Guild Wars 2

ok, so i understand that if i try to kite a mob beyond a certain point it should run back to its starting place. and i can even deal with it regenerating its hp. but once it begans even running back i believe i should totally lose aggro and the fight is off right?

what has been happening to me lately is, i will be fighting maybe a veteran and several other mobs, or sometimes even several veterans. i find if i keep backing away from where the fight started sometimes i go to far and then they run back and all i can see is ‘evade’. so i assume i kited too far. BUT . . . the second they go back to their start point and recharge all their hp up, they charge right out after me again. so it is like they get a free hp restore.

is this intended? this is starting to happen more and more. i dont mind the reset, but then when they charge right back out at me and i am still damaged because i was ‘in combat’ while they ran back? and all my cool downs i used to almost kill them are now gone? is this happening to anybody else?

nah ive come across this sometimes being a thief im squishy and cant afford to get hit much so once im done using all my skills i hang back and use heartseeker and roll out

This might be in part to the patches that went in place to “keep you” in combat mode (which slowed/prevented people from exploiting certain dungeons).
I have noticed it as well, and at times, have had to stand in town for almost a minute, before going out of combat mode, which makes it tough as your HP won’t regen, and you can’t use waypoints.