Guild Wars 2

Just wondering if anyone else finds them just an annoyance.
I killed a few, now realize how much more time they take than other mobs.
It’s not like you get better rewarded for your kill….so now I just skip every smokescale.
How do you feel about smokescales?
-Do you think you should be able to place an aoe under its feet? (inside its cloaked area)
-Placing aoe under their feet (with the mastery to see cloaked mobs even) does nothing….why?

Theyre not that hard to kill actually, if you hit first, they go down fast, if they spawn smoke, move away n let em move out of it. Annoying but theyre not bad.

I am kinda an old school player, I like to kill whatever comes in my path… kinda saddens me how most of the content is skipped… specially in dungeons… is run from boss/chest A to boss chest B … I guess it’s called optimization time/reward wise… as for fun/immersion idk… as of the SmokeScales specifically, I kill them if I have the life to do so, sometimes I have to run for my life T-T … but yeah once you learn how… becomes easier.

I understand that…my point is I have to stop to kill them.
Wait, for them cloak to be done with for him to move… ummmmm no.
Why doesn’t aoe placed under it’s feet do anything? (trying to negate it cheap tactic)
Is there a way to just negate the cloak so there isn’t so much time spent on a mob….or am i forced to skip them everytime?
I like killing stuff, not if “ok i’ll wait here till you’re done doing whatever you’re doing in that red circle.” backing up outta range doesnt make them charge you…. a huge waiting game…lol. (so I skip)

I think Smokescales are fine as is. They are easy to kill once you learn their mechanic. But like most mobs in the game, I just run past them since there’s really nothing to gain from stopping to kill random mobs when compared to skipping and doing something more productive.

You simply need to stay outside of their mist field so that they leave it to come to you. The only problem is when NPCs or certain players try to mindlessly attack them. Taking on multiples of them can be rather annoying when they place the field one after another, but individually, they can be killed in seconds.

They die extremely fast for me on my warrior, a single whirlwind attack can kill a normal smokescale because it sticks to me and takes every hit. Whirlwind attack followed by hundred blades can normally kill veterans before they deploy smoke unless they’ve been scaled up.

Nuhoch however, I will not bother with unless an event requires it.

Just block or dodge their opener and move them out of the red field then it’s gg. They have a tiny HP pool compared to other mobs.

On a melee class run for the hills, ranged class, kill them.

Ven Zehn.6573
Theyre not that hard to kill actually, if you hit first, they go down fast, if they spawn smoke, move away n let em move out of it. Annoying but theyre not bad.

Yep, yep. They are full glass cannon thieves. Hit first and they fold like a house of cards.

Veteran smokescales might take a bit of time. I kill most smokescales in seconds. I’m not sure what the problem is here.

Because OP is probably trying to sneak or defensively work around them and if you let SS or pockets attack you first then it becomes a different fight.