[QoL] Global Cooldown Overahaul

[Rugal]

This is groupped list of abilities that in my opinion would be better without global cooldown.

Reactive abilities
Abilities that have pre-requisites are already have a niche use. But to boost rewards for conditions met, I suggest to remove GCD from thos abilities.

• Marauder: Death Grip, Mutated Energy
• Witch Hunter: Confess!
• Witch Elf: Sever Limb
• Slayer: Numbing Strike
• Choppa: Drop Da Basha
• Sword Master: Redirected Force
• Chosen: Opression
• Black Ork: Ya Missed Me
• Blackguard: Spiteful Slam
• Iron Breaker: Shield of Reprisal
• Sorcerer: Echo of Power

Release Abilities
Good skill expression if used immediatly on getting status effect.

• All Tanks: Juggernaut
• Iron Breaker: Avenging the Debt
• Warrior Priest: Unstopable Wrath
• Disciple of Khaine: Unyielding Tormentor
• Witch Hunter: Sigil of Sigmar
• Witch Elf: Fleet-Footed
• Slayer: Break Loose
• Choppa: Shrug It Off
• Marauder: Mutating Release
• White Lion: Feline Grace
• Engineer: Shock Grenade
• Magus: Shocking Jolt

Utility Abilities

• All Tanks: Guard
• Engineer: Redeploy
• Magus: Resummon
• Squig Herder: Tastes Like Chicken
• Black Ork: Get 'Em

Setup Abilities

• All Tanks: Taunt
• Marauder: Ferocious Assault
• Squig Herder: Squig Frenzy
• Slayer: Gudrun's Warcry, Fierceness, Even the Odds, Rampage
• Choppa: Git Stuck In, Bring Da Pain, Come and Git It!
• Sorcerer: Obsessive Focus, Shades of Death

Morales
All Instant Morales

[gersy]

agree with putting more abilities to ogcd -- maybe some light/lesser used abilities like fierceness could be considered as examples. tinkering with placing things in the ogcd category must be considered with utmost care because there can be instantaneous balance concerns which would occur if you made the wrong thing(s) ogcd.

additionally many of the ones you have listed are already off gcd such as rampage, mutated aggressor, primal fury, armor piercing rounds, word of wisdom, rp/zeal conduit, etc. so maybe you are using outdated info or just didn't play the classes much

burst would be far too high if you had morales like cannon smash and overpowering blow off gcd and tank would increase tremendously in strength if they could spam guard swap at any time without triggering gcd. it would also make them have to think less about managing their gcds to avoid gcd locking themselves when they want to guard swap, thus lowering the skill ceiling.

for these reasons, and others i won't mention to keep this already long post fairly short, and to preserve the balance of the game such abilities like: root break, morales, guard(!), taunt, engi/magus stagger break and KDs/disarm/silence should definitely not be ogcd, under any circumstances.

basically - dps cooldowns and throughput cooldowns i think can be healthy to be ogcd (something like mutated aggressor is a perfect example) but defensive and core mechanics like guard/morales it would break the game if they were ogcd.

[Sinisterror]

You forgot Detaunts/Potions/Challenges should be without GCD too but otherwise i agree. Even better would be the return of Original Aor/RoR Gcd 1.15s. This would give 2 more instant abilities in 10s which means 25% faster gameplay.

Effect of 1.5s GCD is Ruinous Powers lvl of change but most have forgotten what 1.15s GCD felt like vs now, or they have not experienced it.

[Rugal]

You forgot Detaunts/Potions/Challenges should be without GCD too but otherwise i agree. Even better would be the return of Original Aor/RoR Gcd 1.15s. This would give 2 more instant abilities in 10s which means 25% faster gameplay.

Effect of 1.5s GCD is Ruinous Powers lvl of change but most have forgotten what 1.15s GCD felt like vs now, or they have not experienced it.

I disagree on Detaunts and Challenges. Potions are subject to discussion.
I also disagree on 1.15s GCD, coz current version of the game tinkered cooldowns to 1.5s and it's fair.

[Rugal]

additionally many of the ones you have listed are already off gcd such as rampage, mutated aggressor, primal fury, armor piercing rounds, word of wisdom, rp/zeal conduit, etc. so maybe you are using outdated info or just didn't play the classes much

Yes, can't play them all.

[georgehabadasher]

Considering he overwhelming majority of players aren’t even sniffing the skill ceiling, I don’t think raising it further is a great idea.

[Sinisterror]

Considering he overwhelming majority of players aren’t even sniffing the skill ceiling, I don’t think raising it further is a great idea.

This is because the RvR/PvP bar has been lowered by nerfing the gameplay. And the best way to up the skill, is higher skill ceiling, if its not possible to go beyond middle lvl it gets boring too fast. Patch 1.4.8. AoR vs current RoR - AoR wins in every department imo. Even with rr 100 stuff, id prefer rr 80 best version would be somewhere close to 1.3.5 patch

[rorswar]

You forgot Detaunts/Potions/Challenges should be without GCD too but otherwise i agree. Even better would be the return of Original Aor/RoR Gcd 1.15s. This would give 2 more instant abilities in 10s which means 25% faster gameplay.

Effect of 1.5s GCD is Ruinous Powers lvl of change but most have forgotten what 1.15s GCD felt like vs now, or they have not experienced it.

I disagree on Detaunts and Challenges. Potions are subject to discussion.
I also disagree on 1.15s GCD, coz current version of the game tinkered cooldowns to 1.5s and it's fair.

If anything, the 3x pots should be on the same GCD. It's infuriating seeing someone disappear, triple pot, and come back at near full health. Again, just widens the gap between BiS players and new joiners, the latter who already struggle to stick with the game.

[nocturnalguest]

additionally many of the ones you have listed are already off gcd such as rampage

Correction, since 18/12/2025 its back into GCD prison

[gersy]

additionally many of the ones you have listed are already off gcd such as rampage

Correction, since 18/12/2025 its back into GCD prison

hmm, yikes, it was ogcd for a while