Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure i should bug the devs about this, since i’m not positive it’ll fly, but what if they added icons showing the ready status of our 4 DS abilities while out of DS?

Maybe they could change the current setup to include 4 icons the size of the DS icon, which show cooldown on those skills? I think it would serve as a reminder and encourage more necros to pop in and out to take advantage of their extra skills.

I know there are times when i’ll flip really quick if i need to fear or siphon, but it’s so frustrating to do so and then realize the skill has 5-8 seconds before it’s ready. My options at that point are to wait 5-8 seconds spamming blast or to swap back over and then wait the 10 second DS cooldown. I think i end up waiting over-long to ensure i don’t run into that issue, which is also less efficient.

What does everyone think?

A follow up question… in WoW people created all these addons that kept track of spell cooldowns… was there anything like that for GW1? It would be great if I knew all my skill timers since I swap weapons and go into ds frequently.

They are reworking how DS UI looks (to show buffs, conditions, normal HP…) i hope they take this into account too. I suggest you post this in the “Suggestions” sub-forum.