Guild Wars 2

It seems like most elite skills are rarely used in GW2. This is because they have such long cooldowns that no one wants to use their elite skill until the right moment. The Warrior elite banner is on a 4 minute cooldown. 4 minutes! Now this is a very good skill, no doubt about that but what if you want a skill that is better than normal utility skills but without the ridiculous cooldown?

I want an elite skill that is only on a 30 second or 45 second timer. GW1 had elite skills that were up every 5 to 10 seconds. I understand that because we are not using mana that cooldowns have been the mechanic to prevent skill spamming.

What if for an elite Warrior shout it granted stability for 10 seconds, removed 1 condition and had a cooldown of 30 seconds but caused adrenaline to build half as fast when the skill was on cooldown? You could then use this skill very frequently to help your group from getting knocked down but the lower adrenaline rate would significantly decrease your overall dps. You could then choose to either be support or damage at certain times better.

My main is a Warrior which is why I use them as an example but the same applies to all classes. The thief has the lowest CD elite of 45 seconds where all other skills range from 60 – 240