Cooldowns are meant to be hot!
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Super-power gamers probably know that one already, but for my part I know that is something I always struggle with. whether I have an ability or item with a cooldown of more than one minute, I find myself always hesitating to actually use it; I keep wanting to save it for that emergency moment when I’m really going to need it. The problem is that those situations don’t come once every minute, or even every 5 or 10 minutes. They come unexpectedly, and often that one cooldown you’ve been saving for that situation isn’t really decent to save you.
So, as Matticus says, “Use them. Please.” It makes a lot more sense to use the cooldowns on a regular basis (like, roughly every instance the cooldown is up) than it does to hardly use them at all, or only in situations where it’s too late. Now, whether you’re like me and you think about that for a while, and reluctantly agree that yes it does compose sense, soon after you come up with another problem that you want to use these cooldowns only at moments when it’ll be most effective. On my hunter, for example, I hate to use “Bestial Wrath” (and “Beast Within“) unless I believe there’s at least 18 seconds left in the fight, considering I hate seeing myself and my pet all Big and Red with nothing to kill!
But the plain and simple fact is, humans like me need to be less stingy with cooldowns. I don’t mean we should blow them at moments that don’t matter, of course, rather we would do better whether we used them much more often, particularly when they’re not absolutely essential to succeed. They can help the various sorts of grinding, farming, and trash-mob fighting go by a bit faster, and sometimes in lengthy boss fights you can use them more than once!
Can you think of any cooldowns that you think should be saved for that somewhat rare panic-button moment (such as a rogue’s “Vanish,” perhaps)? Can you think of cooldowns that you see folks often forgetting or hesitating to use?
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Original post by David Bowers
