Taking flash off GCD.

As a general rule, anything that is instant cast/off gcd, has to have either a) a limited use via charges, combo points etc, b) a cooldown.

Otherwise you could just chain spam it and it would be silly.

That being said, unless you gave it a rather long cooldown, this would make the ability too powerful.

Speaking on behalf of the disenfranchised warriors, my gut reaction to any possible buff to paladin involves a lot of profanity, some knives, maybe a brick, then a plastic tub full of acid, breaking bad style.

Of course you'll say that this would benefit warriors too, since they get flash also, except that warrior's don't need any buffs to aoe threat generation, and they can only use the ability about 3-4 times before going OOM.

So yeah.. I am not in favor.

However some more off gcd abilities would be well appreciated i think for both tanking classes, to be woven into the standard rotation.

I think this is very unnecessary, PLDs aren't lacking at all in terms of AoE aggro. They may not have the snap aggro Warriors do when it comes to multi-mob pulls, but if the Paladin outshines the warrior there too, what gives? I like that maintaining threat on a group of mobs isn't as easy as just pressing one button. I like that there's a point to cycle through all the mobs to check their threat levels and rotate the last Halone in the combo to the one needing a huge dump of threat. Tanking was really boring in WotLK where it became impossible to rip aggro even if all I did was head > keyboard. It was fun to clump up huge mobs and AoE them down, but that will get old fast. Paladins are simple enough as it is, it's designed so that you can focus on doing a good job tanking and not worry about rotations and what not. If you made AoE tanking as brain dead as this change would do, you'll lose out on a bit that actually made the class engaging to play.

It's not a good idea. In fact, it is completely nonsensical.

There's absolutely no valid argument for it, in the first place. Now, imagine if Flash went off the GCD. As Amra said, stuff off the GCD can be spammed freely? Maybe emotes.

With only MP as a limitation, Flash would be a mess. Nothing in the game works the way you intend to, battle-wise. The battle system is not fit for actual free spamming. There's always a CD or a stack serving as limitations.

Now imagine Flash out of GCD on each situation. As a X seconds cooldown, it would make the PLD job a REALLY hard one on more than 1 mob. Let's put a mild one, like... 20 seconds - 8 perfectly aligned GCD skills. Pretty bad, eh? Now, as a stack-type skill. What would serve as a stack in the first place? A new skill like Aetherflow? That doesn't sound safe at all. How many stacks would be burned? How many are allowed? What time is the CD for the stack to build? If you think of a stack building on a Halone Combo or another specific skill, it makes it even worse: Flash is good for the beginning of the pull, not the middle when everyone is running away from the adds you failed to hold.

What else do the Pallys have for AoE? Circle of Scorn. Erm... Let's not, ok?

If you are having trouble holding initial aggro, either work on your combo, or ask your party to wait a few turns before attacking.

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Originally Posted by Paikis

The fact that I have to explain myself here tells me that you shouldn't be allowed to suggest changes, because you clearly haven't thought this through.

Let's say your changes go through, what is to stop you from simply macroing Flash into your Fast Blade and Riot Blade buttons and then easily holding threat on everything for ever by simply spamming those buttons? Riot Blade combo would keep you full mana, and you could be using Flash on cooldown (Which I notice you didn't suggest changing, so its still at 2.5s?) and so you would have enough single-target agro that Flash would make up the difference, and you would have a pulsing AoE threat generator that you could run forever.

Your suggestion would not only reduce Paladin to a 2-button rotation, but it would make threat a complete joke instead of fairly easy as it is currently.

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How rude and that wouldn't work, perhaps you shouldn't be allowed to respond to suggestions....

To the OP, flash works fine as it is. Taking it off the GCD would only serve to make things easier, which is not necessary.