Guild Wars 2

The ability to drag a down-state player during res, feels like a very nice potential QoL upgrade. you would be ressing at the same time as dragging, preventing excessive troll. This could be a mastery/QoL upgrade and/or perk of a new expansion.

Example:
A Player is in down-state in the middle of a pitched battle (any play type), expecting you are facing pressure from passing cleave, mild condi pressure and focussed AoE. where players may before have been motivated to cut losses and fight on without said casualty, the chance to drag downed player back to an area of safety while ressing, reduces the sacrifice you as impromptu saviour, has to make.

Function:
Approach Downstate Player, press (F/interact key) to drag and rez simultaneously, tap (F/interact) again to unlatch and cancel res. While dragging you move at -33% speed, and are no longer susceptible to movement bonuses. (WvW move buffs, swiftness, any kind of movement-based buff) You will still be helpless while rezzing, only now you can move both yourself and the injured party from immediate danger until they are back on their feet.

Its a small change but may have trouble implementing in the following areas; Ressurection by multiple parties , perhaps a lock on the players who can rez, similar to siege functionality, changing the way a player is ressed to a 1=1 value, stopping them from being dragged by multiple players.
Change of (F/Interact) functionality, in regards to ressing player characters, changing the function itself could unleash a wave of bugs, IMO rez function could do with tweaking as is, a toggle function for interact would be nice.
Edges: this last one is odd but being downed on or near drops are perilous enough, I would consider a impromptu “barrier” mode against hard drops like cliffs and ledges, to prevent super trolls, masquerading as allies, who intend to literally drag you down with them.. (lol, the troll could be real with that…)

Consider that if you res a player at the moment in most cases, (F gyro/SaR being a few exceptions) the Ressing party is vulnerable to everything, weighing up these risks in wvwvw especially:

You find players favour heavily on leaving downed players to their fate…

Punishment for falling out of line? Penalty too, to the player that wants to save them?

Personally I like the idea of pulling a comrade out of danger, and it feels like it could really bring more immersion into saving the more damaged, less fortunate and/or experienced among us.

I’m all for gambling the risk of sudden death to save another, it adds to the tension, and depth and enjoyment of it all.

I love this idea. It has a real combat feel to it. When your ally is down, you naturally want to drag them away from danger. But of course, as you said, it has huge trolling potential.

I think a lot of that could be mitigated though, if the downed player was presented with a list of people who are trying to drag them. That is, when someone runs up to them and clicks F to drag or whatever, their name would appear to the downed player, who would then choose to accept the drag, if they trusted that person.

Personally, I wouldn’t want a barrier against drops. There might be a good reason to drag your ally over a cliff if you think your chances of surviving the fall are better than what’s attacking.

This also got me thinking… I’d like it if some creatures were also able to drag downed players. Imagine a big troll downing you, then trying to drag you into its cave. Do you attempt to heal, or do you blast the troll hoping it will let go? Or, imagine a devourer trying to drag you into lava. Possibilities…but admittedly a lot of potential for mishaps. Still, it’s interesting to think about.

Sounds a lot like the skill “Search and Rescue”, give or take a nerf in the last patch.

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Sounds a lot like the skill “Search and Rescue”, give or take a nerf in the last patch.

There is also the necro trait.

Also great for trolling … “oh hey looks like you are dying drags into lava”