#BringBackHeavenswardReprisal

[SyzzleSpark]

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What it basically comes down to is that every other TBN is a DPS gain, as Reprisal's cooldown is (was) 30s. There's still clearly a lot of folks that are confusing the stats of the current Reprisal with the old one. The old Reprisal lasted 20s and had a 30s recast, gated of course by your parry rate (this is why Dark Dance was so much more than what the current Anticipation would imply - DD was not only some small, free fluff mitigation, it was also a tool to proc Reprisal in much the same way as TBN would be under these changes). To me this just shows how many PLD and WAR mains are reaping the rewards of the new CR skills without ever having touched the job that footed the bill, but I digress.

Anyway - This is why you wouldn't just spam TBN on CD for DPS gains, but twice a minute, it is a gain.

As far as the actual DPS gain, 210 potency every 30s is about 7 potency per second and 16(-ish) potency per GCD, which is a very modest DPS boost, and nothing particularly balance-breaking. Shield Swipe equates to 300 potency every 30s, so even it is a greater overall DPS gain than this would be.

As far as the raid mitigation, it would have to be used intelligently to actually be mitigating damage when you need it to, as a fair portion of the time this would only be helping the DRK (or whomever is tanking). So even as utility, its something you have to plan the usage of in order to get mileage out of it. Its really not that powerful of a buff in any one department, the beauty of it is that it is just one, single buff, but it bolsters our effectiveness in literally every metric, and the work SE would have to do to implement it could probably be accomplished in a single shift at SE's office.