Wow, there are some really good and thoughtful responses here. I'm glad a lot of people feel the same way, and thank you for contributing to this thread if you did

Just thought I'd pop back in after the 7.16 changes. I believe they are a step in the right direction, but the rest of the skills that were not adjusted still feel awfully sluggish, and some skills like dark knight's impalement are still unreliable.

I'm grateful that we may have been heard in some way, but I still think there's quite a ways to go. Please revert the animation snapshots!