Guild Wars 2

Firstly, I should point out that I am primarily a PvE player, PvP just bores me, that’s just me, so mainly my point is for PvE as i can’t give a structured argument for the PvP side of it.

I know for a fact that this has come up before, and I probably commented on it too, but recently its been getting on my nerves.

I honestly don’t see the point of combat speed. I remember leveling on my thief at the beginning of the game and fighting risen enemies, only to have them unhindered by the combat speed, and to be honest fast running zombie enemies would scare the puppies out of me, and they aren’t the only ones.

Remembering to the last post i saw about this, players made a point of “Would you be able to run at full speed if you were hit around the head?”, and to that i can say no, if i was dazed I may suffer from some effect of slowed running. But all the time? Because something decides to look at me funny? Coming from a realistic point, surely adrenaline wouldn’t make you run slower? And from a gaming point of view, makes my game play seem slower because of it.

Or the ridiculously long time i seemingly suffer from this after taking very small fall damage?

I don’t know what my suggestion would be in all honesty, I’ve played games where there is no running speed hindrance during combat and it doesn’t seemingly effect anything.

Either removed or just an effect of dazed or something doesn’t seem unreasonable.

Maybe I’m wrong, what do you think?

When you are in combat, you can’t just run silly. You have to pay attention to your posture and balance, even when moving. You can’t really keep up a full-speed sprint while fighting.

And opponents that can teleport away? You would take your time to get to them would you?

Or if you aren’t intending on fighting something that manages to hit you and throw you into combat speed?

My issue isn’t with standing and fighting, my issue is pretty much with the logic of the situation.

And as far as “full-speed sprint” goes, isn’t that what you’d call swiftness? the characters don’t run fast enough to be considered a full speed sprint.