Guild Wars 2

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/%22I_Will_Avenge_You!%22

Why exactly was this skill removed? We weren’t given any reason, personally, I -loved- it, it was amazing for large scale encounters.

Seeing as your allies already rally if you kill a foe they’ve been chipping down.. All it really was good for is the coolness factor when you yelled out IWAY! It was a DPS cool down that’s crappier than Frenzy on a longer CD.

But the rally radius isn’t 1,200 by default if I’m correct? That’s a VERY long rally distance (which is what this skill gave).

I agree with the OP a lot. Aside from the Rally, it was a solid alternative shout for the buffs it provided. It allows a lot of non great sword builds to sustain better damage.

Hm,I never got to play with this ability. But the ability seemed very cool? Giving yourself the boons…we need something like that other than signet of rage.
Hopefully this ability gets put back in somehow.

Maybe give us increased damage/ect if we use it when someone is downed?

well i said it in another thread, but “i will avenge you!” was greatly overpowered because all your killed (not downed) allies rallied if you had killed someone with that buff.

It was kind of funny to revive 10+ NPCS in middle of fight.

Yeah, can we get an answer on this one ? I was looking forward to my utility build with that skill. Why removed it ? If someone things its too powerful just give it a longer cooldown or lower range.

Hopefully it’ll return as an elite shout in some form. Personally, I don’t think it should revive people. (Even if Rally didn’t exist.) Maybe instead it grants some natural regen to downed teammates. Not enough to revive them if they aren’t healing on their own, but enough to basically keep them from bleeding out. Also, I think it could stand to be more like its GW1 ancestor, and replace the generic move buff with an IAS, if it’s going to be an elite.

Something like:

“I Will Avenge You!”
Elite Shout. If a teammate is dead or downed, gain Might, Regeneration and Quickness. Nearby downed teammates gain Regeneration.

Might (3 stacks): 10 s
Regeneration: 10s (1300 health)
Quickness: 4s
Duration: 10s

I’m not sure what your health really is when you’re downed, so applying the same amount of healing may be too much or too little. No idea. But you get the idea. As it was, it honestly was just the same thing as Signet of Rage, only weaker.

i too liked this skill. :[ wtb answer.

Back during Beta, a dev made a post that stated that IWAY was based on the old form of Rally mechanics and not the one currently used in the game. With healing Shout builds calling for a 3rd Shout with a reasonable recast timer, IWAY ended up being taken out towards the end of Beta and replaced by On My Mark.

Originally the dev wanted to do a complete revamp of IWAY since the skill wasn’t acting like they wished it would in its current form. Obviously this issue of rebalancing wasn’t very easy, which is why they replaced it with a completely different skill. Some people are asking for an upgraded form of IWAY being added as an Elite power, but we’ll have to see about that.