Fear - an interrupt?
Yes fear interrupts.
Hmm I have just tested it against sentries in wvw, and it does not appear to give the interrupt notification. Indeed the cast does not go through, however it doesn’t appear to act as an interrupt. Can anyone confirm this?
Of course it does. Fear is a control ability (commonly designated as hard CC in other games). As such it will cause you to lose control of your character and, if performing any action, be interrupted.
And in case you’re wondering no, there’s no issue with it not “counting” as an interrupt. It does. I got the daily interruption achievement thing several times with my necro (at least once after this last patch).
Of course, the whole “interrupt” thing only triggers when the target was actually performing any action when he was CCd. It only triggers during an action’s channel or start up, not recovery.
I can tell you, it does NOT work with fear. Multiple times I tried to fear the sentry while he was healing, he would run away and not cast the heal, BUT it wouldn’t say “interrupted” and it didn’t count towards my daily interruptions. I tried using spectral grasp instead and that worked. So, in summation, it doesn’t work as a pure interrupt ability.
Ok so if we’re confirming this question for you, and then you’re arguing against us, why are you even asking? Yes i’ve interrupted both players and mobs with fear, and i’ve been interrupted with fear.
Because I’ve been testing this all day, and it is not an interrupt.
Does it prevent people from channeling? Does it prevent a cast spell? Yes it does. I’m not arguing against this specific fact, however it does not pop up with the message “interruption” and this is a bug.