Guild Wars 2

Doing CM the other day on my thief. Using stealth to skip some trash as per usual.

All of a sudden we all de-stealth and die.

I check my combat log.

• Aggro target deals 23 damage to Bandit Thug

Thanks for the warning AN, you owe me 3 silver. Or a ban for “exploiting stealth.” Whichever you prefer.

Apparently using stealth to skip trash is fine, it’s using AOE to kill said trash that apparently needs nerfing.

Dude when aoe deals just as much dammage as single target. Yes it needs to be nerfed.

And as for the OP do you realy need stelth to run past mobs? What are you talking about?

Can someone elaborate more on this? I don’t understand. Honestly.

Wolfgang Michael.8217:

Can someone elaborate more on this? I don’t understand. Honestly.

It means when you get into “agrro” range of an enemy in a dungeon you do a small amount of damage to the enemy which pulls you out of stealth, rendering stealth useless in dungeons and preventing you from skipping any trash.

Just one more reason to never bring a thief into dungeons.

Woah. Is this new?
Never have heard of aggro dmg…even while stealthed.

Edit: im ok with any change that prevents groups from skipping all trash. Its getting out of hand snd no other game you can do it this much. Its not what the devs had in mind, they spent all th time developing the dungeons and we just skip it.

And thieves are fine to bring…even if you can get away better with another gs warrior

Okay, I have to ask: where is this combat log? This is the second time I’ve heard someone refer to it and I have no idea how to access it.

cesmode.4257:

Woah. Is this new?
Never have heard of aggro dmg…even while stealthed.

Edit: im ok with any change that prevents groups from skipping all trash. Its getting out of hand snd no other game you can do it this much. Its not what the devs had in mind, they spent all th time developing the dungeons and we just skip it.

And thieves are fine to bring…even if you can get away better with another gs warrior

How does other people skipping trash mobs have any affect on you?
I seriously can not understand why anyone would care how another group runs a dungeon, maybe I’m missing something.

i must add that some running skills are the same way… what is the point in running skill that puts you in combat?

BroScientist.9875:

Okay, I have to ask: where is this combat log? This is the second time I’ve heard someone refer to it and I have no idea how to access it.

In your chat(channel Tab Option). Check the Combat box for Combat Log.

I had the same experience just yesterday.
A couple of friends and I were doing SE story, and when we get to the tunnel that’s guarded by 2 golems, we decided to skip them. The thief friend drops Shadow Refuge just before we drop from the platform next to the golems. When we were in mid air, the stealth suddenly broke off and we all had to run for our lives.

It’s stench radius dmg, I’m not surprised you can’t sneak past anything, when was the last you showered.

That’s positively stupid.

What is the point of openers on theif if they’re going to be broken from stealth?

I’m all for thief nerfs (LOLBACKSTAB), but wth is the point of this mechanic, to make the already anemic group utility of thieves even worse? To make thieves stay in wvw where they belong and never dare pop their heads in fractals?

What is it? they’re already squishy when not actively burning initiative to evade.