Guild Wars 2

I wonder whether anyone else might be experiencing something which happens intermittently to my Norn mesmer…(?)

To begin with, all is normal; I run and enter combat with a team. Then suddenly, and without warning, my character slows to a kind of movie “dream-sequence” run… (Imagine Bo Derek and Dudley Moore’s running-along-the-beach dream-sequence in the movie “10” and you’ll probably understand the kind of thing I mean.)

Anyway, as the combat ends and we all start to run to another location, the distance between the team and my Norn widens very swiftly. She is literally going at half-speed, which is noticeable to others, who remark upon it, so it’s not imagination on my part. (It can also happen in solo situations too.)

I have been able to rule out fairly obvious things, such as other people using speed boons. (I have even tried using a speed booster when the slowdown occurs – but to no avail.) It’s not lag (which is totally different) and I’ve even tried using weapons which do not contain sigils/etc., of any kind… just in case they were having any unwanted effect.

The only way I can to restore my Norn to her normal pace, is to either go briefly to EoTN, or log out, then in again. This clears the problem completely…. until next time.

This phenomenon has occurred in many areas of the PvE maps, including the Shiverpeaks, Plains of Ashford, Queensdale…. it doesn’t appear to be common to any specific place. It has even occurred in Fractals, which was pretty disconcerting, because everyone disappeared through a gate before I could even get half-way to it.

I have 5 other chars, but it does not happen to any of them, only my Norn is affected, so wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience – or maybe knows the actual cause?

Thanks for reading.

i’ve noticed this too, it fixes itself when i dodge

norn ranger here

it’s like that slowed down speed you get when you fall and take damage, you just run slow for a few secs, but this sticks around and doesn’t go back to normal.

Hi Flubble, thanks for replying. Yes, it sounds like you’re seeing the same thing as me… but unlike you, my slow-down doesn’t fix itself when I dodge … in fact, I’ve tried just about all available moves, but none have any influence over the slow-down.

I can also go for days without it happening, but suddenly, there I go, doing a pretty good impersonation of Bo Derek again… lol. It actually looks quite graceful…. but really is not good news in combat situations, or for keeping-up-with-others.

Thanks again, it’s good to know it’s not just me.

I remember there use to be some problems in the past which sound similar to this.
At one point a lot of us were experiencing a similar thing in-game. For my character personally it would happen a lot on the third and last in the chain when using a mace (as a guardian). It was very much as you describe; slow-motion/dream-like effect.

I can’t remember exactly how it was fixed by Anet, but i believe some sort of patch helped. They knew about the problem at the time.

Perhaps it’s something similar?

Hi Tarn, yes it certainly sounds like you’ve experienced a similar thing too. If memory serves, the last time this happened to me was at the beginning of December, whilst on my first dungeon run! Very embarrassing… (Of course, being “intermittent” it wasn’t happening every day, just at odd and completely inappropriate moments, lol.) Since then, I’ve been wondering when it would happen again…… but hey, perhaps you’re right about it being fixed!

Thank you!! That thought (…re the possible fix,) has left me feeling a lot more confident. I so hated the thought that the problem would lead to messing-up a team effort of any kind.