Rescue is Griefing

[LittleImp]

If you're sick of being rescued then do the mechanics correctly

While you're probably joking, that type of mentality is more or less exactly where a lot of the friction around rescue comes from. As a former BLM main and now greedy Tank, I've had way way too many instances over the years of someone rescuing me out of a completely safe situation simply because their own ignorance lead them to believe I was doing something wrong. Rotations in this game are very rigid, so that kind of unnecessary disruption is at best an annoying dps loss, and at worst ends up getting the rescue'd person killed. (I've been rescued a bunch of times straight out of a safe spot and into a healer that had read the mechanic wrong, only to watch us both die..)

Most players should really just focus on their own execution, and definitely shouldn't be given the ability to forcibly take control of another players positioning without their consent. I've always felt it should be restricted in some ways to preformed parties or an opt-in system, as it does have niche utility.

[Padudu]

While you're probably joking, that type of mentality is more or less exactly where a lot of the friction around rescue comes from. As a former BLM main and now greedy Tank, I've had way way too many instances over the years of someone rescuing me out of a completely safe situation simply because their own ignorance lead them to believe I was doing something wrong. Rotations in this game are very rigid, so that kind of unnecessary disruption is at best an annoying dps loss, and at worst ends up getting the rescue'd person killed. (I've been rescued a bunch of times straight out of a safe spot and into a healer that had read the mechanic wrong, only to watch us both die..)

Most players should really just focus on their own execution, and definitely shouldn't be given the ability to forcibly take control of another players positioning without their consent. I've always felt it should be restricted in some ways to preformed parties or an opt-in system, as it does have niche utility.

I was absolutely memeing there lol, but yeah I totally get that sometimes you just get the over-vigilant healer trying to do the right thing and just completely fucking you over instead. That being said I still wouldn't want rescue to go away due to silly mistakes like that; I understand dps rotation is a thing but at the very least it's a "yo, pls don't do that, I know what's up". If they continue? Kick/report.

Personally, I don't rescue unless I 100% absolutely know they're going to die or they just suddenly afk in the dangerzone or something. I do agree that rescue in itself is nice to have for those niche little situations, frequent or infrequent as they may be. I do think that maybe it could be opt-in as a middle ground, too, or maybe a way to cancel being rescued that doesn't cancel out what you're currently doing. I think that way healers (or some of them, anyways) will be happy with keeping their rescue and everyone can have a way to cancel it out without missing a beat.