Guild Wars 2

TheOneWhoSighs.7513:

Counter argument:

The entire game would light ablaze as people complained that Mesmer has “Unlimited blinks”.

2 blinks on dodge, a long range blink utility, 3 blinks on elite, 2 utilities that blink toward an enemy, 2 more blinks on dodges, sword 3 blink, staff 2 blink

ALL THE BLINKS! UNLIMITED BLINKS!!!!!!!!

Add in sword ambushes and dear god, truly everyone would complain about the Nike Mesmer.

The same argument can be made for blur/distortion right now, other than an elite… But I would argue that the stupid 3 confusion “blink” elite needs rework or even complete revamp anyway…

What I am talking about is not incremental functionality, it’s thematic only. If you think about it, why did they mess with our evade roll anyway? It’s thematic! They just under-tuned it and removed mobility. What we’re discussing here is how to regain that mobility while keeping the interesting thematic additions of the Mirage.

Maybe “blink” is not the right word as it’s not blink distance, it’s roll distance with the clone creation animation.

I think he could be onto something with the “blink dodge” suggestion.

Think about it, it would blink you only as far as a roll would have taken you so it’s not a mobility buff. You would also only receive the same iframes as you would with a roll or mirage cloak… so no net gain. Animation change and mobility fix only.

But here’s the awesome bit:
What if it looked exactly like the clone creation animation?

Imagine it, if you have deceptive evasion, you would leave a clone behind, in your place, and it would appear to your enemy that the clone created you as a clone, making it that much harder to identify which one is the real Mesmer.

It’s genius and plays right into the deceptive Mirage theme.

Often imitated, never duplicated, my Legîon.