Without rescue it was of limited use in group fights (unless you had some way to prevent redirect through lag or blindness).

It is still equally effective in use for just running away from a PK situation.

It was never realistically doing anything towards killing another player solo in the first place.


In practice it was just used in a rope a dope method to regen HP to re-engage with an offensive form. Anyone worth their salt would take that time to just back off and wait for another time. Folks who fell prey to that tactic are still likely to die regardless of the change.


It getting downgraded might actually help its PK ability because the, "just walk away" threshold has altered and it might entice people to take a little bit more risk and press and overcommit.