Guild Wars 2

I believe it is that long to prevent people from waiting it out and then teleporting forward again to chase an enemy.

Initiative is for skills that have no cooldown. Do you want steal on a 0s cooldown and take 4 initiative? I’m a thief myself, but that would be ridiculous.

Also, it would be counteractive as the first minor trait in Trickery gives 2 initiative back on stealing.