Guild Wars 2

Atm there is no possible way to stop a teleport like there is to stop leaps, invulnerable movements using immobilize etc. Should teleports be possible to stop? IMO I think mesmers being able to spam a 1200 distance creator every 6 seconds is pretty ridiculous given how you can’t stop it. What do you think about immobilize causing teleports to fail? The only problem I see with this is it can really screw up some sword thieves. This will also make the entangle elite a bit more viable since half the classes won’t just teleport out making it completely useless.

Darek.1836:

(…)IMO I think mesmers being able to spam a 1200 distance creator every 6 seconds is pretty ridiculous(…)

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Phantasmal retreat (staff 2)

1200 its the maximum range when colne appears, blink range is something about 300-400

The only teleport skill that is really problematic is Phase Retreat, because traited you can get a psuedo-stun break far more often than any other build.

Instead of making immobilize prevent teleports, which I think is a bit excessive, why not just add a 1/4 second cast time to Phase Retreat? It would still be useful as a movement skill and as a way to create clones, but would not let you get out of CC so easily.

Phase Retreat isn’t really a stun breaker nor is it OP. I just think most people don’t understand how it really works so they don’t see the weakness. The mesmer still can’t take action or move until the stun/knockdown or root duration concludes after retreating, despite his or her skills no longer being darkened. It’s really only a small leap backwards while stunned. While I agree it is nice for avoiding a lot of damage while stunned (maybe a tiny bit OP but just because ppl don’t realize the mechanic, typically), it doesn’t really break the stun and therefore if the mesmer is followed quickly, a lot of damage can still be done. Remember that if a mesmer, like a thief, didn’t have tools to avoid damage, he/she would probably be pretty laughable.

I think they should just remove the entire class, my job is done here.

Yeah, I just checked it, and like Phent said, the distance of the teleport is 400 on a flat surface, not 1200. The 1200 in the skill description I think is the potential spawning gap of the clone. The 6 second recharge also comes from traiting 20 points into a survival tree.

It’s a wonderful skill, but it’s really fine as is.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Phase_Retreat

Dat trivia.

Or you could cut out all the teleports and leaps for a bit and then add a few of them back slowly. Maybe the game would become fun

Insane, someone edited the phase retreat page and removed the part about the stun breaker, and it being the fastest stun breaker in the game on a 6 second timer (when traited). Priceless.