Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but there’s some inconsistency regarding the battle system.

While I understand why it would be senseless to be able to not face our enemies (lets say the enemy was standing behind us) and be able to land an attack – at the same time, I don’t see why this doesn’t apply to the enemies we fight (in PVE).

It’s particularly annoying when that enemy is using a knockdown ability which leaves you down for a while, and even worse when there’s more than one and they stack that ability on you (particularly risen brutes, ettins, scavengers, tamini tramplers) and unless you use something like “Shake it off” which only the warrior has, it’s a guaranteed armor break + having to respawn. It kind of defies the purpose of being about to run around your opponent and get to their side or back (where most systems of battle actually reward you for being able to do that). Before anyone goes saying “that’s what the dodge button is for”, it basically just makes the mechanics of the game lazy if all I do is stand there and attack while waiting for one of those knockdown attacks and then dodge – not mention what happens when you run out of endurance?

I suggest, if we are unable to do that sort of thing (since there was a patch that fixed that with the elementalist a while back) then perhaps those we fight shouldn’t be able to do it either. It gets very annoying and just makes the battle system look so cheap, despite being as robust as it is.

It’s usually a lot of fun fighting in GW2 but these instances (especially in dungeons) just ruin the experience. And before anyone says “that’s challenging” – it really isn’t. There are far more challenging fights which require actual skill and don’t come off as annoying. Especially if this isn’t a boss or high level enemy doing that attack.

I agree that this is less of a challenge than more like an annoyance and that it’s inconsistent.