Guild Wars 2

Sooo Merciful intervention. The least used Meditation. Lets take a quick look at it

Does about 2k healing to allies. 40s CD when traited

Now lets look at Judges Intervention

Does atleast 1.3k burn (without condi damage) and about 300 damage. And breaks stuns. On a 36s CD. Also its attack radius is higher than MI’s healing radius.

Now I’m not saying these two moves HAVE to be equal, but lets look at the facts here

-Guardians LOOOOVE Judges Intervention
-Guardians don’t love Merciful Intervention. Heck I’ve tried using it myself. I WANT to use it, but it just feels like I’m nerfing myself

And most importantly

-This skill does not complete its intended purpose. It’s supposed to be an INTERVENTION. To drop in and stop what’s being done and change the course of whats about to happen. Unless they are REALLY on top of it, 2k hp isn’t going to save a zerk, or yourself. It’s probably going to delay your fate for a second longer (IF THAT with the new burst meta). Also the defensive mechanic for this move is a HEAL. The people who benefit most from heals are Tanks. Tanks are not the ones who need saving. Its the squishy eles and such. And 2k hp does not go a long ways for them.

Fun fact- If your traited for meditations, using this move will actualy give your ally fury. This move actually has more of an offensive buff than a defensive one.

Suggestion- Add .5s invuln time. Enough time for human reflexes to realize “Hey I’m not dead yet, I should turn around and do something” and have your ally continue fighting. This will also prevent the guardian from taking a DPS BURST TO THE FACE for trying to swoop in and save his ally. As of right now the best way to use this move is mid DPS burst and jump in and slam the enemy to the ground. If I wanted to do that I would just use another Judges Intervention (I know I can only use one but just for the sake of arguement)

I’d prefer if they just changed it into a regular ground targeted tele without having to tele near an ally. If they did that i’d use it more.

Here’s an idea.

Merge the effect of merciful intervention into judge’s intervention (the AOE heal)

Then create something truly useful.

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

Here’s an idea.

Merge the effect of merciful intervention into judge’s intervention (the AOE heal)

Then create something truly useful.

Even something like Protection or Aegis for the target could be a thematic fit for the skill, without just trying to shove a pile of raw healing into it.