Minimum Timed Abilities Reuse Suggestion

Started 23 Aug 2018

by Prometheus

in Suggestions

i noticed there's a lot of abilities that have a 30 minute reuse timer, my suggestion is to make the minimum re-use 15 minutes just like on live which i think most agree is a nice change, of course, any feedback is welcome.

Fri 24 Aug 2018 1:28 AM by Aincrad

Not sure about most but I do not agree. I think they should stay on a 30 min timer. It makes it easier for low rr to compete with high rr having it on a 30 min timer.

Fri 24 Aug 2018 6:37 AM by Prometheus

thanks for the feedback, yeah it could change the flow of RvR but i think it would be in a good way since it would promote faster gameplay, a higher realm rank will have more toys but at the same time a lower realm rank would also have their abilities up sooner as well.

Fri 24 Aug 2018 7:47 AM by Frigzy

I disagree. The longer timer makes you really think about when to use your abilities. Also, the strength of some of these RAs is quite significant. Having those on a 15 minute timer is just too much imo.

Fri 24 Aug 2018 1:37 PM by Magesty

I wouldn't mind seeing big timers reduced to 20m.

Since we can respawn, clear res sick, and return to RvR instantly with hastener the 30m timer encompasses a lot more actual PvP time. There is more uptime in terms of active RvRing and I think ability timers should follow suit. I don't see the argument for making QoL improvements in terms of the death->action time frame and not slightly adjusting these archaic thirty minute timers to accommodate that change in pacing.

Fri 24 Aug 2018 3:47 PM by schreon

I think this is a good discussion, but fon't forget that decreasing RA cooldowns effectively makes those RAs stronger. That in turn makes higher RR even stronger, because higher RRs can have multiple cooldown abilities.

The question is, will this be a problem?

Fri 24 Aug 2018 10:37 PM by Magesty

Yeah, still pretty sure it won’t make much of a difference. We aren’t talking about something spammable where the power is going to scale linearly with CD reduction. 20 minutes is still a very long time. The shortest NF timers were what, 15 minutes? There was plenty of time for action in between those.

Unless you are somehow using it every time it is up that is still going to be a lot less than three uses per hour.

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