Guild Wars 2

Liadri cheating or bugged, as you can clearly see in the vid…

I use the ranger #4 greatsword ability which blocks all attacks for a few seconds
(it only counters if you block a melee attack, none of which are what I took damage from, nor did my character try to counter attack, as you can see).

block, block, -150216 damage …. -.-

Why do npc’s cheat? It’s hard enough as it is without this type of behaviour going on :<

EDIT: I realized title shoudl have been “liadri cheating”, not to be assumed as cheating at liadri, but in fact the opposite.

The ranger GS #4 unblocks after, what should be, one hit… read the skill mate…

Certain attacks being able to ignore blocks is an intentional game mechanic that is available to players
Therefore, Liadri having an attack that ignores blocks is not cheating, just frustrating.

Haaretram.6214:

Certain attacks being able to ignore blocks is an intentional game mechanic that is available to players
Therefore, Liadri having an attack that ignores blocks is not cheating, just frustrating.

It doesn’t ignore the block initially, but you have to remember that Liadras AoE is essentailly 10 different AoE cirles. OP just got hit by 3 of them – 2 of which were blocked.

MeTx.6712:

The ranger GS #4 unblocks after, what should be, one hit… read the skill mate…

This only applies to melee attacks.
The tooltip is incomplete, see http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Counterattack

Also proof that she doesn’t always cheat, and you can sometime block this normally like every other ranged fight in gw2:

Vashoom.8512:

MeTx.6712:

The ranger GS #4 unblocks after, what should be, one hit… read the skill mate…

This only applies to melee attacks.
The tooltip is incomplete, see http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Counterattack

Also proof that she doesn’t always cheat, and you can sometime block this normally like every other ranged fight in gw2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoqWGyDbqXo

In that vid, you were hit by 1 AoE circle. In the other, atleast 2

Haaretram.6214:

Certain attacks being able to ignore blocks is an intentional game mechanic that is available to players
Therefore, Liadri having an attack that ignores blocks is not cheating, just frustrating.

oh, that must be it then

EDIT: although… you can see 2 blocks in the last vid I linked, from 2x nearby aoe’s. which means the aoe CAN be blocked, or not?
It’s not 10 different “types” of aoe she does, is it? some blockable, and some not? surely not…

EDIT: although… you can see 2 blocks in the last vid I linked, from 2x nearby aoe’s. which means the aoe CAN be blocked, or not?
It’s not 10 different “types” of aoe she does, is it? some blockable, and some not? surely not…

It’s 10 different AoE circles. The skill only blocks one of the circles.

MeTx.6712:

It’s 10 different AoE circles. The skill only blocks one of the circles.

you should both vids again closely, there are multiple blocks from more than one aoe. in the last vid there are 2 blocks.
I’m guessing you are not a ranger, or you would know that this block keeps blocking all attacks while channelled (see wiki) including multiple aoe’s, I use this in PVE dungeons a lot for aoe carpet bombing and such.

And I’m not saying it makes this fight impossible, of course I can run around the room, but it’s a obvious bug in the fight mechanics.

Actually I do main ranger. Anyway, I already beat her, so I went in a tested it:

It does seem like that the blocks the AoE twice, but the third goes through. Not quite sure what’s up.

MeTx.6712:

Actually I do main ranger. Anyway, I already beat her, so I went in a tested it:

It does seem like that the blocks the AoE twice, but the third goes through. Not quite sure what’s up.

3rd hit unblockable obviously

ITT: People with no clue of the game’s mechanics make wild, unsubstanciated, accusations. In other words, same kitten different thread.

There are a million things that could be happening there. Most likely just a weird interaction with multiple AoEs causing a counter or animation canceling.

It’s also possible that it is down to human error- i.e.: you are someimes doing something that cancels the block, such as double tapping the counter.

Liandri’s attacks are all blockable, but the ranger’s GS counter is slightly atypical.

ProxyDamage.9826:

ITT: People with no clue of the game’s mechanics make wild, unsubstanciated, accusations. In other words, same kitten different thread.

There are a million things that could be happening there. Most likely just a weird interaction with multiple AoEs causing a counter or animation canceling.

It’s also possible that it is down to human error- i.e.: you are someimes doing something that cancels the block, such as double tapping the counter.

Liandri’s attacks are all blockable, but the ranger’s GS counter is slightly atypical.

Indeed, for most peoples speculative accusations, you could be right, that is why I included video evidence, so feel free to watch it back frame by frame like I have, and you will see these few things that could cause it to stop (including the things you mentioned) you can see did not happen.

You can clearly see it’s quite obviously a bug, making the fight harder for rangers to block the attacks, I’m not too sure why people are debating what they can see with their own eyes?

When I get more time I’ll do another vid with the combat log, if people still don’t believe what they can see, maybe numbers would help clear things up.

Hmmm… Does this mean that a skill like Shield Stance, which just blocks all attacks for 3 seconds, would actually protect you from Shadowfall?