But Rifts, and to a lesser extent barricades, still suck even if you use them before hand and/or in cover. The animations are so long that anyone has plenty of time to see you place one and decide to either disengage to make your rift or barricade pointless or attack before the animation is even complete and you basically lose the fight instantly. Not to mention, you will still get 1 shot by basically anything that would ohko before standing in a rift because it doesn't improve your defense any and you need to remain in a very small radius to gain any benefit from it. All this while Hunters have a get out of bad situation/decision free card every 10-ish seconds makes for seriously imbalanced PvP.

[quote]Asking for a faster cast time on barricades/rifts is just asking for problems in PvP, especially Trials. They are not panic buttons. You're supposed to put them down well before you start getting shot at.[/quote]

I very much agree that hunters are as they rightfully should be, I wouldn’t want them any different. As can you more easily kill a warlock stuck in a rift animation while they are behind cover simply by walking around where they are standing because it’s not like they are mobile at to move away. Yes titans create their own cover but that cover is very vulnerable, easy to move around, and can be a beacon in a lot of situations. Even running 100 recov on a warlock or 100 res on a titan doesn’t make the time comparable to a hunters ability use and thats where I find it can maintain its balance.