Thread: 7.0 DRG Update: Why replace Spineshatter with a dash? Draggons are supposed to jump.

Agreed. If they just removed the damage from Spineshatter Dive I would be totally fine with that. If the fact that SD looks like an attack is the issue then fair enough, but it should be replaced with some sort of jumping animation, not a generic dash. The dash doesn't suit the fantasy of DRG at all.

DRG lost their Jordan’s so now they have to dash

If I had to guess why they went with a dash instead of a jump for a generic gap closer it'd probably be because jump animations are always going to be more delayed than a simple shuffle over. If the skill is going to be used to engage a boss from a standing start, jumps have historically sucked for that compared to something like the mnk dash. Just that fraction of a second delay to the start of your GCD meant you'd sometimes miss a GCD at the end of a window

Personally, I think the dash is fine, especially since it's a situational skill and one that may not even get used in any given encounter. I guess it just feels bad in the context of losing 2 jumps in return for it.

You could see it as a forward jump. It maybe fit better with follow up attacks. I wonder more, if it will have the same reach as before.

@CidHeiral: Yeah the dmg is not that significant but it's very functional movementwise. Also 2 charges. If the dash will have 2 as well that would be more tolerable and have the tiny dmg the 2 SDs did be somehow compensated in the new rotation. Still a dash replacing a signature jump in a DRG doesn't feel right.

This new gap closer is awful. I would've loved it they gave us an elusive jump that goes forward and can be used out of combat, but dropping Spineshatter for this charge? How disappointing.

The new gap closer animation not only does not fit DRG (or any class really, it looks weird), it makes the class worse overall from an aesthetic point of view.

I don't understand why you'd put so much effort into DRG's iconic jumps and drop one for what looks like a place holder animation.

Please drop this lack luster gap closer before launch.