Guild Wars 2

Wondering if anyone else was having an issue with bouncing abilities and AoE’s hitting Neutral NPCs?

Ground target AoEs I can understand but I wish target AoE (from your target) and bouncing abilities wouldn’t jump to non-aggressive NPCs that are standing nearby.

Bouncing abilities shouldn’t bounce on neutral npcs. About AoE… You wouldn’t be able to use a first hit with an AoE anymore on a neutral mob :/

I tested the bouncing out, for what I seen you are correct that it doesn’t bounce to neutral NPCs. I think it may have been bouncing when two NPCs are fighting each other (one being neutral and other hostile).

Ground target is what you use to aim your AoE. That should hit everything in the space because you are choosing where you want to hit. The AoE I’m talking about is target AoE such as mesmer’s shatters or ele’s staff fireball.

yeah the bouncing abilities are quite restrictive in some area.

it s a bit like with the mesmer that can spawn clone on dodge, these clones agro the closest target, be it a critter, a neutral mob or an aggressive one.

This can be quite annoying in already tight fights

in that case, +1 if the close agro a neutral mob. But still for other AoEs, with my engineer, I like using acid bomb to start a battle, since I need to be close to use it and it deals a lot of damages if the enemies stay on it.

For the neutral npcs fighting against enemies, yeah indeed, if you kill the enemy without hitting them, they won’t attack you.

Does anyone know if ArenaNet has addressed the issue with targeted AoE effects hitting neutral mobs (not the ground AoE that you select)?