The devs need to change rift, it sucks and frankly is the weakest class ability in game. It doesn’t really help in pvp because extra damage at the cost of it being stationary isn’t really worth it, same for heals. It’s useful in pve but being stationary kind of limits it’s usefulness. Just make it an aoe around the player who cast it that way they can move and it can be useful.
Edit:
I’ve been reading some good replies and wanted to expand a bit on my rationale. I know some disagree with me and on good points but I still think rift is better off being mobile.
One thing I wanted to clarify is that I don’t think rift is weak, in that it’s benefits don’t matter or aren’t considerable. Rather my criticism was how sedentary the ability felt and that in pvp in particular its limitations are well presented.
Healing rift is undoubtedly useful for quick recoveries and tanking some damage but ultimately it’s used in a defensive way that I feel is situational. Anyone with common sense knows better than to rush a healing rift unless they have enough fire power to kill them quickly (even then not guaranteed).
But it comes with the ironic downside that it’s usefulness is dependent on whether an enemy decides to enter your line of sight. Same with empowering rift since all you get out of it depends on your enemy.
In pve this isn’t as much of an issue but in pvp it can make the ability unreliable outside of guaranteed healing (which is definitely a benefit!).
My point overall is I’m an aggressive warlock main who wants my class ability to reflect that, I’m sure some titans can relate. Anyways that’s just my thoughts, hope for some more constructive criticisms and alternative thoughts!
Rift and barricade both need a faster cast time. Rift needs a slightly shorter cooldown too and the healing speed needs to be increased.
Currently if you have 100 recovery you will start regenning before the rift even starts healing you :). And with the titan barricade you can die well before you put it up, or someone can just jump over it whilst you are placing it, etc.