Guild Wars 2

This is a simple change which I think would dramatically help improve combat fluidity. Change the double-forward tap animation so that the player, as well as dodging, reverses direction mid-roll, with the camera swinging round 180 degrees.

If anyone here has played the Tomb Raider games, you’ll know how this can be usefully implemented in a battle where you’re trying to stay one step ahead of the enemy. Instead of having to dodge and then turn around when an enemy pulls a melee attack, you have the option of a dodge which leaves you still facing the enemy, requiring him to turn around instead.

Hmm, I’d have to disagree I play as a warrior, and thus are always close combat, yet I have no issues with player direction.

But would it make it worse for a warrior? I think it would add a lot to my ranger playstyle. Kiting gets kinda dull.

There is already an “about-face” option you can keybind, so you can do this already by pressing two keys. If you have a gaming keyboard, you could probably even bind both actions to a single key.

As a Thief I’m pretty fond of dive-rolling forward when fleeing (or charging through enemies I don’t want to fight), scattering crippling caltrops behind me. I’d hate having myself 180’d during such shenanigans.

Maybe as an optional toggle?

There’s a 180 key you can bind. Also I roll foward to close the distance to the enemy, and having to turn around for 3 foward rolls would be annoying.

Or you can release the right mouse and do an attack, so it turns o its own, or increase mouse turn to the max, so it takes just a twitch of the wrist.
Or use the turnaround key.

I’d rather keep the option to control that behavior myself.