Shift to stop Blink

[gloomy shale]

That's it. Pressing shift will cancel your blink teleport early. Makes it less clunky

You really feel it with blink aspect

[cloud sparrow]

I have no idea why blink has an aspect not gonna lie

[fallen hazel]

your fault for taking blink

[gloomy shale]

shrug

[fiery hill]

blink sure is an ability

[ornate cloak]

hey its really good for low level / long distance traveling with bad sustain
like, insanely good
low level movement with that sustain is purely miserable
also if youre warring in a claim with terrible terrain (like cotl (we have cotl)), blink is a lifesaver

also the meteor blink timelock cycle is peak

but yeah that idea is really goog

[obtuse laurel]

blink should be a MiD tied to a helmet

[ornate cloak]

NO
at please keep it as an optional ability 🙏

[obtuse laurel]

or accesory to make it more viable

[ornate cloak]

i dont even think itd make sense for it to be a mid but im not an IM so idk

[obtuse laurel]

the problem with blink is that is so niche that it could be better for riftwalker to have other nodes that add more value

and if you like blink you would actually get better QoL since you would have the option of having it on a dedicated build + having more nodes that supports riftwalker

but also, riftwalker is not as bloated as other archetypes from other classes

[ornate cloak]

i mean, if that item is going to be around level 37 (https://wynnbuilder.github.io/builder/#11_2SG2SH2SI2SJ2SK2SL2SM2SN0Qn0000002M000b000000z0z0+0+0+0+0-1T2Y2Y2Z2Z2a2a401401401401401-3Rh0) and still be usable in endgame, im in

but an accessory's still pretty inconvenient for most builds, blink (as a node) is much more useful and versatile than people give it credit for

but we're kinda straying away from the point of the post lol, blink would definitely suck less if you could disable it by pressing shift, no?

anyway gtg for like 13-14 hours so cya then o/

[gloomy shale]

Blink is fine as is, just make it cut short when pressing shift (and while not in timelock)

[fleet lark]

They should keep blink and delete every other teleport node

[ivory bramble]

did they fix snapping mouse?

[gloomy shale]

nope

[ivory bramble]

yea thats prob biggest issue with blink rn

i mean idk how its implemented but u should be able to just get player yaw / pitch before next blink is casted??

i like idea of shifting to cancel

[gloomy shale]

Player camera moves faster than server can register it. It's only a few miliseconds off, but it's especially noticeable with Blink

[neat osprey]

why don't you just disable that node? the teleport range aspect is more than enough to move around

[gloomy shale]

Rift Walker DPS. Blink + Explosive teleport actually does insane damage for some reason. Also, it's really really really nice long distance to travel. Like, it gives such an absurd level of QOL because you remain airborne for so long. Even with my current criticism I'm still going to use it regardless because I like it that much

I don't need warp for LR all I need is Bonder, Blink, and 42 int to stay in the air indefinitely

[ornate cloak]

you won't even need much for blink to be peak, choccat accidentally flew from jofash docks to fruma gate on his lvl75 champion set mage and a random legendary wand without pausing once using it (he was going to llevigar gate)

also although i havent tried warring on monster, i dont think youre going to have a pleasant experience going from terr to terr without blink

in short, blink is a good (at least decent) node
having this qol for it tho will make it more bearable to use in raids or similar content, so im all for it

[gloomy shale]

Like, objectively speaking, I cannot think of a single reason why shortening Blink shouldn't be added. Really nice QOL and like, if anything it reduces your damage output when you do it, not increase

I never touched blink before because I didn't like how it went too far, but like, ever since I forced myself to get used to it for more Rift DPS, it's so nice to use long distance. It's so comfortable, and is really really easy on the wrist

[neat osprey]

didn't expect explosive teleport to be a good dmg source

i though that node was a joke/filler node

[gloomy shale]

with the aspect it's actually good

[arctic cypress]

Ill pray it doesnt proc mid timelock

[knotty gazelle]

Maybe if you could teleport into the floor it would be used but right now there aint no way youre snapping your camera 180 degrees that fast and precise. It does some dmg if you use it in timelocked but not enough to really be usable

Also I disagree I think its annoying for movement

So would be nice qol

[gloomy shale]

No actually, it's absurd the amount of damage you get out of it with the blink aspect. Straight up meta. Go into Wynnbuilder, plug in a random rift Walker build, add in blink and explosive teleport and add in the blink aspect too.

With a T2 blink aspect, a singular teleport at 30 winded does 200,000 total damage. Having that go off in the background while I cast meteors is an objectively better DPS cycle that just straight meteor and nothing else.

It also alleviates the issue of spell cost rising, since a 1000 spell cost meteor will fail to cast while in time lock

[knotty gazelle]

I tried to make build for it earlier and yes wynnbuilder showed a big number but in practice when i tried it it was just bad idk what i did wrong

[gloomy shale]

Anecdotally I used identical items with my singularity rift Walker build and my DPS with it went from a 380k-400k DPS peak, to a 460k-500kdps peak.

25% damage bonus is huge.

[knotty gazelle]

Huh nice

[gloomy shale]

You KNOW it's singu too because of all the rainbow damage ticks lmaooo

[ornate cloak]

the same choccat in a lvl75 mage in champion set with a random legendary wand got 400k dps with the meteor blink cycle
its not just better mobility/convenience, its genuinely better

[dry hound]

Would you mind sharing your spell cycle/general playstyle? Ive been maining rift recently and this sounds pretty fun!

Oh also an AT would be nice. Ty!

[gloomy shale]

With the blink aspect that allows you to get at least 3 teleports per TP cast, I do TP once and then 3 meteors over and over again. With 4 blinks, 4 meteors, with 5 blinks 5 meteors. Basically, you want to have teleport going off in the background at all times while you spam meteors.

Teleport overwrites itself, so you can't just mash teleport either. Unless you go laser beam rift Walker with explosive entrance, which is better QOL but worse DPS on a slow moving target.

[gloomy shale]

One sec I'll send my tree

[dry hound]

I assume this is in timelock or are you just cranking 180s?

[gloomy shale]

https://wynnbuilder.github.io/builder?v=18#11_2SG2SH2SI2SJ2SK2SL2SM0OH0Qp0g1D0g0g0g1g00003OnZ6COnZ6C0036C0z0z0+0+0+0+0-1T2Y2Y2Z2Z2a2a401401401401401j-Rxbps5

And Timelock ofc. There's no way you're doing 180's AND spamming meteors with any semblance of accuracy

Tp spam has potential though... Blink node but without aspect. Don't have to worry about accuracy because the range is so huge, and you can basically have 3 free aspect slots to work with. I'll have to DPS test when I'm home

[dry hound]

No manastorm? I guess cause the goal is just to spam timelock yeah? I hit some clean 300k dps on morph singu and hadn’t considered tp spam. Ill look into tomorrow maybe, ty lad!

[gloomy shale]

No need in my experience tbh

[gloomy shale]

Just now? How did it feel hahahahah

[dry hound]

I almost never use timelock because i just rely on meteor icesnake spam cycle and manastorm realy helps with that level of sustain

And 300k morph singu was pretty doable on a combat dummy if you spam timelock on 30 winded cd and fling meteors like hell. Highest dps i ever hit to date too😭

[gloomy shale]

It's really fun, and the current rift meta is to spam snake and ONLY cast meteor in time lock. Hence, why no manastorm. Don't need to maintain your mana at full, just gotta get them to 30 winded before you run out of steam first :p

Also, rift Walker is disproportionately better at lootruns than Arcanist. Crowd of mobs, instant 60 winded, and you destroy everything. Rift Walker has the best ad clear I've ever experienced

It's so much fun when 5 enemies pull up on you and you're like "Mmmm yes, victims" and get 120k meteors because of it lol

[knotty gazelle]

Can destroy thingies still not have winded applied?

[gloomy shale]

1.) They can now
2.) Even if they didn't, just apply winded to mobs around them. Give yourself roided up meteors

[knotty gazelle]

Nice