Rescue needs to go away.

[Krotoan]

You have most strong feelings about this skill and cannot help but sense there is a story under the surface somewhere about why.

Seriously though a single tank can more easily grief with provoke or shirk then one healer abusing rescue. No one is "playing the game for you" by attempting to utilize tools given to them however misguided some uses may be. Have seen one perhaps two improper rescues during entire time playing and my luck is fricken terrible. Have seen plenty of the tanks spinning bosses into the team, especially Titania.

I just told you the history of why I dislike the skill. People abuse it and I have no say in that. A couple times it was helpful, the rest of the time which is also the MAJORITY of the time it has been used either badly, incorrectly, or maliciously.

If I could think of a way to stop people from being jerks or being ignorant then we'd try that, but my personal opinion is give them the least amount of opportunities to do so.


You can see some examples in this thread of people thinking they know better than the person and then using rescue to put them where they want them. Sometimes it saves someone.. BUT maybe that person had another plan though? Maybe they were ready to deal with it with a movement skill or teleport? Maybe that person had a cooldown they were willing to burn to mitigate? It's apparent that some people who use the skill use it to play (however briefly) for other people, because they think that person is playing "wrong".

I get healing is boring AF for some. I get that REMOVING something that has utility would be bad. I would like others to get that while the skill can be useful and helpful, not everyone enjoys that "help" and sometimes it can be downright detrimental.