Guild Wars 2

Does anyone still use it? I used to, but I’ve noticed that since the patch a while back which cut the effectiveness in half, it hasn’t seemed worth a utility slot for any of my characters. Even with the Stun Break and reduced penalty.
It simply provides too small an effect for too short a time on too long a recharge in my opinion.
I also haven’t noticed anyone else using it. Whether it’s PvE, sPvP or WvW. Which is a very stark contrast to how it was before, where most people had it.

It’s meant to be clutch, not mandatory.

I’m not saying they should be mandatory; I’m saying I see no reason to ever use them anymore, and I haven’t seen other people using them either. I’m curious if others actually do use them much.

I still see rangers use it, but I think it’s kinda weak right now. ArenaNet knows about it, and is slowly fixing the problem ( Guardian’s AoE quickness was raised from 2 seconds to 5 seconds last patch ).