The core of this issue is that dodging in general is too forgiving. The fact that the dodge iframes extend longer than the dodge animation itself is absolutely kitten. In most popular games the iframe of evades never even comes close to the length of the animation, therefore forcing players to actually consider the timing of their dodge. Predicting instant cast skills such as a thief’s steal is rewarding once a player is experienced enough in such fights, but should never be accomplished by spamming dodge in the hopes that the enemy will cast their skill into your evade.
Reducing the iframe duration will promote skillful play while keeping class balance (you’re not robbed of any dodges so you can solo all the lupis you want and still brag to your girlfriend about it).
Anet managed to admit that the thieves’ disabling shot had too much evasion uptime; they should be able to admit that the base dodge mechanic has the same issue.
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Great vid Spoooooon ^^
FC, you likely fought Redshift. He’s definitely a good ele.
Redshift isn’t in RR
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