Guild Wars 2

Shield of Absorption and Wall of Reflection vs Swirling Winds and Smoke Screen…

As you know, Feedback and Wall of Reflection will both reflect projectiles back to their source, while Swirling Winds and Smoke Screen absorb the projectiles. What’s interesting, and I’m hoping this is an oversight because as a mesmer with a guardian alt I could have a blast with this, is that Swirling Winds and Smoke Screen work against trebuchet shots yet Feedback and Swirling Winds don’t. Now, you may think it’s because reflects would be OP if they reflected… Shield of Absorption, which by definition also absorbs projectiles, doesn’t work against trebuchet shots.

Is there a reason for this disparity? I’m not sure if it’s by design or a bug that needs to be reported, but for a variety of skills that all are supposed to work against projectiles there’s definitely a lack of consistency with how they function.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated… again, I’m trying to determine if there’s a design factor at play or a bug to be reported.

Thanks all!

Any of the late-night crowd have any insight?