Guild Wars 2

And I’m reminded of just how awesome it is to have rockets attached to your boots. Now if only it was a stun break…

Or if it could be guided a bit better in transit…or at least not have that stupid, stupid unpredictable roll at the end.

Ameno.6813:

And I’m reminded of just how awesome it is to have rockets attached to your boots. Now if only it was a stun break…

It used to be a stun break, and on a very low cool down at that. it functioned similarly to acid bomb on the elixir gun + over charge shot on the rifle, it launched you backwards with a short 1s self incapacity. Posters made complaint thread after complaint thread about how they disliked the short self stun. Based on that feed back, they changed it to its current form. Both versions of it offered different benefits. benefits.

Don’t forget it also used to knock you down for a second, making it almost completely pointless

Penguin.5197:

Don’t forget it also used to knock you down for a second, making it almost completely pointless

Hell, it basically does that now randomly anyways. I couldn’t begin to count how many times I’ve tried to escape with rocket boot only for the landing bounce to bounce me in the opposite direction of where I was trying to escape to.

I always invisioned a check box in the combat interface within the options of GW2 that would allow you the option of holding the skills/abilities button down which would make a long green arrow appear in the direction a movement skill would take you, and would activate the skill apon release of the button. (Similar to AOE spell reticles)

If this feature exsisted and it was possible to pivot your “green directional arrow” to aim at specific directions. Movement skills in my opinion would feel a lot more familiar, and less frustrating.

But…I would settle for simply giving Rocket Boots an Evade for the duration of the skills effect. :P

You mean similar to warriors great sword “whirlwind attack”?

I made the suggestion about rocket boots being made into an evade on this forum the other week ago and was immediately shot down. I think it’s lame how Memsers, Thieves, and Warriors are the only classes with access to evades while rooted.

I wouldn’t mind if they increased the cooldown to 25-30 seconds in return for an evade. Or maybe make it situational and make hitting the rocket boots utility bring up an aoe target prompt a la jump shot, and depending on the distance you either get the regular rocket boots functionality or a vertical jump that acts as an evade and increases the cooldown.

coglin.1867:

You mean similar to warriors great sword “whirlwind attack”?

That’s precisely what I was getting at.

Ameno.6813:

And I’m reminded of just how awesome it is to have rockets attached to your boots. Now if only it was a stun break…

If Anet could introduce a boot skin featuring lil’ side-rockets like that, I’d -love- it.

In fact, why doesn’t Anet have more profession-based armor? I’m sure it’d be a great addition to the Gemstore compared to many of these less-than-fun “deals”.

Ameno.6813:

I made the suggestion about rocket boots being made into an evade on this forum the other week ago and was immediately shot down. I think it’s lame how Memsers, Thieves, and Warriors are the only classes with access to evades while rooted.

I wouldn’t mind if they increased the cooldown to 25-30 seconds in return for an evade. Or maybe make it situational and make hitting the rocket boots utility bring up an aoe target prompt a la jump shot, and depending on the distance you either get the regular rocket boots functionality or a vertical jump that acts as an evade and increases the cooldown.

In all fairness both Rocket Boots and Overcharged Shot also remove all movement impairing conditions from you character.