!! Fix Healer Rescue

[PikoAliapoh]

Rescue is a useful ability. It can be lifesaving and it can help save time on oGCDs etc.

When I'm partying with friends and trusted players, or if I'm running new content that others are more experienced with... I'm 100% happy to be rescued by a healer.

However, in my experience, the majority of the times I've been "rescued" by a healer... I wish I hadn't been.

In trials where we're given very small AOE safe zones (e.g. Susano, Innocence, etc.), I've had healers pull me across the map with Rescue and find myself quickly running straight into an AOE zone because the rescue happens instantaneously and I have no time to adjust. I'd be fine running out of an AOE without it.

I've also been in groups with inexperienced healers who I assume have the best of intentions, but rescue me into positions I'd rather not be in.

There are pros and cons to an ability like this. It is unique in the sense that it gives one player the ability to control another player's character by pulling them across a map into a position they're not freely choosing to be in.

Again, if I'm playing with trusted friends or more experienced players, I'm fine with letting them "Rescue" me, but in most PUGs, I'd rather control my own character than have a random stranger control my character for me with an ability.

I think there's a very simple solution to this: Give us a toggle checkbox in character config where we can toggle whether we want to let Rescue affect us on/off.

This would give players the option to allow others to control them via an ability like Rescue. They could toggle it on when they're playing with trusted friends or during content they're still learning. And we could also toggle it off to not let random PUG healers control our character position without our permission.

[ClickClick]

if you don't want to be rescued just use arms length, otherwise get over it..

[PikoAliapoh]

Thanks for your thoughtful and considerate reply. Never thought of prepping Arm's Length in anticipation of an ability that has an instant cast time. Great suggestion!

[ClickClick]

Thanks for your thoughtful and considerate reply. Never thought of prepping Arm's Length in anticipation of an ability that has an instant cast time. Great suggestion!

i think a good player will always be able to anticipate when rescue is about to be cast on them

[PikoAliapoh]

i think a good player will always be able to anticipate when rescue is about to be cast on them

If you're grouped with a good healer and they're using it appropriately... sure.

But then again, that's the issue and main point I brought up. There are plenty of healers who don't use it appropriately or are new to the game and content and don't know what they're doing.

Feels like you kind of missed the main point of my post here, so I'll just let it go at that.

[Provoke]

What the hell?

[Puremallace]

Thanks for your thoughtful and considerate reply. Never thought of prepping Arm's Length in anticipation of an ability that has an instant cast time. Great suggestion!

One duty finder I had an annoying healer who used Rescue as a way to try and rush me through the dungeon. I used Arm's Length a lot in that instance.

[hydralus]

One duty finder I had an annoying healer who used Rescue as a way to try and rush me through the dungeon. I used Arm's Length a lot in that instance.

If you were playing a tank you SHOULD be using Arm's Length a lot because it's a defensive cooldown that applies a slow effect to anything hitting you.

[LaylaTsarra]

if you don't want to be rescued just use arms length, otherwise get over it..

Had my cohealer rescue me in Rab 3rd boss. I didn't need recuing... I went ahead and told her/him to not do that and then went ahead and pulled her across the room. Seriously...

[Seraphor]

If there's a setting to turn off rescue, then everyone will turn off rescue, and the skill will be dead. No one will bother using it, because they'll know it won't work.