Thread: Proposed [6.0] RDM Actions

Originally Posted by Mansion

Of course it could work. But based on your idea of Displacement putting you back where you used Corps à Corps, it can still be problematic. Moving platforms (Eden 3), a particular mechanic (landing in someones tethered orb, landing in an AoE that wasn't there before).

I mean yeah, but those are exactly issues that it would have had under original Displacement anyway, and are inherent to any gap-opener movement skill; if you don't check where you're gonna land, you'll probably die. The only true solution to that is simply to not have a gap-opener skill in the first place, which I vehemently disagree with removing from a primary ranged job like RDM. Meanwhile, having a large window on when to hit it at least gives you leeway on how long you can hold it after CaC.

Though as has been pointed out to me, an alternative to this would be to simply have a Combo Action or buff given by CaC that makes the next Displacement within 15-20 sec send you to the spot CaC was used, even if the two buttons remain separate for the rare cases where you actually need Disp to make a gap before a CaC. Which I think there's literally zero reason not to do, especially if it could still mean removing Engagement (as the safety would no longer be necessary).