and useing rescue protcol make revive faster too.

[Alcatraznc.3869]

I think what Anet should have done is put the jade bot on the special key when down so you can pick between bandage and bot rescue. 

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

Just make it so if you have Rescue Protocol the Jade Bot automatically bandages you as long as you're not attacking or under attack by an enemy, the same way the Bandage skill works now.

[WipZedKay.5316]

8 hours ago, Linken.6345 said:

Yea and useing rescue protcol make revive faster too.

Yes but I want to save it for when I actually need to emergency revive myself since it has a really long cooldown, which I don't have the option to do.

[Fueki.4753]

Rescue Protocol being put in place of Bandage was a mistake.

It should have been either a special action key, an F ability or tied to a key from 6 to 0.

Edited March 11, 2022 by Fueki.4753

[Khisanth.2948]

or move it to the same category/area as revive orbs

special action is a bad idea since that can interfere with situations that requires special action for something else. Ran into that once with the Lazarus fight.

[Wolfb.7025]

I get what OP is trying to express and I agree with it.

There are situations where you can do a combination of using bandage to stall the self bleeding between your other downed skills, specially the cc one, to be able to kill enemies without being finished before it.

Remember that the bot has 10 minutes of cooldown, so using it when someone is resuing you is not optimal. Bandage would add a little bit of healing but now you can't even use it just because they stapled a 10 minute cooldown self revive on a primordial skill.

Edited March 11, 2022 by Wolfb.7025

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Six-minute cool-down with pertinent Module: Service Chip.