Does 3 min recast for elusive jump seem excessive to anyone else?

[Cabalabob]

When moves like repelling shot, sukuchi, aetherial manipulation, quelling strikes all have recasts of 1 min, why does elusive jump get a 3 min cooldown? It just seems like an excessive recast for a similar ability to all those listed, particularly long when you compare to to other 3 min cooldowns like sentinel.

[Ephier]

Because you are the only dps in the game with 3 gap closers.

[seekified]

Because you are the only dps in the game with 3 gap closers.

Pretty much this. I main DRG, and I would love to Elusive Jump much more often, but I can see why they did this. With Spineshatter Dive's CD reduced to just 60s, we usually have movement when it's needed. We can still move between two add groups and back to a boss with the skills we have as they are now.

[Riepah]

It's also the only skill that both moves you AND decreases your enmity.

[StouterTaru]

Quelling Strikes is 2 minutes. Elusive removes heavy and bind, gets you out of AoE, and lowers enmity. All the others do only one of those 3 things.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Yea, it isn't a one trick pony like shukuchi and Aetherial Manipulation.

[Krindor]

Yea, it isn't a one trick pony like shukuchi and Aetherial Manipulation.

It kinda is in any content where balance matters, that is FCOB. Correct me if I'm wrong though but the only use elusive jump has is the same as shukuchi and AM, a gap closer/avoiding aoe. The enmity reduction is quite useless except for one or 2 scenarios, there aren't any bind mechanics and the only reason you get a heavy is if you fucked up.

As for gap closers we have 1 every 60 sec, 1 every 120 sec and 1 every 180 sec, that would make 11 gap closers in 360 seconds, compared to MNKs 30 sec gap closer with 12 gap closers in 360 sec. Adding a 1 min cooldown to elusive jump would change that to 13 gap closers over MNKs 12 which isn't goin to make any difference in the balance. It would increas the DRGs uptime which might even out the DPS a bit.

[Riepah]

Poor Dragoons. They got a buff, featured in the trailer, featured in the benchmark. They just can't get any love, can they? SMNs on the other hand...

[RiceisNice]

It kinda is in any content where balance matters, that is FCOB. Correct me if I'm wrong though but the only use elusive jump has is the same as shukuchi and AM, a gap closer/avoiding aoe. The enmity reduction is quite useless except for one or 2 scenarios, there aren't any bind mechanics and the only reason you get a heavy is if you fucked up.

As for gap closers we have 1 every 60 sec, 1 every 120 sec and 1 every 180 sec, that would make 11 gap closers in 360 seconds, compared to MNKs 30 sec gap closer with 12 gap closers in 360 sec. Adding a 1 min cooldown to elusive jump would change that to 13 gap closers over MNKs 12 which isn't goin to make any difference in the balance. It would increas the DRGs uptime which might even out the DPS a bit.

There's lolpvp that no one really pay attention to...

[ColdestHeaven]

The thing about Elusive is that, as many mentioned, it has too much utility concentrated - halved enmity saved my ass too many times, even within Coil. It was never meant to be a mere gap closer like Aetherial or Shukuchi.

Our Spineshatter Dive isn't that bad, though the Stun might make it prohibitive in certain scenarios (things like Dreads in T5). Imho, Spineshatter is the best gap closer anyway - no clumsiness in having to click an area, or choose a party member, or having to be farther than x yalms. One minute cooldown, too.