Remove role action Rescue : only a tool for trolling and poor gameplay

[RyuDragnier]

TBH it feels like Rescue should be an auto-dodge on an ally for 10s. Ally about to get hit by an AoE? Rescue him, the game counts it as a dodge, and everything is fine and dandy...though there would be limitations on what it could work with to avoid it being too broken (tank busters, certain AoEs, most mechanics...)

[zuzu-bq]

You say that but the World's first UCOB clear was only possible thanks to Rescue.

[EorzeaHero69]

Did you use Diversion?

[Driskus]

I've honestly never seen Rescue get used for trolling since it came out. I've seen and had some failed Rescues that didn't quite go off in time and the person still died, but that's bound to happen with the skill's huge animation delay and people know that.

[Gemina]

In the end, I do agree that me demanding the straight removal was a little too much - and honestly because I was still quite angry...
But my new stance being to make it possible for players to decide if they want to be rescuable or not is imo the best decision : let the player decide instead of imposing that on him.
People like me and others who find it annoying will get some rest.
More advanced players who actually know how and when to use it, or those who want to experiment/train, will still be able to take advantage of it during their runs with their guilds/statics.

That's a fair enough suggestion, though I have trouble seeing how it would work. Is this an option from the main menu that you select pre-combat?

I would also like to point out that Rescue is an ability that takes practice to get right, and you're going to get it a whole lot of wrong in the process. No player in their right mind is going to troll with this ability if trying to get a clear. Especially in content that pushes healers to perform. It's kind of a bummer that during this process, they will no doubt make several incorrectly rescued players frustrated, but try to identify a good intention over trolling. Most of the time, the healer is just trying to help.

[Deceptus]

Pesky ranged dps outside my aoe heal range? Not anymore!

[Gemina]

Pesky ranged dps outside my aoe heal range? Not anymore!

Or the BRD!

Why hello there, Brd 'ol buddy! Guess what I want you to cast on me?

[TaleraRistain]

So you openly admit you couldn't be bothered to pursue the avenue that is open for this sort of behavior, reporting, but you want to remove a skill that does have strategic use?

[Gardepaix]

Next step is what delete shirk because you can give aggro to someone to troll him ?

[Lorgana]

As a paladin rescue is basically our only alternative as a gap closer on the boss in situations where TW is on CD or just plain doesn't work ( Shared TB during neo exdeath).

Whilst yeah rescue can be trolly as all heck there are a lot of genuine uses for it.