Guild Wars 2

Since I read that it says “tether”, I first assumed a notable tether effect, similar to Tainted Shackles, but there wasn’t any.

But, what do you think? Should there be a notable tether effect from the Revenant to the Tablet?

If they added this I would want the effect to be very slight/faint. Having a big ghostly chain or something between you and the tablet would feel a bit odd to me, and somewhat offputing. This idea did spark an idea of my own though, which would also serve the purpose of creating a visible link between you and the tablet. So here is my idea:

Have a trait that, when selected, makes the tablet pulse orbs back to the player periodically (maybe 1 orb every 1-3 seconds). This orb would be the same as the orbs created by the staff and could also be affected by the same trait buff the the staff orbs get (+regen & swiftness). If an ally moves in between the tablet and the player, the orb will hit them instead and they will get the heal and boons.

This would offer an extra (small) heal to the play when solo or add another positional bonus heal to allies by placing the ally between you and the tablet. By placing the tablet next to the ally, and you standing on the other side of them, they will get the passive tablet heal, regen from the trait and orbs periodically sent from the tablet.