Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’ve just met a thief build in WvW that I have no idea about what it did exactly…
But one thing I am sure about, which is that it kept using many AoE trap-like skills that when triggered caused many conditions, however the thief was not revealed when the traps were triggered. The way that build worked, I’m fairly certain that it is either a bug, a hack or a severe design flaw. (And no, it wasn’t lag on my side and I’ve seen enough of GW to know what is not right.)
Aurora Glade Borderlands, 22:42 CET it was an Elona Reach player ranked Bronze Scout that performed it.

Regards

Well, the wiki page on Stealth says the following:

“Abilities that do not deal direct damage (like Caltrops, or the Traps which do not deal direct damage) will not break stealth, even though they apply damaging conditions.”

So, traps that are just applying conditions but don’t do damage directly wouldn’t break stealth.

Yes, doesn’t really change the fact that this seems to be a design flaw in my opinion. a player can do anything he/she chooses without risk unless the other player has stealth disruptor traps.

Run something with condo removal or taunt. Thieves like that general doesn’t survive in open combat when their stealth is broken and they rely primarily on their condi for dps.

ha, also met the perma stealth condi traps few days ago, thought it was hacks, and he can easily down and stomp squishy player without even reveal, this is crazy but perfect spy to follow a zerg while killing off tail.

you should have a look at this thread. its always good to know whats happening

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Ghost-Thief-Gameplay-Tier-1

Speeder.6042:

Yes, doesn’t really change the fact that this seems to be a design flaw in my opinion. a player can do anything he/she chooses without risk unless the other player has stealth disruptor traps.

There are many skills which apply Revealed.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Revealed