Slimspadey101

I'm not sure if this is specific to the Ruvox, but I've been getting significant laggy or framey moments when using the neutral block combo of Seismic Palm with the Ruvox. My Ruvox doesn't have a catalyst and is modded with Shocking Touch, Reach, Quickening, Organ Shatter, and True Steel. I encountered this initially when fighting infested on steel path Gabii as Mirage trying to complete the first incarnon challenge.

There are certain menus where reload speed being nested makes is so you just can't access it. I noticed this while rolling a riven mod. The UI that shows the weapon stats of the weapon the riven slots into is activated by hovering over said element, so once you move the mouse over to try and see the nested stats that UI element disappears. Nesting it in the arsenal is less of an issue but I'm not huge fan of it there either.

I'm on board with tap/hold to cast the buff you want. As much as I'd like to see a more interactive mechanic like the one suggested in the OP I don't think that's very popular and I'm okay with that. It'll be a significant improvement for sure. Even nerfed it will be nice to have a reliable damage reduction option in Helminth.

I went into the Citadel room of the Simulacrum today to test out Pacify damage reduction on Equinox and as far as I can tell it's not working at all in there. I was using an Exo Gokstadt Butcher as the test subject. At first I was using Adaptation and Arcane Intention and getting strange results, so I took both of those off and tried again. The Butcher breaks my shield in one hit regardless of Pacify being on or off. After it breaks my shield and the gate wears off I let it hit once against my health. With and without Pacify I was generally taking 148 damage to my health from the Butcher leaving me at 317 health from my maximum of 465. I have 3 normal azure archon shards installed for extra armor putting me at 610 total armor. The ability works fine in missions on the Star Chart it seems. I went into a Steel Path Capture on Earth and let some Butchers beat on me there with and without Pacify, and damage reduction was obviously working in this case.