Tanks should have their own variant of "Rescue"

[MsMisato]

I used to do that as well, but it was a little finicky and that was about its only use outside of trolling your friends so I can't say I miss it that much. But now it's just... Kinda there?

basically its just good for that one person (for whatever reasons) who runs the opposite direction of the group with a monster in tow. But other than that its a useless skill now.

I was sad they removed the dmg on it.

[Iscah]

Not anymore, they removed the knockback effect on [Fluid Aura].

Wait, but... didn't they remove the damage from it and leave it as just a knockback spell? And now they removed the knockback?

Does it even do anything now?

[MsMisato]

Wait, but... didn't they remove the damage from it and leave it as just a knockback spell? And now they removed the knockback?

Does it even do anything now?

it just binds.

[Cincierta]

You mean a vacuum, and I'd 100% welcome that, ranged units just trigger me during pulls.

I just suddenly had a vision of a lalafell paladin wielding a Hoover vac with this maniacal look on their face and the mobs running for their life.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I just suddenly had a vision of a lalafell paladin wielding a Hoover vac with this maniacal look on their face and the mobs running for their life.

Luigi's Mansion: Now With More Potato.

[sarehptar]

I know this is a serious request but I came into this thread expecting joking responses and now I'm disappointed I didn't find them...

(I, for one, would love if tanks had the opposite of Rescue, so that I could yeet away stupid DPS and healers who stand in front of the boss and get themselves cleaved...)

[Shadotterdan]

In addition to ranged mobs being a PITA to deal with, I would also love having such an ability for situations where someone else pulls aggro (or I miss one mob in a group with my aoe) and reacts by running away (though I guess I could just refuse to shield lob until they learn to bring it closer where all my best enmity works). Another pet peeve of mine before aggro was made easier was positioning mobs. If I need to get the add to the other end of the arena to avoid a wipe but the dps was ripping damage too much for shield lob to keep up I got pissed real fast. I guess these days I don't really need vacuum that much but man, back in ARR I would have killed for that. I still get pissy doing Garuda EX or Ancients Maze preemptively.

[Lyth]

For some reason, casts in this game require mobs to be stationary. Actions that force movement can actually cancel casts, even ones that are supposed to be interruptible. A classic example of this was using Holmgang on the Dreadwash add in Levithan Ex and jumping away from it. The mob is forced to move, and the cast is cancelled. I suspect that's why Holmgang was lowkey changed this expansion, along with a lot of the old knockback abilities. They still exist in PvP, just not in PvE. There's also a related bug in which forced movement prevents activation of boss abilities. To prevent exploits, a lot of newer bosses are simply auto-position themselves and lock themselves into place for big casts.

I think it's a legacy flaw in their coding. We should be able to have fights where mobs attack and move at the same time. This game's coding just doesn't allow it.

[hobostew]

Maybe they can call it "Grip of Death" <_<

[AnotherPerson]

WAR's holmgang once pulled enemies in but apparently Holmgang also interrupted cast bars of bosses so that aspect was removed since it enabled skipping mechanics of a fight and the boss to be literally clueless about what to do.

WAR was just too smooth, pulling an enemy in and hooking them to silence them rather than using words with interjection.