I understand the mechanics of this ability are very useful for escaping enemies safely. However it is also useful for general travel and certain combat advantages.
Keep the skill name, I don’t care, but change what my character says. I explored Divinity’s Reach yesterday and must have yelled “Retreat” 20 times.
In groups this could lead to players think they’re overwhelmed when really I just wanna give everyone aegis for a second. Worst of all it makes my Guardian sound like the biggest coward in Tyria.
Changing the name on “Retreat!” has already been suggested multiple times, because it’s used for so much more than retreating (including leading a charge).
Previous suggestions have been: “Follow me!”, “Make Haste!” or “Move it!”
Oh heaven (because what I actually wanted to say got censored without possibly being offensive to anyone except people who’ll take offense at anything), I forgot that one…
I like to active “Stand your ground!”, “Retreat!”, and “Save yourselves!” in that order. It causes plenty of confusion in the group.
I wish one day, ANET will make a purchasable elite skill that is a shout. It doesn’t really matter what the effect is, but the shout will just activate a random voiced line.
Is it just my Guardian or does “Hold the Line!” not have a voice attached to it. My asura guardian only yells “Getting Healthy!” when I pop it which seems to be attached to regeneration more than anything.
Changing the name on “Retreat!” has already been suggested multiple times, because it’s used for so much more than retreating (including leading a charge).
Previous suggestions have been: “Follow me!”, “Make Haste!” or “Move it!”
Is there something that affects the duration of the Retreat skill?
I ask because I was almost positive that we were getting 25 seconds for the skill. Yesterday when I looked it was down to 23 seconds, and today when I looked its 20 seconds.
in all seriousness though, haha, i do agree with this and i just feel silly sometimes. i like to pull retreat when doing escort missions (just to speed the NPC up lol) and i yell “Retreat!” so much when nothing’s going on… lol
Akaimon | Jolly Good Guardian
Akaigi | Warrior Made of Wood
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It doesnt annoy me that much, until some people i partied with commented about the “Retreat” shouting… Now i wish they will change it too, but i rather them fix other urgent/burning issues with the game… This can always wait…
Just a though, since the skill is equal to a “Rally” skill, they can use a shout phrase something like “To me my Brothers!!!”, its from Warhammer 40k DoW, that game has one of the most awesome shouts/voicing. Maybe change it to “To me my Warriors!!!”
Simply “Go, Go, Go!” would be wonderful rather than a desperation call. Because, that is what retreat means. it means you have lost all hope in securing this area so you must fall back and regroup or flee for safety.
Offtopic:
Also, reduce the CD to 30 seconds and decrease the swiftness duration to 10.
60 seconds or 48 just feels too long of a CD, you can achieve 50% uptime with +20% boon duration and -20% recharge, you could achive the same uptime with 30 seconds CD (24) and 10 seconds duration (12), but being able to use it twice as often.
“So stupid to care about skill name, I don’t care about its name or what it shouts, I just care about its effect and visuals (for other skills).
You care about visuals, but not about the name or the auditory component? That’s odd, since they are all flavor-related.
And it’s not stupid to care about it. It’s not a major issue, but it’s a bit jarring to start an advance with: “Retreat!”. Not to mention that some people in WvWvW seem to take it as an actual order.
In the past someone mentioned that the other person doesn’t hear your character say “retreat”, it says something else to them. But I don’t know if that is true or not.
Is there something that affects the duration of the Retreat skill?
I ask because I was almost positive that we were getting 25 seconds for the skill. Yesterday when I looked it was down to 23 seconds, and today when I looked its 20 seconds.
Each trait point invested in virtues will increase boon duration by 1%. So going all “virtuous” will make the swiftness last quite a bit longer (30% more fun!).
