Saying “no its class homogeneity” is short sighted. its not the same as the poor state of class design being: everything plays like a rogue or a balance druid. Or giving all classes a mortal strike, stealth, etc.
This is a convenience spell that makes the game more fun and especially wouldn’t effect pvp if ALL classes had a jump/glide spell. I’ve actually been able to jump and move up terrain I couldn’t using this (no flying) and I know when I level my shaman next in gonna miss the dh jump glide.
That being said I think it would be easy enough to incorporate for all classes with out being an “engineer” ability (and thus tied to steam punk a esthetic).
Classes could Double jump into
priest/paladin: a bust of light and wings
Shaman: an explosion of earth into gliding on a mini tornado/zephyr
mage: arcane pedestal/frozen ledge
hunter: carried by hawks
warrior: swinging your weapon helicopter style spinning over your head
No. Just because it’s convenient, that doesn’t mean every class has to have a given ability. Why not give everyone a paladin’s ability to bubble hearth? Why not give everyone the mage’s ability to teleport? Those are convenient and fun too. And yes, it’s a step in the direction of class homogeneity, and that would be a bad thing.
I know you said this was short sighted but I really don’t think all classes should have an equivalent to this ability, though I wouldn’t really be shocked if blizzard did it because they do this sort of thing a lot. If only for the convenience, definitely use a glider. Or roll a zandalari, because I think they have a racial like this?
Gliding on all classes is a loved idea! For engineers
I get where you’re coming from though, playing a demon hunter too much is why I jump off cliffs and die on other classes
