Ardent Heretic.8216

Devil's advocate here: There is some interesting synergy with shortbow, Sevenshot, and UA as a retreat. Dark field combos for some life steal, which complements the idea of retreating to survive. If they pursue you, there's a nasty pool of nasty around you. Yes, UA is significantly better for offensive pushes, but it has a place as a retreat (since you don't really have good alternatives).

I just thought of something, a suggestion I would like to build on to this one: What if “legendary mistwarden” was not one of your choices as a legend channel, but instead these were a set of abilities that are part of base revenant which could be slotted onto your bar regardless of your legend? In fact, it would be awesome if these functioned sort of like glyphs, having slightly different effects depending on which stance you are in. I would love this, and it would add some much-needed diversity while preserving the core legend swap mechanics.

I don't believe the OP was intending this to be a full new spec, but a legend associated with the existing Invocation line. As such, it would not bring a weapon with it. TBH, we don't particularly need a new weapon, as we have kit to cover even most niche builds. SB could use some tuning to be more viable as a range condi option, but I think it's close.

I love the thought behind this. I love Rev, but I agree that it feels like it's missing something pretty major. Skill diversity is incredibly limited. Anet is in a difficult position with this one, as simply adding skills outright might not be enough. Reworks to the profession, however limited, would spur many players into complaining "why does Rev get all the love?" unless packaged with other reworks. The required company resources to make such changes are weighed against the number of players affected, and Rev is only 1 of 9 professions and the one with the fewest players (likely caused by this "incomplete" feeling, but that's largely irrelevant). Your idea, at least at heart, is a great one, but we can't expect to see something like this any time soon. More likely, Anet will try to make what we already have feel more sufficient on its own.