It seems that the devs do not seem to understand the fundamental problem of the job so I'll try to toss another bottle to the sea just in case, and scream in the void to vent some frustration.

You keep buffing the skill set of the job in pvp patches. I do appreciate the crazy buff to Waltz, that's definitely better than the 1k potency we had the patch before on the main combo.

And yet, the job starts performing absolutely awful as soon as you reach serious ranks (crystal+, omega/ultima especially), because people aren't blind, know your LB is ready, and are all ready to just step back as soon as they see you. Worse, everybody and their mothers have gap closers and teleports this expansion, so they also have tools to just give us the middle finger.

Since you decided to change the snapshot of Contradance to the tail end of the crazy long wind up, not only it's incredibly easy to demolish or stun/pushback the DNC with basic buttons while it's being cast, but it's also incredibly easy to just move away.

This is why this job doesn't perform well. You literally butchered the functionality of its LB and made it a meme past novice leagues, and on top of it didn't even stop to consider the damage the changes to purify would deal to the job as a whole.

That or you just don't care.

Beyond the immense frustration, this makes me sad because I really like playing that job.

/rant